Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 $0.10 Effective first Sunday of July 2020: increase of Alberta all-items CPI calculated over period from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 of prior year (2019) Effective first Sunday of July 2021: increase of Alberta all-items CPI calculated over period from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 of prior year (2020) Effective first Sunday of July 2022: increase of Alberta all- items CPI) calculated over period from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 of prior year (2021) Shift premium: $1.20 per hour for employees who work sched- uled shifts which start between 4 p.m. and 5 a.m. $1 per hour above highest classification supervised for lead-hands. $2 per hour above highest classifi- cation supervised for foremen. $3 per hour above highest clas- sification supervised for general foremen. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 4% of straight-time rate for all hours worked. Vacations with pay: 6% of straight-time rate for all hours worked; 8% after 10 years of service. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week, Sunday through Saturday in- clusive for general long-term work. Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday inclusive and for all hours worked on Saturdays, Sundays or statutory holidays for short-term projects work. Medical benefits: Employer will pay $1.70 per hour into Operating Engineers Local 955 Health and Wellness Trust Fund. Pension: Employer will pay 10% per hour of employee's base rate of pay for each hour worked by each employee into Operating Engineers Local 955 Pension Trust Fund. Bereavement leave: Maximum 24 regularly scheduled hours for death in immediate family (mother, father, brother, sister, spouse, common-law partner (regardless of gender), children, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchildren, grandparents, stepmother, stepfather, brother- in-law, sister in-law). Call-in pay: 8 hours' at straight-time, 3.5 hours' over- time at relevant rate of pay for operators on scheduled days off. Time and one-half for entire shift, if employee is called-in on short notice (either 4 hours prior to shift or after shift has already started). 3 hours' at ap- plicable rate when employee is called-in to work on regularly assigned period of rest. Probationary period: 400 hours. Uniforms/clothing: When em- ployee works in rain, rainwear will be supplied. All employees will be supplied with gloves. Operators will be issued cover- alls for use when required (em- ployees employed in welding trade will receive better quality of coveralls, leathers, as well as fire-retardant coveralls (or parkas) during winter months.). $300 tax-free per year (previ- ously $600 per year) industrial- clothing allowance for all employees (after 6 months of service) who are employed as mechanics, welders, apprentice mechanics, apprentice weld- ers, tire mechanics, service truck, lubricator persons, shop labourers Tool allowance: $1.15 per hour when employer requires employees who are employed as journeyman mechanics, ap- prentice mechanics, welders to supply own tools. Employer will insure mechanic's tools, tool- box at agreed value against fire and theft while on employer's premises. Mileage: $0.45 per kilometre (Syncrude to be calculated at 100 kilometres) if employee uses own vehicle at request of employer. $33 per day worked transportation allowance to Aurora. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Group 1 (mechanic journey- man/bodyman journeyman/ welder journeyman/machinist/ electrical mechanic/surveyor, crane 15-ton capacity and over/ shovel, dragline, backhoe and similar equipment 2 cu. yd. ca- pacity and over/Gradall/grader finisher/Cat D-10 equivalent dozer and over with attach- ments/front-end loader 10 cu. yd. capacity and over/piledriver operator/SCL reject hoe): $51.64 Group 2 (motor scrapers Cat 651 or equivalent and over/tan- dem motor scrapers and quad tractor, one operator/Cat D-9 equivalent dozer with attach- ments/shovel, dragline, back- hoe and similar equipment 3/4 cu. yd. capacity and up to 2 cu. yd. capacity/front-end loader 5 cu. yd. capacity and up to 10 cu. yd capacity/crane under 15-ton capacity/off-highway vehicles 150-ton capacity and over/ lowboy operator equipment hauler/serviceman): $47.52 Group 3 (Cat D-5 equivalent dozer up to and including D-8 equivalent dozer with attach- ments, dozer, scraper, ripper, pusher/front-end loader 1 cu. yd. and under 5 cu. yds/grader/ motor scrapers and similar equipment under Cat 651 or equivalent/shovel, dragline, backhoe and similar equip- ment under 3/4 cu. yd./crane 12-ton capacity and under/tire mechanic/truck 5 or more axle units, off-highway vehicles un- der 150 and Bobcat): $45.30 Group 4 (bus driver #1 license over 24 passenger bus/class-3 steam truck operator, A-frame forklift/up to and including Cat D-4 equivalent dozer with attachments, dozer, scraper, pusher ripper/front-end loader under 1 cu. yd./self-propelled rubber-tired roller over 20 ton/ self-propelled compactor in- cluding spreading device 815 equivalent and over/off high- way vehicle 15 ton and under 30 ton/packer Cat D-6 and larger or base spreader/trucks 3 and 4 axle units): $41.51 Group 5 (bus driver (#2 license 24 and under passenger bus)/ self-propelled rubber-tired roller small base and paving up to 20 ton/off-highway vehicle under 15 ton/packer Cat under D-6/self-propelled compac- tors, all other types up to 815/ rubber-tired tractor/mechanic's or serviceman's helper/trucks 2 axle units/labour technician/ flag person and steam cleaner): $34.49 Group 6 (grounds worker/cus- todian): $31.60 Editor's notes: Living allowance: $200, based on minimum 6-shift pay period. Training: Employer will pay $0.09 per hour for each hour worked by each employee into Operating Engineers Local 955 Training Trust Fund. RAIL TRANSPORTATION Canadian National Railway Multiprovince (1,800 railway, yard locomotive engineers) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Renewal agreement: Effective March 21, 2018 to Dec. 31, 2022. Signed on March 21, 2018. Shift premium: Train-length allowance (does not apply to locomotive engineers dead- heading): $3 for 3,801 to 5,000 feet; $7 for 5,001 to 6,000 feet; $18 for 6,001 to 7,000 feet; $26 for 7,001 to 8,000 feet; $36 for 8,001 to 9,000 feet; $49 for 9,001 to 10,000 feet; $63 for 10,001 to 11,000 feet; $87 for 11,001 feet to 12,000 feet; $95 for 12,001 feet to 14,000 feet; $103 for 14,001 feet to 16,000 feet; $111 16,001 feet and longer. $0.75 per hour for locomotive engineer in yard or transfer service who commences shift between 2 p.m. and 9:59 p.m. (excluding arbitrary payments); $1 per hour between 10 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. (excluding arbitrary pay- ments). Paid holidays: 10 days, plus day after New Year's Day is ob- served. CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1

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