Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Effective April 1, 2020: 2.5% or COLA, whichever is higher, maximum 4% Effective April 1, 2021: 2.5% or COLA, whichever is higher, maximum 4% Effective April 1, 2022: 2.5% or COLA, whichever is higher, maximum 4% Shift premium: Time and one-half for minimum 1 hour when officer working inside: bunker C, lubricating oil; dirty oil-cargo tanks; sludge tanks; oil tanks; water tanks; cofferdams; boilers; evaporators; cleaning dirty engine-room tank-tops; dirty bilges; below floor plates; tunnels. $2,400 per year winter premium for chief engineers. $1,500 per year service-bonus for all permanent officers. Paid holidays: 13 days. Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 5% after 1 year, 7% after 5 years, 9% after 10 years, 10% after 15 years. Time off: 49 days per year for master; 42 days per year for mate; 35 days per year for chief engineer. Overtime: Applicable compos- ite rate multiplied by 1 and one- half times. Medical benefits: Benefits covered under HealthSource Plus plan. Sick leave: Maximum 5 days per year, may not be carried over to following year. Pension: As condition of em- ployment, officers will become members of company pension plan. Employees will contribute 9% to RRSP portion of pension plan. Employer will contribute to DPSP (deferred profit-shar- ing plan) portion of pension plan. Bereavement leave: Maximum 20 days for death of spouse, children. Maximum 10 days for death of sister, brother, parents, parents-in-law, grandparent, grandchildren, relative living with employee. Seniority – recall rights: 18 months for officers outside scope of agreement, 24 months for officers who were laid off. Probationary period: 3 months or 90 days worked. Severance: 5 days' pay for every year of service for officers laid off longer than 24 months. Safety shoes: Employer will provide $350 per year (after 90 days of service) for CSA- approved safety boots, as well as winter clothing, raingear. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide 3 pairs of new cov- eralls or work clothes at fit-out each season (will be replaced when necessary). Employer will provide work gloves. Employer will provide 1 pair of insulated coveralls, upon written request. Mileage: $0.53 per kilometre for employer-approved use of personal vehicle for employer business. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 13% increase): Senior master: $105,929.47 ris- ing 5 steps to $119,849.47 Junior master: $96,892.54 rising 5 steps to $109,625.02 Mate: $78,786.83 rising 5 steps to $89,140.07 Senior chief engineer: $98,865.39 rising 5 steps to $111,857.11 Junior chief engineer: $94,251.46 rising 5 steps to $106,636.88 Signing bonus: $2,500 for each officer on pay period following ratification Editor's notes: Legal insurance: Employer will provide legal defence insurance paid by company at rate of $2 per day per position. Marine disaster: Maximum $5,000 for loss of clothing, personal effects through fire, flood, marine disaster, shipwreck. Transportation costs: Employer will pay for first-class surface passage, economy airfare, two-way car allowance or $0.53 per kilometre, when officer has served continuously from spring fit-out to fall lay-up. Applies to employees living outside 200-kilometre radius from Pier 24, Hamilton. Training courses: $70-per-day meal allow- ance ($15 for breakfast; $25 for lunch; $30 for supper) when officer is provided accommodation while on training course. Prescription safety glasses: $200 every 24 months. FISH PROCESSING Freshwater Fish Marketing Winnipeg (5 engineers) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Local 50136 Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2017, to April 30, 2020. Signed on May 18, 2018. Shift premium: $2.25 per hour work on weekends (relief en- gineers only). $1.45 per hour (previously $1.43 per hour) for acting-chief premiums third- class. $0.64 per hour (previ- ously $0.62 per hour) for acting- chief premiums second-class. $0.80 for dual-trade. $0.80 per hour when operating engineer has certified ticket for another trade, Red-Seal-journeyman certificate and is licensed in Manitoba, and uses that trade as part of his work for employer. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days or 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 2 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 9 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 14 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 21 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 or 12 hours per day or 40 hours per week, double time after first 2 hours of overtime. Time and one-half for all work on first day of rest, double time for all work on sec- ond day of rest. Meal allowance: $8 after work- ing more than 2 hours of over- time or for unscheduled over- time on Saturday or Sunday. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for single coverage. Employees pay difference between single and family coverage. Dental: Employer pays major- ity of premiums less $15 per month, which will be paid by employees. 100% coverage for routine. 50% coverage for major. Maximum $1,100 per person per year (previously $500). Vision: $500 (previously $400) per employee every 2 years. Sick leave: 1 1/4 days per month, maximum 100 days. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60% of employees' gross earnings per month, after 105-day wait- ing period. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for cover- age of $20,000 for employees with less than 6 years' seniority; $50,000 for employees after 6 years' seniority. Pension: Employees are eligible to join superannuation plan as outlined by Public Service Su- perannuation Act. Bereavement leave: 5 days for Marine disaster: Maximum $5,000 for loss of clothing, personal effects through fire, flood, marine disaster, shipwreck. Trade tickets: Employer will pay all costs of renewing trade tickets.

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