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Striking Jamieson workers to vote on 2nd tentative agreement after 1st was rejected


CBC
Mon, March 4, 2024 


Workers shown on the picket line at Jamieson's Rhodes Drive facility in Windsor in February 2024. (Dax Melmer/CBC - image credit)

For the second time in less than two weeks, union members at Jamieson Laboratories in Windsor are set to vote on a tentative contract.

A new agreement was reached on the weekend and endorsed by the national union and the Unifor Local 195 bargaining committee.

"No details will be released until the ratification meeting," the union said in a social media post. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday.

Workers have been off the job since Feb. 1.

Unifor Local 195 workers are shown on the Windsor picket line in February 2024.

 (Dax Melmer/CBC)

The first tentative agreement was announced on Feb. 23, but was voted down by local union members, to the tune of 76 per cent.

At that time, Emile Nabbout told CBC News the results showed workers were willing to sit outside on the picket line for "as long as it takes."

The Unifor Local 195 president said the message from members was clear.

"They don't believe that the company came with all the money they feel they deserve," he previously told CBC News.

Unifor has said members' wages and workload were concerns in the bargaining process.

Jamieson Laboratories manufactures and packages health supplements at its Rhodes Driver location in Windsor.