3 year contract includes wage and pension increases, health care changes
On April 18, 2012, members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union Local 285G (BCTGM) voted to ratify a contract with Sidney Sugars Incorporated (SSI), a beet sugar processing company located in Sidney, MT.
The terms of the three-year labor agreement include wage increases of 4% in year one, 3% in year two and 3% in year three. The contract also includes an increase in employee pensions and a change in health care coverage that moves union employees to the same medical plan as SSI non-union employees.
Negotiations took place over a three-day session in early April. During negotiations a professional exchange of proposals and good faith bargaining on behalf of both the BCTGM leadership and company management paved the way for an agreement that works for both sides to be reached in a timely manner.
The new contract provides stable wages and quality benefits for 241 BCTGM union members while allowing SSI to remain a competitive employer and sugar processor.
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