Canadian Labour Reporter

dependants 14 or younger with prescription change) for lenses, frames, contact lenses. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 66 2/3% of weekly earnings or $447 per week, whichever is greater. LTD: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% premiums for coverage of 50% of normal annual earnings, less offsets, from date of expiration of weekly indemnity coverage. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2 times employee's base annual income. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2 times employee's base an- nual income. Pension: Employer pays 100% of costs for DB pension plan. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: New employees will contribute 6%, employer will contribute 7.25% into plan. Bereavement leave: 1 com- plete set of regular work shifts for death of spouse, child. 3 days for death in immediate family. Seniority – recall rights: 8 months to start; 1 year, plus 1 month per year of service (maximum 6 months), after 1 year of service. Call-in pay: Minimum of 4 hours at time and one-half or overtime worked, whichever is greater, for employees called back to work after having left plant after completion of shift, on designated day off or on stat- utory holiday, due to emergency or other reasons. Probationary period: 45 work- ing days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Severance: 10 days' pay for each year of service, maximum 52 weeks in event of permanent or partial closure. Safety shoes: $175 per year (previously $150 per year) for 1 or more pairs of CSA- approved safety boots that are ankle height or higher. Em- ployer will provide winter safety boots, rubber safety boots to employees where this personal protective equipment is neces- sary to perform work on regular basis. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide, replace aprons (for grinding room employees, hard hats and liners, dust protection (disposable), eye protection, ear protection (disposable and non- disposable), gloves, bucking pants for the yard crew, leather aprons for graders. Employer will make coveralls available to employees handling resins and similar substances. Employer will provide coveralls to trades- men, oilers, small and large log- line operators. Tool allowance: Employer will supply metric or specialty tools required by tradesmen. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 8.8% increase): Operator kilns: $33.46 rising 4 steps to $36.39 Oiler: $34.41 rising 4 steps to $37.43 Non-traditional roles: $38.09 rising 4 steps to $41.43 Lead hand/value tech, quality assurance/safety coordinator/ trades-person (ticketed): $42.06 rising 4 steps to $45.75 Apprentice first year: $31.62 rising 4 steps to $34.40 Apprentice second year (with successful completion of year one): $33.81 rising 4 steps to $36.78 Apprentice third year (with suc- cessful completion of year two): $36.01 rising 4 steps to $39.17 Apprentice fourth year (with successful completion of year three): $38.44 rising 4 steps to $41.82 Spark watcher/weekend: $29.27 rising 4 steps to $31.83 Stick system attendant/bander helper/clean-up, s.m./clean-up, p.m.: $29.52 rising 4 steps to $32.11 Sorter chaser, sawmill/mill infeed operator: $29.67 rising 4 steps to $32.27 Sorter chaser, planer-mill/ clean-up, maintenance: $29.84 rising 4 steps to $32.46 Trim block operator: $30.04 rising 4 steps to $32.67 Trimmer feeder/deck chaser: $30.52 rising 4 steps to $33.20 Bander op., recording, p.m./ planer feeder, hoist/stacker operator, sawmill: $30.80 rising 4 steps to $33.50 Forklift operator, planer infeed/ forklift operator, kiln, weekend/ forklift operator, sawmill/truck driver, waste truck/forklift operator, planer outfeed: $31.39 rising 4 steps to $34.14 Optimized edger feeder/forklift operator, shipping: $31.70 ris- ing 4 steps to $34.48 Utility operator 3/debarker op. 27" & 17"/utility operator 2/crane op./cat 345, logyard/ crane op., Komatsu 650, mill feed/utility operator 1: $32.37 rising 4 steps to $35.21 Log loader, cat 966, ctl yard: $32.73 rising 4 steps to $35.60 Canter, edger op./log cut-off op., merchandizer: $33.10 rising 4 steps to $35.10 Automated grading machine attendant, dry stacker: $33.48 rising 4 steps to $36.41 Canter, quad saws, edger op.: $33.86 rising 4 steps to $36.83 Editor's notes: Medical forms: Employer will pay, maximum $50 per form for each employee, for completion of medical forms filled out by doctor when requested by employer or insurance carrier. Medical travel allowance: $1,050 over 5-year term of agreement, maximum $400 in any 1 year. Education trust fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per hour to United Steelworkers, Local 1-207 trust fund. Humanity fund: Employer will contribute $20 per year to United Steelworkers, Local 1-207 humanity fund. CONSTRUCTION Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association Provincewide, Nova Scotia (300 sheet-metal workers) and the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association (SMART), Local 409 Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2018, to April 30, 2021. Signed on June 25, 2018. Shift premium: 15% for second shift. 18% for third shift. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 9% vaca- tion and holiday allowance on each pay cheque in lieu of paid vacation and holidays. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours after normal hours per day. Double time for all work after 2 hours of over- time or on Saturday, Sunday. Meal allowance: Meal or $26 (previously $20) after 2 hours of unscheduled overtime and every 4 hours thereafter. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $2.50 per hour to welfare fund. Pension: Employer will con- tribute $7.17 per hour rising 2 steps to $7.32 per hour to pen- sion fund. Call-in pay: Paid at appli- cable overtime rate, minimum 2 hours. Probationary period: 1,000 hours. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide safety hats, glasses, gloves, rain suits as required. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.5% increase): Commercial journeyman: $51.50 rising 2 steps to $52.25 Commercial apprentice (first 1,001, to 2,800 hours): $26.78 rising 2 steps to $27.17 Major industrial journeyman: $54.07 rising 2 steps to $54.82 Major industrial journeyman 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Medical travel allowance: $1,050 over term of agreement, maximum $400 in any 1 year.

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