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:
1. Maintenance, Service Crew, Technical, Stores and Security
2. Bleach Plant, Brown Stock, Chemical Plant, Machine Room and Chip Yard.
3. 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