Unifor and Loomis Express reach tentative agreement
May 2, 2017

After months of bargaining, a four-year tentative agreement between Unifor and Loomis Express was signed late Sunday night (April 30).

“The bargaining committee has secured a deal that includes strong gains for Loomis Express workers,” said Todd Romanow, Unifor National Representative. “I’m very proud of what the committee was able to achieve.”

Unifor’s members at Loomis Express have been bargaining since January 2017. In March, union members voted 93% in favour of a strike if the company couldn’t negotiate a fair agreement by early May. Job action would have affected all Loomis customers in eight provinces and potentially TransForce (TSE:TFI), which owns Loomis in Canada.

Unifor National Council 4000 and Local 4005 represent 117 members
employed at Loomis Express in Atlantic Canada

Unifor National Council 4000 Regional Representative Jennifer Murray, along with Unifor Local 4005 Local Chairpersons Ron Arsenault (New Brunswick), Tim Feener (Nova Scotia) and Roy MacKenzie (Prince Edward Island) were members of the Unifor Loomis Bargaining Committee.​
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Workers will vote on the contract during the next two weeks at separate meetings in each province.
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Unifor represents 1,600 workers at Loomis Express. The membership includes hourly drivers, owner operators, call centre staff, clerical, and warehouse workers. Loomis workers are covered by a national collective agreement with associated provincial addendums.

​The current contract expired on March 31, 2017. - See more at: http://www.unifor4000.com/17may02029-unifor-loomis-tentative-agreement.