Collective agreement ratified at Tembec site

Tembec recently reported that a new collective agreement covering 680 unionized employees at its operations located in Temiscaming, Quebec has been ratified. Employees, who are members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, voted on the new agreement over the last week. The new agreement is for five years and establishes a framework that will improve the competitive position of the various operations located at the Temiscaming site. A large integrated site, Temiscaming is Tembec’s largest facility and produces high yield pulp, specialty dissolving pulp, coated paperboard and specialty chemical products.

"Our Temiscaming facility is one of the key sites for our Company and the ratification of this new agreement represents an important milestone. This new, long term agreement represents a key element of our long term plan for Temiscaming and demonstrates the commitment of our employees to improving the competitive position of the operations near term and to achieving critical operational and cost improvements required to support the pursuit of significant upgrades to the site," said James Lopez, President and CEO of Tembec.