Canadian Labour Reporter

hours on night shift. $1.15 per hour for AAR-certified. $0.95 per hour for lining applicator. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus Easter Monday, that will be considered as floating statuto- ry holiday and it will be sched- uled at mutually agreeable time (employee who works on any holidays will be paid at overtime rate of time and three quarters for all hours worked, in addition to regular holiday pay). Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 11 days, to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 20 years, 6 weeks after 28 years. Employees will be entitled to third, fourth, fifth, sixth week of vacation on first, tenth, twentieth, twenty- eighth anniversary dates of service respectively. Overtime: Time and three- quarters for all hours worked outside of employee's normal working hours. Double time will be paid for work per- formed on Sunday. Meal allowance: 20-minute paid lunch period and $12 in lieu of hot meal for employees who continue working for more than 2 hours beyond regular shift or called in and required to work more than 4 hours (paid on paycheque with no taxes deducted). Dental: Maximum coverage of $1,400 per year (previously $1,200 per year). Lifetime maximum $1,750 for ortho- dontics. Vision: $250 (previously $225) per employee and spouse every 2 years; every 1 year for dependents younger than 18. $75 once every 2 years; every 1 year for depen- dants younger than 18 for eye exams. Paramedical: $1,000 com- bined maximum per year for services rendered by regis- tered masseur, chiropractor, osteopath, physical therapist Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 66 2/3 weekly pay plus $40. LTD: Maximum $1,750 per month (previously $1,700 per month). AD&D: Coverage of $50,000. Life insurance: Coverage of 1 times employee's annual sal- ary. Pension: Employer will contribute $2.45 per hour (previously $2.35 per hour) to pension plan. Effective Jan. 9, 2024: $2.50 per hour. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, legal guardian, spouse, common- law spouse, child, stepchild, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, brother/sister of employee; father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, brother, sister of employee's spouse. 1 addition- al day will be given if employee is required to travel more than 300 kilometres, 1-way, to at- tend funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after layoff; 1 year or employee's seniority, which- ever is less, for employee appointed to position with company beyond scope of agreement. Call-in pay: Minimum of 4 hours' pay at applicable rate. Probationary period: 60 days worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is rolling 1-year period for minor rule/policy violations; roll- ing 2-year period for major rule/policy violations; rolling 3-year period for safety rule violations. Severance: 1 week's pay for every year of service when ser- vice centre closes. Safety shoes: $160 per year (previously $150 per year) for safety boots meeting CSA standards that will be com- pulsory for all employees, ex- cluding office personnel, who regularly work in shop area, after 1 year of service (unspent portion may be used for boot repair within that year only). Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide winter cloth- ing for employees assigned to outside work (maximum 10 outfits): switching crew, inspectors, employees tasked to pad, will have shared-use Ski-Doo suits/insulated cover- alls plus leather mitts together with woolen liners; engineer in charge of steam rack will be supplied with 1 parka and 1 set of leather mitts together with woolen liners; winter boots will be provided each year to employees assigned to work in switching-crew and steam- rack areas. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 9.8% in- crease): Car repairer classification Lead hand/inspector: $39.32 rising 4 steps to $43.19 Level A: $37.62 rising 4 steps to $41.32 Level B2: $35.75 rising 4 steps to $39.27 Level B1: $28.53 rising 4 steps to $31.33 Level C2: $24.89 rising 4 steps to $27.34 Level C1: $21.60 rising 4 steps to $23.73 Clerk classification Clerk leader: $30.93 rising 4 steps to $33.97 Clerk A: $29.87 rising 4 steps to $32.81 Clerk B: $25.29 rising 4 steps to $27.78 Clerk C: $21.60 rising 4 steps to $23.73 $1,000 ratification bonus (pay- able to current employees upon first-vote contract rati- fication) Editor's notes: Prescription safety glasses: Glasses will be supplied if needed, at no cost to employees, initially after comple- tion of probationary period and when needed thereafter. Attendance bonus: 1 additional day off with pay in next year for employee who records perfect attendance (no missed shifts). Welder apprentice training: Employer will top up weekly EI benefit, to 25% of weekly entitlement or $50, whichever is higher. Upon successful completion of training, participants will be eligible for reimbursement for books, maximum $200 per calendar year, as well as any registration fees, maximum $800. PEL: Employer will remit $1,200 per year to PEL fund to provide training to bargaining-unit members of GATX Red Deer. FOOD PRODUCTION Voortman Cookies Burlington, Ont. (240 food production workers) and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), Local 264 Renewal agreement: Effective June 2, 2020 to June 1, 2022. Ratified in July 2020. Signed on Sept. 17, 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective June 2, 2020: 2.3% Effective June 2, 2021: 2.5% Shift premium: $0.62 per hour (previously $0.60 per hour) for second shift. $0.65 per hour for third (night) shift. $0.84 for em- ployees working 7 hours or less on third shift. $0.50 per hour for group leaders above class D. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks af- < from pg. 1 Attendance bonus: 1 additional day off with pay in next year for employee who records perfect attendance (no missed shifts). 3 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2021

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