Canadian Labour Reporter

January 13, 2020 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS for maintenance tradesperson, other employees who do maintenance work and use own tools. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.1% increase): Job grade 1 Casual workers: $15.52 rising 3 steps to $16.47 Job grade 2 I.Q.F. workers/trimmers/ candlers/boners/wormers/ graders/cullers/receiving (shed) room workers/skinning- machine feeders/plate- freezer workers/cold-storage workers/pkg. material whse. helper/stevedoring workers/ watchmen, service-labour workers/general labourer/ offal-workers packers/ wrappers/weighers/I.Q.F. feeders/secondary processing workers/first-aid attendant/ shrimp peelers/inspectors/ wrapping-machine feeders/ carton folders/pan washers/ janitor/marl-pac worker/ crab-plant workers/cookhouse attendant: $15.65 rising 3 steps to $16.60 Job grade 3 Cutters/trawler discharge and leers/flake ice workers/ payloader and forklift operator/ tallyman/weighmaster/crane operator/heckers (bone, defect, work content/fish count and skinning machine checkers)/quality control assistant/stockroom clerk/ cutting machine operator/ sawman/0008 mixer tender/ pkg. material warehouseman/ shrimp-peeler operator/shrimp freezer operator/crab butcher/ dockside graders/assistant breading line operator/ assistant process cook/clean- up workers: $15.76 rising 3 steps to $16.71 Job grade 6 Tradesmen B: $21.57 rising 3 steps to $22.52 Job grade 7 Journeyman AA: $23.12 rising 3 steps to $24.07 Journeyman A: $22.45 rising 3 steps to $23.40 Job grade 8 Truck driver/fuelman/ sailmaker: $19.06 rising 3 steps to $20.01 Breading-line operator: $19.46 rising 3 steps to $20.41 Job grade 9 Crane operator certified (70' boom): $21.57 rising 3 steps to $22.52 Shift engineers Refrigeration A and B or third- and fourth-class stationary: $23.12 rising 3 steps to $24.07 Uncertified refrigeration (learning): $21.13 rising 3 steps to $22.08 Discharging and sorting of shrimp (Dildo) Job grade 1: discharge workers/ general labourer/spotter: $15.65 rising 3 steps to $16.60 Job grade 2: forklift and crane operators/taileyperson: $15.76 rising 3 steps to $16.71 4-year apprenticeship First year: 75% of journeyman A rate Second year: 80% of journeyman A rate Third year: 87% of journeyman A rate Fourth year: 92% of journeyman A rate 3-year apprenticeship First year: 70% of journeyman A rate Second year: 80% of journeyman A rate Third year: 90% of journeyman A rate Editor's notes: Paid education leave: Employer will contribute $28,000, on Dec. 1 in each year of agreement, to FFAW-Unifor paid education leave fund. Fresh milk: Employer will maintain supply of fresh milk to welders when galvanized metals, aluminum materials are being welded. SENIORS HOUSING Lakeland Lodge and Housing Foundation Bonnyville, Alta. (27 cooks, aides, coordinators, housekeeping employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 2771 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2021. Ratified on July 10, 2019. Signed on July 10, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1% Shift premium: $1.50 per hour when majority of hours fall between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. $1.25 per hour to employee relieving in head cook's position. $0.75 per hour when regular employee works additional hours in position within another department, exclusive of head-cook position, to fill for staff shortages. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 2 years, 20 days after 5 years, 25 days after 14 years, 30 days after 19 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 hours per day or 80 hours biweekly. May be taken as time off in lieu. Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Sick leave: 1.5 days per month, maximum 120 days accumulation. STD: Employee pays 80% of premiums. LTD: Employee pays 80% of premiums. AD&D: Employee pays 80% of premiums. Life insurance: Employee pays 80% of premiums. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, common-law spouse, parent, child, ward, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild. 3 days for death of niece, nephew, aunt, uncle. Additional 2 days if funeral is held outside 300-kilometre radius of Cold Lake. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months for layoffs. Probationary period: 640 regular hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months (previously 24 months). Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Head cook (certified) Start rate: $21.92 Step 1 (completion of probation): $23.31 Step 2 (first-year anniversary): $24.64 Head cook (uncertified) Start rate: $18.64 Step 1 (completion of probation): $20.04 Step 2 (first-year anniversary): $21.39 Cook (certified) Start rate: $17.78 Step 1 (completion of probation): $19.15 Step 2 (first-year anniversary): $20.53 Cook Start rate: $16.92 Step 1 (completion of probation): $18.32 Step 2 (first-year anniversary): $19.69 Dietary aide Start rate: $15.78 Step 1 (completion of probation): $17.21 Step 2 (first-year anniversary): $18.62 Guardian Start rate: $17.49 Step 1 (completion of probation): $18.85 Step 2 (first-year anniversary): $20.27 Activity coordinator Start rate: $15.78 Step 1 (completion of Shift premium: $1.25 per hour to employee relieving in head cook's position.

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