Canadian Labour Reporter

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION National Capital Road Builders Association Ottawa (1,266 road construction workers) and Labourers' International Union of North America (LiUNA), Local 527, International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 793, and Teamsters, Local 91 Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022. Ratified in June 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective May 5, 2019: 2.5% Effective May 3, 2020: 2.4% Effective May 2, 2021: 2.4% Shift premium: $3.50 per hour for work performed between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Paid holidays: 10 days. Time off without pay on Remem- brance Day will be granted on request to any employee who is war veteran. Vacations with pay: 4% on each paycheque. Overtime: Double time for all work performed on Sunday and statutory holidays, ex- cept for snow removal, for all employees except watchmen. Double time for all authorized work performed on statutory holiday. Meal allowance: $55 per day along with reasonable hotel accommodation for employees required to stay away from home overnight (previously $50). Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Pension: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Bereavement leave: 2 working days at $250 per day for death of parent, stepparent, parent- in-law, spouse, child, sibling, grandparent. Call-in pay: Minimum of 4 hours' work or pay when called back to work after complet- ing normal shift with no prior notice. Uniforms/clothing: When employee is required to work under abnormally wet condi- tions, employer will provide protective clothing as deemed reasonably necessary. Coveralls supplied to mechanics, weld- ers, colas spray persons and hoe ram persons. Gloves sup- plied to fuel truck drivers, float drivers, welders, mechanics, operators and hoe ram opera- tors. Tool allowance: $60 per month to all mechanics. Em- ployers will provide all tools utilized by labourers. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.2% increase): Operating engineers Operators of all cranes/clams: $42.86 rising 1 step to $43.91 Operators of all floating equip- ment: $36.18 rising 1 step to $37.14 Sewer and watermain opera- tors of excavators/milling ma- chine operators: $35.18 rising 1 step to $36.14 Operators of Gradalls/grader A (asphalt and concrete): $34.68 rising 1 step to $35.64 Road construction operators of excavators/Gradalls: $33.65 ris- ing 1 step to $34.61 Grader B (other grading includ- ing gravel): $32.02 rising 1 step to $32.97 Mechanic A (heavy duty): $33.22 rising 1 step to $34.17 Mechanic B: $32.65 rising 1 step to $33.61 Welder A: $32.05 rising 1 step to $33.01 Welder B: $31.82 rising 1 step to $32.77 Operators A (bulldozer/ rubber-tired scrapers/loaders/ temporary steam heating plant/ sheep's foot with blade attach- ment/rubber tired hoe/roller A asphalt): $32.58 rising 1 step to $33.54 Shuttle buggy: $33.08 rising 1 step to $34.04 Bulldozer under D6 and loader less than 1.5 c.y. capacity: $32.58 rising 1 step to $33.54 Operators B (pumps/skid- steer loaders/industrial trac- tors with attachments/well points/dinky locomotive-type engines and Kubota-type backhoe): $32.28 rising 1 step to $33.24 Roller B (grade self-propelled ride on packers/electronic or radio controlled compaction unit/power sweepers): $31.65 rising 1 step to $32.61 Field service man: $31.88 rising 1 step to $32.84 Oilers/apprentices/front end drivers and oilers on 100-tonne cranes: $30.89 rising 1 step to $31.85 Tunnel operators of cranes: $42.86 rising 1 step to $43.91 Tunnel operators of shaft hoists/tuggers/and derricks with lifting capacity over 2,000 lbs: $36.18 rising 1 step to $37.14 Teamsters (no increases during collective agreement term) Ready mix truck/floats (low bed): $27.74 Semi-trailer truck/tri-axle/ tri-axle dump and pup trailer/ tri-axle with tag along float/ tandem-axle with pup/tandem- axle with tag along float/boom truck/water truck/fuel and grease truck/tandem dump/ service truck/single-axle truck/ farm tractor/off-highway truck: $26.58 Labourers Powderman/tail ender/curb machine operator/pipe layer: $33.12 rising 1 step to $33.80 Labourers (skilled)/form set- ter/form-builder carpenters/ concrete worker (cement fin- isher)/raker/air-truck driller/ welders on pile driving (except for maintenance of equip- ment)/line setter/grade man: $32.37 rising 1 step to $33.05 Labourers (semi-skilled) including sheeting and shor- ing/concrete and asphalt saw operator/jackhammer breaker operator/reinforcing steel set- ter/deckman/topman: $31.68 rising 1 step to $32.36 Labourers including asphalt shovel man/concrete shovel man/float men/scoot-crete/ caulker/farm tractor operator/ pump operator (less than 6 inches)/asphalt tamper man/ grouter/interlock-paver lay- ers/walk-behind compactor operators and electronically controlled compactor oper- ators: $31.34 rising 1 step to $32.02 Labourers who have not been actively engaged in construc- tion work for more than 12 months in past 3 years: $30.70 rising 1 step to $31.38 Labourers who have not been actively engaged in construc- tion work for more than 6 months in past 3 years: $27.94 rising 1 step to $28.62 Watch persons/flag persons/ labourers engaged as land- scapers: $24.20 rising 1 step to $24.88 Students hired between May and Sept. 15: $24.09 rising 1 step to $24.77 Tunnel labourer: $33.61 rising 1 step to $34.34 Tunnel underground labourer/ loco driver/lock tender: $33.93 rising 1 step to $34.65 Mucker concrete worker (ce- ment finisher)/scoop tram/ mucker/mixer operator/rigger/ skid steer operator/telescop- ic forklift/shotcrete/gunite: $34.09 rising 1 step to $34.82 Miner/tunnel-mole driver/tun- nel-shield driver/mucking ma- chine operator/powderman/ grout man/carpenter/form builder/road header/mechanic excavator operator/certified welder/erector: $34.26 rising 1 step to $34.99 Lead miner: $37.28 rising 1 step to $38.01 Tunnel boring machine oper- ator: $40.48 rising 1 step to $41.21 Labourers (bridge construc- tion): $31.43 rising 1 step to $32.15 Concrete finisher (bridge con- struction): $32.46 rising 1 step to $33.19 Reinforcing steel setter/form setter/form builder carpenters (bridge construction): $35.31 rising 1 step to $36.04 Editor's notes: Reporting pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay or work if not notified to not come into work, or work stoppage is beyond control of employer. Minimum 2 hours' pay if no work available due to inclement weather. Transportation costs: Employees requested to work beyond 48 kilometres from Peace Tower and are provided daily transportation to place of work receive $35 to $71 per day (previously $31.50 to $65.31/depending on distance); those who aren't provided daily transportation receive $59 to $139 (previously $54.60 to $126). 7 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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