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7 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CULTURAL INDUSTRIES Cogeco Media Acquisitions Montreal (43 on-air, office, technical personnel) and Unifor, Local 614 M Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2018, to Aug. 31, 2021. Signed on July 23, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective date of ratification: 2.5% Effective Sept. 1, 2018: 2% Effective Sept. 1, 2019: 2% Effective Sept. 1, 2020: 2% Shift premium: $50 per pay for senior employees in depart- ment who are responsible for establishing schedule for group of employees. 10% of regular hourly rate for hours scheduled as training. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 5/6 day per month or 4% to start, 20 days or 8% after 12 months, 25 days or 10% after 84 months. Overtime: Time and one-half for work beyond daily sched- ule. Double time for work after 12 hours per day for technical employees; 11.5 hours per day for office, on-air employ- ees. Double time (minimum 4 hours) for work on day off. Time and one-half, minimum guaranteed credit of daily work schedule after 4 hours of work. May be banked as time off in lieu, must be taken within year or will be paid out. Meal allowance: $10 for first 2 hours of overtime, $10 for each subsequent 6-hour period. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Paramedical: $21 per visit for chiropractor. Sick leave: 12 days per year. Employees will be reimbursed 50% of unused balance. Pension: Employer will match 100% of basic group RRSP con- tribution, maximum 4% (pre- viously 3.5%). Effective Sept. 1, 2019: 4.5%. Effective Sept. 1, 2020: 5%. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (legal guardian, spouse, common-law husband, common-law wife, father, mother, brother, sister, child). 2 additional days for special circumstances. 2 days for death of mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandmother, grandfather. Seniority – recall rights: 90 days if less than 1 year of ser- vice; 270 days with 1 year of service; 365 days after 5 years of service. Probationary period: 3 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for notice of repri- mands, suspensions. Severance: 1 week's pay per year of service after 1 year of service; 1 week's pay per 6 months of service after 7 years of service. Minimum 4 weeks' pay, maximum 26 week's pay. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply protective clothing, safety devices for employees on assignment (remotes from mobile units, towers), where required. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6% increase): Announcer/announcer-oper- ator Grades 1: $20.82 rising 3 steps to $22.09 2: $21.55 rising 3 steps to $22.86 3: $22.30 rising 3 steps to $23.67 4: $23.08 rising 3 steps to $24.50 5: $23.89 rising 3 steps to $25.36 6: $24.72 rising 3 steps to $26.24 Copywriter/news reader/re- porter/traffic reporter/traffic coordinator/social media and content/coordinator (40 hours per week) Grades 1: $23.35 rising 3 steps to $24.78 2: $24.16 rising 3 steps to $25.64 3: $25.01 rising 3 steps to $26.54 4: $25.88 rising 3 steps to $27.47 5: $26.79 rising 3 steps to $28.43 6: $27.73 rising 3 steps to $29.42 7: $28.70 rising 3 steps to $30.46 8: $29.70 rising 3 steps to $31.52 9: $30.74 rising 3 steps to $32.62 10: $31.82 rising 3 steps to $33.76 Receptionist Grades 1: $19.59 rising 3 steps to $20.79 2: $20.27 rising 3 steps to $21.52 3: $20.99 rising 3 steps to $22.28 4: $21.72 rising 3 steps to $23.05 5: $22.48 rising 3 steps to $23.85 6: $23.27 rising 3 steps to $24.69 7: $24.09 rising 3 steps to $25.56 8: $24.93 rising 3 steps to $26.45 9: $25.80 rising 3 steps to $27.38 10: $26.70 rising 3 steps to $28.34 Board operator/remote broad- cast technician Grades 1: $18.54 rising 3 steps to $19.68 2: $19.19 rising 3 steps to $20.36 3: $19.86 rising 3 steps to $21.08 4: $20.56 rising 3 steps to $21.82 5: $21.28 rising 3 steps to $22.58 6: $22.03 rising 3 steps to $23.38 7: $22.80 rising 3 steps to $24.19 8: $23.60 rising 3 steps to $25.04 9: $24.42 rising 3 steps to $25.91 10: $25.28 rising 3 steps to $26.82 Clerk/researcher Grades 1: $15.46 rising 3 steps to $16.40 2: $15.99 rising 3 steps to $16.97 3: $16.55 rising 3 steps to $17.57 4: $17.14 rising 3 steps to $18.19 5: $17.73 rising 3 steps to $18.82 6: $18.36 rising 3 steps to $19.48 7: $18.99 rising 3 steps to $20.16 8: $19.66 rising 3 steps to $20.86 9: $20.35 rising 3 steps to $21.59 10: $21.06 rising 3 steps to $22.35 Audio producer/morning drive-show producer/show producer/broadcast and IT technician/technical engineer Grades 1: $24.71 rising 3 steps to $26.23 2: $25.58 rising 3 steps to $27.15 3: $26.48 rising 3 steps to $28.10 4: $27.40 rising 3 steps to $29.08 5: $28.36 rising 3 steps to $30.10 6: $29.36 rising 3 steps to $31.15 7: $30.38 rising 3 steps to $32.24 8: $31.45 rising 3 steps to $33.37 9: $32.54 rising 3 steps to $34.54 10: $33.68 rising 3 steps to $35.74 Promotion coordinator/web editor (40 hours per week) 1: $16.83 rising 3 steps to $17.86 2: $17.43 rising 3 steps to $18.49 3: $18.03 rising 3 steps to $19.13 4: $18.67 rising 3 steps to $19.81 5: $19.32 rising 3 steps to $20.50 6: $19.99 rising 3 steps to $21.21 7: $20.69 rising 3 steps to $21.96 8: $21.41 rising 3 steps to $22.72 9: $22.17 rising 3 steps to $23.53 10: $22.94 rising 3 steps to $24.34 Editor's notes: On-call: 7.5 hours' pay at 20% regular rate for technical engineers, broadcast and IT technicians. Moving day: 1 day per year for moving purposes. Remotes: Minimum $350 for all commercial remotes of 4 hours for announcers or announcer-operators. Out-of-town: Employees on out-of-town assignments, who require overnight accommodations, will receive per-diem allowance of $80 per 24-hour period (previously $61 per 24-hour period). When assignment is in U.S., per-diem allowance is US$80. For employees who do not require overnight accommo- dation: $15 for breakfast (previously $8); $20 for lunch (previously $15); $30 for dinner (previously $17); $20 for sub- sequent meals (previously $15). Taxi reimbursements: Maximum $29. Paid education leave: Employer will pay $500 into Unifor paid education leave program. Remotes: Minimum $350 for all commercial remotes of 4 hours for announcers or announcer-operators.