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Workers at Lakeside Packers in Brooks, Alberta have ratified a 51 month labour contract, ending a strike that began on October 12. The plant resumed operations with all of its workers on Monday.
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>The acrimonious labour dispute pitted workers who supported the strike action against workers who were willing to cross the picket line.
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>The ratified contract includes a $1 increase in the starting hourly production wage to $13. There are increases of $1.60 an hour in base wages over the course of the contract, starting with an immediate 30 cent increase. By the end of the contract, the top hourly production pay will be $17.65 in slaughter and $16.75 in processing.
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