Sunshine and Cheer Guidelines and Benefits
There shall be a committee of three (3) members, who will represent various areas of the Mill for purposes of Sunshine and Cheer Benefit entitlements to members and family (where applicable).
As a general rule the Mill will be divided into three areas:
- Maintenance, Service Crew, Technical, Stores and Security
- Bleach Plant, Brown Stock, Chemical Plant, Machine Room and Chip Yard.
- Steam Plant.
Each Sub-Unit will have a delegate whose job is to ensure that the guidelines are upheld. Each Unit delegate should notify the Unifor office to place the applicable benefit for the member. Unifor, Local 10-B members will be entitled to the following benefits from the Sunshine and Cheer Committee:
Upon the death of a member or a retired member, the purchase of a flower/funeral arrangement will
be made, at the approximate value of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Upon the death of a member or retired member’s immediate family (spouse, children, mother or father), the member or retired member will be entitled to a gift certificate from Save On, or donation to a charity of his/her choice, of value of ($75.00).
Upon sickness or injury to a member or a retired member, or his/her spouse, the member or
retired member, or spouse will be entitled to a gift certificate of a value of seventy-five ($75.00). The entitled person must be in the hospital for seven (7) days inclusive, or fourteen (14) days, inclusive, at home. Retired members and spouses will receive a gift certificate if the circumstances are approximately the same as current members. Baby gift certificates of a value of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for births/adoptions of children (effective November 9, 2011).
When a member or retired member is in the hospital, he/she will be entitled to a T.V., OR a telephone. The member or retired member will be reimbursed for the cost of the T.V., OR telephone, upon submitting the receipt to the Unifor, Local 10-B Secretary Treasurer.
It shall be the duty of the Sunshine and Cheer Committee members to visit the member, or contact the member, when he/she has been in the hospital, or at home, for an extended illness.
It is the policy of the Unifor, Local 10-B to send a $75.00 (seventy-fifty dollar) gift certificate for members who have been on L.T.D., W.I., or W.C.B. for a period of 30 days or more prior to Christmas. It is the responsibility of the Sunshine and Cheer Committee to ascertain which members are eligible, and to ensure certificates are sent.