Canadian Labour Reporter

Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CONSTRUCTION Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain Contractors Association Toronto (3,120 construction workers) and Teamsters, Local 230 and the Labourers' International Union of North America (LiUNA), Local 183 Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022. Signed on Nov. 22, 2019. Shift premium: $4 per hour more than highest rate paid to labourers in working foreman's regular and permanent crew when working foreman is appointed by employ- er. $3.28 per hour for night shifts that begin, and have majority of hours between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. $1 above base labourers' rate for box-sewer carpenter; $0.80 above base labourers' rate for reinfor- cing-rod installer when working on contract titled box-culvert project. Compressed air: $16 for 1 to 14 psi; $19.50 for 15 to 20 psi; $23.50 for 21 psi (additional $2 per pound for each pound over 21, in addition to 21-psi rate). $3.28 per hour (previously $3.18 per hour) will be paid for work performed on second or third shift Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 10% of gross wages earned for vacation and statutory holiday pay credits. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 9 or 10 hours per day or 50 hours per week or on Satur- days; double time for all work on Sundays or holidays (except for watchmen). Time and one-half for all work on seventh consecutive shift (watchmen only). Meal allowance: $16.39 per day for jobs that are at least 110 kilo- metres from employer's premises, after 12 hours of time worked, ex- cluding travel time. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute to Teamsters Local, 230 welfare plan or LiUNA, Local 183 members' benefit fund. Pension: Central and Eastern Canada Labourers' International Union Pension Fund. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply safety helmets to em- ployees at no cost to employee. When employees are required to perform duties in wet weather, employers will supply suitable protective clothing, including quality rubber boots, rain suits. On all tunnel projects, when em- ployees perform duties in wet or abnormal conditions such as water, dust, noise, employer will provide suitable protective cloth- ing, equipment including quality rubber boots, rain suits, gloves. Tool allowance: On projects where employer provides locked- up facilities for employees to store tools and clothing, employer will reimburse employee, maximum $300 for loss due to fire or theft resulting from break-in to locked- up facilities. Mileage: $0.60 per road kilo- metre, 1 way from boundary of beyond Greater Toronto free zone, for travel driving (payment is not made when: company transportation to job is supplied; straight-time pay, maximum 1.5 hours of pay per day 1 way from boundary of the free zone is paid to employee). Sample rates of hourly pay (cur- rent, after 3.5% increase): Local 183 wages Labourers/pump man (3" dis- charge and less)/heater man (up to 5 heaters): $37.64 rising 2 steps to $39 Small-mixer driver (less than 1 yard)/dinky motorman/sheet- ing and shoring man/miner's and driller's helper/powderman 's helper/mortarman/Scoot-Crete driver/screed man/puddlers/float man on concrete/jackhammer man/well-point installer/encase- ment form setters/signalman/ Rammax tamper: $38.24 rising 2 steps to $39.60 Pipelayers helper/concrete fin- isher/bench person/concrete patcher inside pipe/catch-basin installer/diamond saw cutter/wa- termain tapper/precast manhole installer: $38.39 rising 2 steps to $39.75 Caulker (cast-iron, tile, concrete, asbestos, cement, plastic)/wagon driller and box sewer constructor/ carpenter and reinforcing man and fusion welder: $38.64 rising 2 steps to $40 Pipelayers (including use of laser for pipelaying)/manhole and valve chamber carpenter constructor/ topman/miners/drillers/shaft- sinker timberman/grout-ma- chine man/powerman-blaster/ welder: $39.64 rising 2 steps to $41 Flag person/casual watchperson: $32.24 rising 2 steps to $33.60 Labourers (surface)/signalman/ deckman/pump man (3")/hopper man/heater man (up to 5 heaters)/ yard and material men/gauge ten- der: $39.39 rising 2 steps to $40.75 Labourers (underground)/muck- er/loco driver/trackman/caulker/ shaft sinker helper/concrete fin- isher/concrete worker/carpen- ter/pit-bottom man/Scoot-Crete driver/driller helper/mixer man (under 1 yard): $40.35 rising 2 steps to $41.71 Lock tender: $40.69 rising 2 steps to $42.05 Miner/driller/diamond driller/ timberman/jackleg man/muck- ing-machine driver/jumbo opera- tor/robotic sprayer/shaft sinker/ pipe jacker/slush driver/wagon driller (underground)/cole-cutter driver/powderman-blaster/lead concrete man/all labourers on pile-driver operations/miner for caisson and underpinning/ manhole carpenter/operators of air spades and jackhammer at face/shotcrete/nozzle man and concrete pump/reinforcing rod placer/cement mason/welder/ shotcrete man/stopper man/au- ger man/carpenter: $41.35 Lead miner/tunnel shield, mole and similar equipment drivers/ working foreman: $42.35 Sample rates of hourly pay (cur- rent, after 2.4% increase): Teamsters', Local 230 wages Wage schedule 1 Drivers of dump trucks/pick-up service/bulk lift-trucks and farm tractors without attachments/ off-highway trucks: $38.72 rising 2 steps to $39.64 Fuel-truck drivers/load-bearing boom truck drivers and drivers of dump trucks with tag along at- tachments over 15 tonnes: $38.82 rising 2 steps to $39.74 Float drivers/custom mobile mix- er units/truck- or trailer-mount- ed: $39.08 rising 2 steps to $40.01 Wage schedule 1 Drivers of dump trucks/pick-up service/bulk-lift trucks and farm tractors without attachments/ off-highway trucks: $30.22 rising 2 steps to $30.89 Fuel-truck drivers/load-bearing boom truck drivers and drivers of dump trucks with tag along at- tachments over 15 tonnes: $32.30 rising 2 steps to $33.02 Float drivers/custom mobile mixer units/truck- or trailer- mounted: $32.90 rising 2 steps to $33.63 Sample rates of weekly pay (cur- rent): Watchperson (for 6 nights' duty, 50 hours per week): $1,244 Trainee Phase 1 (0 to 600 hours): 60% of full rate Phase 2 (601 to 1,200 hours): 75% of full rate Phase 3 (1,201 to 1,800 hours): 85% of full rate Editor's notes: Sanitation, shelters: On all jobs where more than 5 employees are continuously employed, shelter (heated when necessary) will be provided for employees to eat lunch and store clothing. Sanitary toilets will also be provided. Ergonomics training: As condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to attend and complete ergo- 6 Prepaid legal: Employer will pay $0.10 for each hour worked by each employee to Labourers', Local 183 prepaid legal benefits fund. April 6, 2020 April 6, 2020

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