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March 4, 2019 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS 6 COMMUNICATIONS BellMTS Provincewide, Manitoba (590 technicians, mechanics) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 435 Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2018, to Jan. 31, 2021. Signed on June 14, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Feb. 1, 2018: 1.5% Effective Feb. 1, 2019: 2% Effective Feb. 1, 2020: 2% Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for work between 6 p.m. to mid- night; $1.25 per hour for work between 12:01 a.m. to 8 a.m. (not applicable if employee is being paid Sunday differential). $1.50 per hour for employee assigned as charge hand. $1.55 per hour for employee in charge of exchange who reports to foreman in another adjacent exchange or centre or employee assigned to assist foreman in direction of work affected by this schedule. $1.70 per hour when in absence of foreman due to sickness, vacation, when in- scope replacement is required, employee will be selected to fill, for limited time, regular fore- man vacancy. $1.90 per hour when acting foreman assign- ment exceeds 3 months. $1.50 per hour for employee assigned as expeditor. $1.55 per hour for training associate ($1.30 per for staff associate) assigned to training centre as instructor, for non-supervisory assignment up to 3 years; $1.65 per hour thereafter. Double time, min- imum 2 hours, for time worked on bridge, tower, radio or microwave structure, or fixture outside perimeter of building, 85 feet or more above point at which structure is affixed. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floating holiday. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 21 years, 7 weeks after 34 years. Additional 7 days for employee receiving remote- ness allowance within location having no access by road. For employee receiving remoteness allowance within location hav- ing access by road, 2 additional vacation credits, not necessarily taken adjacent to regular vaca- tion credits. Employees head- quartered in Gillam, Lynn Lake and Leaf Rapids will be entitled to 2 additional vacation credits, for a total of 4. Credits will only be allowed if employee qualifies for at least 5 regular vacation credits and if employee leaves remoteness allowance area. Overtime: Paid at double time. May be taken as time off in lieu. Maximum amount of time employee may bank and main- tain will be equivalent to hours employee would normally work per 4-week period. Sick leave: 3 days after 3 months; 6 days after next 6 months; 12 days in each of second through fourth years; 21 days in fifth year; 22 days in each of sixth through 10 years. Maximum 176 days accumu- lated. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law part- ner, father, mother, spouse or common-law partner of father or mother, children, children of employee's spouse or common-law partner, grand- children, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, father and mother of spouse or common-law partner, spouse or common-law partner of father or mother, any relative who resides with employee). Where exceptional circumstances arise, employee may be allowed maximum of 1 week. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Paid for at applic- able overtime rate from time employee is called and will continue after completion of job until time that is reasonably necessary to travel home, min- imum 2 hours. Probationary period: 6 months, maximum 12 months for general apprentice. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Severance: 1 week per year of service for first 5 years of em- ployment; 2 weeks per year of service thereafter, combined total of maximum 35 weeks. Safety shoes: $165 per year, may be carried forward into following year, maximum $330, company-approved footwear. Uniforms/clothing: Employ- er will supply and maintain fire-resistant coveralls for cable splicers involved with handling grease filled cable. Employer will reimburse employee 50% of cost, maximum $40, for 1 set of coveralls per year. Employ- er will supply and maintain coveralls or smocks for garage and building maintenance em- ployees. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): General apprentice 1: $18.15 rising 2 steps to $18.88 2: $19.44 rising 2 steps to $20.23 3: $20.50 rising 2 steps to $21.33 4: $21.49 rising 2 steps to $22.36 Technician (line/cable, central office, equipment installer, field service) 1: $18.15 rising 2 steps to $18.88 2: $19.44 rising 2 steps to $20.23 3: $20.50 rising 2 steps to $21.33 4: $21.49 rising 2 steps to $22.36 Technician certified (line/cable, central office, equipment in- staller, field service) 15: $35.59 rising 2 steps to $37.03 16: $37.01 rising 2 steps to $38.51 Technician, operation support centre (line/cable, central of- fice, equipment installer, field service) 14: $34.21 rising 2 steps to $35.59 15: $35.59 rising 2 steps to $37.03 16: $37.01 rising 2 steps to $38.51 17: $38.48 rising 2 steps to $40.04 Shop craft 3 1: $17.62 rising 2 steps to $18.33 2: $18.31 rising 2 steps to $19.05 3: $18.89 rising 2 steps to $19.66 4: $19.43 rising 2 steps to $20.22 Shopcraft 2 1: $25.27 rising 2 steps to $26.30 2: $26.49 rising 2 steps to $27.56 3: $27.79 rising 2 steps to $28.92 4: $29.05 rising 2 steps to $30.22 Facilities worker/machine op- erator/heavy-duty truck driver 1: $21.90 rising 2 steps to $22.79 2: $22.60 rising 2 steps to $23.51 3: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27 4: $24.04 rising 2 steps to $25.01 Cable locator 1: $22.80 rising 2 steps to $23.73 2: $23.62 rising 2 steps to $24.57 3: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47 4: $25.35 rising 2 steps to $26.38 Wiring assistant 1: $17.18 rising 2 steps to $17.87 2: $17.89 rising 2 steps to $18.62 3: $18.50 rising 2 steps to $19.25 4: $19.05 rising 2 steps to $19.82 Building maintenance me- chanic 1: $24.05 rising 2 steps to $25.02 2: $24.80 rising 2 steps to $25.81 3: $25.61 rising 2 steps to $26.64 4: $26.29 rising 2 steps to $27.36 Building equipment worker 2 1: $29.05 rising 2 steps to $30.22 2: $30.31 rising 2 steps to $31.54 3: $31.70 rising 2 steps to $32.98 4: $32.98 rising 2 steps to $34.31 Garage attendant 1: $17.81 rising 2 steps to $18.53 2: $18.33 rising 2 steps to $19.07 3: $18.91 rising 2 steps to $19.68 4: $19.48 rising 2 steps to $20.27 Fleet service writer/coordinator 1: $21.28 rising 2 steps to $22.14 2: $21.96 rising 2 steps to $22.85 3: $22.76 rising 2 steps to $23.68 4: $23.52 rising 2 steps to $24.47 Mechanic (certified) (automo- tive, hydraulic diesel) 1: $28.14 rising 2 steps to $26.65 2: $28.92 rising 2 steps to $27.45 3: $29.72 rising 2 steps to $28.31 Travel costs: $11.30 for breakfast; $16.20 for lunch; $23.90 for supper; $8.25 for incidental expenses. $146.10 per night when employee stays overnight in CDO or radio shack.