Workers, Abitibi ratify contract.

• Position: Around the North - Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union - Brief Article

Abitibi-Consolidated, a Quebec-based lumber producer with Northern Ontario operations, has ratified a five-year collective agreement with its 4,500 membership base. The deal, ratified with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), covers workers in Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland.

The collective agreement is in effect from May 1, 2004 to April 30, 2009 and includes an 11-per-cent wage increase phased in over the life of the agreement. The agreement also includes stipulations that increase the pension...