Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS TRANSPORTATION Landmark Transport/Landmark Cartage Services/Landmark Logistics Provincewide, British Columbia (87 drivers, owner-operators) and the Union Renewal agreement: Effective July 15, 2018 to July 14, 2021. Signed on May 1, 2019. Shift premium: 10% for local hourly work on weekends. $10 for use of tarps in-town (5-ton trucks only). $10 per hour for Hiab crane. Paid holidays: 11 days. Medical benefits: Owner-operators pay 100% of premiums. Employer will cover all employees (after 90 days from start date) in health and welfare plan and abide by con- ditions of Unifor Benefit Trust, administered by Bilsland Grif- fith Benefit Administrators. Dental: 100% reimbursement of fees for basic services. 80% reimbursement for member, spouse, eligible dependent children older than 18, (100% for dependent children younger than 19) for major services. 50% reimbursement for all eligible persons for orthodontic services. Vision: $200 per person in any 24-month period for prescription eyeglasses, prescription contact lenses. $50 in any 24-month period for eye examination by licensed optometrist. Paramedical: $30 per visit, maximum $350 per person, $750 per family per calendar year (testing fees, X-rays and medication excluded) for natu- ropath/physiotherapist/mas- sage therapist/speech therapist. Maximum benefit of $150 per person per calendar year for acupuncturist. $10,000 per year for registered nurse when re- ferred (must not be relative or residing with employee). Weekly indemnity: Coverage of 75% of pre-disability earn- ings, maximum $435 per week. LTD: Flat monthly benefit of $1,000. AD&D: Coverage of $60,000. Life insurance: Coverage of $50,000. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year; 18 months after 5 years of seniority; 120 days when owner-operator requests layoff or leave of absence. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.5% increase): City cartage/local owner-oper- ators TT-owner operator (common rates) Nippon Express/Argus Plus/ Canada Cartage/Overland: $55.41 rising 2 steps to $57.37 TT-owner operator (speciality rates) TT-Cascades (Norampac) $50.24 rising 2 steps to $52.02 TT- Canadian Freightways/ Fed Ex $49.75 rising 2 steps to $51.50 TT-Kruger $49.18 rising 2 steps to $50.91 TT-London Drugs $47.51 ris- ing 2 steps to $49.19 TT-City Transfer $52.27 rising 2 steps to $54.12 Crown Packaging, WCX and Reimer $54.69 rising 2 steps to $56.62 Clarke Freightways/Fed Ex $52.19 rising 2 steps to $54.03 5-ton owner operator-rates City Transfer: $43.33 rising 2 steps to $44.86 PCX: $43.44 rising 2 steps to $44.98 Canada Cartage: $42.81 rising 2 steps to $44.32 Hercules: $43.33 rising 2 steps to $44.86 Reimer: $41.55 rising 2 steps to $43.02 Roseneau: $40.93 rising 2 steps to $42.37 Manitoulin: $40.30 rising 2 steps to $41.72 Kindersly: $39.67 rising 2 steps to $41.07 Argus: $43.33 rising 2 steps to $44.86 Interpast: $39.47 rising 2 steps to $40.87 Crown: $41.80 rising 2 steps to $43.27 Boxmaster: $41.80 rising 2 steps to $43.27 Sligan: $41.57 rising 2 steps to $43.04 CPAC: $42.83 rising 2 steps to $44.35 Overland West: $42.83 rising 2 steps to $44.35 Consolidated Fast Freight: $38.89 rising 2 steps to $40.27 WCX: $38.89 rising 2 steps to $40.27 Cascades Norampac: $41.90 rising 2 steps to $43.38 London Drugs: $39.12 rising 2 steps to $40.50 Canadian Freightways (Norampac): $41.21 rising 2 steps to $42.66 Sample rates of per-mile pay (current, after 6.25% increase): Highway/linehaul owner- operators: $1.60 (plus highway fuel surcharge) rising 2 steps to $1.70 (plus highway fuel surcharge) Editor's notes: Border-crossing permit: Employer will pay yearly cost of U.S. border-crossing permit for owner- operator. Employer will also pay cost of all single-trip border-crossing permits should yearly permit not be required by owner-operator. Special funds: Employer will contribute $8.40 per month for each owner-operator to Unifor paid education leave, social justice fund and Local 114 safety fund ($3.15 for paid education leave; $2.10 for social justice fund; $3.15 for Local 114 safety fund). Custom-made orthopaedic shoes: Maximum $150 per pair per person, maximum 2 pairs per year (when prescribed by physician). CPAP machine: Maximum $1,600 in any consecutive 36-month period (when prescribed by physician). CPAP masks, equipment, hoses and fittings once every 12 months (filters excluded). Hearing aids: Maximum $500 for each ear during any 36-month period. Treatment for substance abuse: Plan will pay 100% of treatment fees in residential treatment centre, licensed by B.C. or Yukon territory at nor- mal cost for such treatment as recognized by those governments, maximum benefit of $1,500. ARTS, CULTURAL CENTRE e Banff Centre Banff, Alta. (607 arts, technical, administrative, maintenance, kitchen employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 4318 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022. Ratified on June 16, 2019. Signed on June 25, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2020: 0% Effective April 1, 2021: 1% Shift premium: 5% or base rate of higher position, which- ever is greater, once employee qualifies in acting capacity for employee in bargaining unit. $1.50 per hour (previously $1 per hour) for each hour worked between midnight and 6 a.m. for salaried and hourly-paid employees who are on shift. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3

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