E Tu reaches agreement with manufacturers in Metals collective deal

E Tu reaches agreement with manufacturers in Metals collective deal
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth July 14 (BusinessDesk) - E Tu union leaders and manufacturing firms have reached an agreement in a cross-employer deal covering 600 workers at more than 80 firms.  Representatives from the union and nine companies resumed talks this week in their second round of negotiations to renew the Metal and Manufacturing Industries Collective Agreement, which covers manufacturing and engineering firms of all sizes and was first established in 1991 when industrial law was overhauled by the Employment Contracts Act.  A deal has now...