Canadian Labour Reporter

January 14, 2019 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CONSTRUCTION Saint John Construction Association Saint John, N.B. (500 carpenters, apprentices, foreman, tradesmen) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC), Local 1386 Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 12, 2017, to June 30, 2020. Signed on Nov. 10, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective Nov. 12, 2017: $1.50 per hour Effective Nov. 12, 2018: $1.75 per hour Effective Nov. 12, 2019: $0.75 per hour Shift premium: $4 per hour above their current journeyman or Red Seal journeyman basic hourly rate for foremen. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: Vaca- tion pay of 10% weekly will be paid in accordance with New Brunswick Vacation Pay Act. Vacation time off will be taken at mutually convenient time ar- ranged between employee and employer. Overtime: Double time for all work after 8 hours per day. Double time for all work on Saturday, Sunday, statutory holidays. Meal allowance: Hot meal or $25 after overtime more than 2 hours past regular shift and each subsequent 4 hours thereafter. Medical benefits: Employ- ees will contribute $0.05 per hour worked, employer will contribute $6.82 per hour worked to New Brunswick Car- penters Health Insurance Trust Fund Pension: Employer will con- tribute $3.65 per hour to pur- chase pension benefits. Bereavement leave: 7 days for death of wife, child, mother, father. 4 days for death of brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at straight-time basis. Safety shoes: Employee will be responsible to provide own CSA-approved work boots/ footwear at all times. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide safety vests/jackets, raincoats, rubber boots, safety helmets, gloves, safety goggles. Tool allowance: All power tools will be supplied by employer. Employer will be responsible for all tool damage due to fire, theft, maximum liability of $1,000. Mileage: $0.47 per kilometre (previously $0.46 per kilometre) for employee working beyond 15-kilometre free radius zone city or town hall of Saint John, Sussex, St. Andrews or Gage- town. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Apprentices First year (12 months): 75% of journeyman's rate First sector completed: 80% of journeyman's rate Second sector completed: 85% of journeyman's rate Third sector completed: 90% of journeyman's rate Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.6% increase): Red Seal carpenters: $29.75 ris- ing 2 steps to $31.11 Scaffolders: $28.70 rising 2 steps to $30.06 Journeyman carpenter: $28.34 rising 2 steps to $29.70 Editor's notes: Room and board allowance: $110 per day (previously $105 per day) when employer sends employee to job beyond 80-kilometre radius. Employer will pay mileage to and from job site after every 30 days of employ- ment. Training fund: Employer will contribute $0.80 per hour to Carpenters Training Trust Fund. Education fund: Employer will contribute $0.12 per hour to Saint John Construction Association Industrial Relations and Education Trust Fund. GOVERNMENT Town of Pincher Creek Pincher Creek, Alta. (26 inside, outside workers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 927 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2022. Ratified on Oct. 3, 2018. Signed on Nov. 20, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2018: 1.25% Effective April 1, 2019: 1.5% Effective April 1, 2020: 2% Effective April 1, 2021: 2.5% Shift premium: $1.75 per hour for any shifts (exclud- ing overtime) performed between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. 1 hour extra straight-time pay for each full Saturday or Sunday shift worked. $50 per month for completion of any level 1 courses related to classifica- tion of water/waste water. $75 per month for completion of any level 2 courses related to classification of water/waste water. $0.50 per hour for water- safety instructor, life-saving instructor, instructor training Red Cross. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% af- ter 7 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 10 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 20 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours after 8 hours per day for outside workers, community peace officers, bylaw officers. Time and one-half for all hours after 7 hours per day for inside workers. May be taken as time off, maximum 20 overtime hours may be banked. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Alberta Municipal Services Corporation (AMSC) coverage. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Sick leave: 1 day per month, maximum 12 days to start; 18 days per year after 1 year of service; 20 days per year after 3 years of service. STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 66 2/3% of salary, $1,000 weekly maximum. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2 times annual salary. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2 times annual salary. Pension: After 6 months of ser- vice, all employees will become members of Local Authorities Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate fam- ily (husband, son, sister, niece, wife, daughter, brother, nephew, common-law spouse, mother, Room and board allowance: $110 per day (previously $105 per day) when employer sends employee to job beyond 80-kilometre radius.

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