Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS with reasonable notice may request time off for vacation. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after regular hours Monday through Sunday. Time and one-half for all work after 44 hours per week or 88 hours every 2 weeks when CWW (compressed work week) ar- rangement is implemented. May be taken as straight-time rate pay, with remainder as time off or fully banked and taken as time off (must be used with 6 months of end of pay pe- riod in which they earned it). Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $2 per hour into Electrical Industry Insurance Benefit Trust Fund of Alberta. Pension: Employer will con- tribute 5% of basic hourly wages to RRSP plan registered in employee's name. Probationary period: 3 months from date of hire. Safety shoes: Employees will report for work equipped with safety boots (CSA-approved, grade 1 (green triangle), in good condition, at least 6 inch- es high from sole of boot). Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide safety glasses and flash glasses (non-prescrip- tion); hearing protection; respi- rator; hard hat; voltage detec- tor/sniffer; appropriate work gloves. Employer will provide adequately fitting protective clothing where acids, chemi- cals, grease, dust, fibers prevail. Fire retardant coveralls will be provided where required Tool allowance: Employer will supply all power tools, instru- ments, other tools, including appropriate toolboxes for stor- age of such tools. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Gen. foreman: $43.13 Foreman: $40.37 Sub-foreman: $37.26 Lead certified communication technician: $34.50 Certified communication tech- nician: $32.78 Uncertified level A communi- cation technician: $31.05 Uncertified level B communi- cation technician: $29.33 Fourth-year apprentice: $25.88 Willow utility worker level A: $24.15 Willow utility worker level B: $22.43 Third-year apprentice: $20.70 Second-year apprentice: $17.25 First-year apprentice: $15.53 Editor's notes: Industry fund: Employer will contribute $0.12 per hour for all regular hours worked into electrical contrac- tors industry fund. Training: When manager requests employee to participate in training and it is manager's opinion that training is job requirement, employer will pay for tuition, required texts. When training is requested by employee, employee can claim 50% of tuition cost, required texts on expense claim. CONSTRUCTION Masonry Contractors' Association of Toronto Toronto (1,600 bricklayers, masons) and the Bricklayers, Masons Independent Union of Canada (BMIUC), Local 1; Labourers International Union of North America (LiUNA), Local 183; Masonry Council of Unions Toronto and Vicinity Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022. Ratified in April 2019. Signed on July 5, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2019: 1.4% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1.1% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.6% Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 2.4% Shift premium: Time and one-seventh for second shift (starting at 5 p.m.). Time and one-half for third shift (over- night shift). $0.30 per hour paid as transportation, travel, room and board allowances. $3 above bricklayers' rate for working foremen. Paid holidays: 9 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks plus 10% of gross wages earned. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work performed in ex- cess of 9 hours per day Monday to Thursday, 8 hours on Friday, and all day Saturday. Double time for emergency work per- formed on Sundays or govern- ment holidays. Overtime kicks in for foremen, bricklayer's assistants, forklift drivers, and respective apprentices after 9.5 and 8.5 hours, respectively. Work may be performed on Saturday at employee's regular rate if employee worked fewer than hours in regular work week during previous 5 days. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for LiUNA Local 183 Members' Benefit Trust Fund. Pension: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Labourers' Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada/Bricklayers, Masons Independent Union of Canada, Local 1 Pension Trust Fund. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay if employee reports for work and no work is available. Safety shoes: Every employee will, as condition of employ- ment, own and wear suitable protective footwear and other personal protective equipment required in normal course of duties, as may be approved by Canadian Standards Associa- tion. Uniforms/clothing: Every em- ployee will, as condition of em- ployment, be required to wear safety helmet of type approved by Canadian Standards Asso- ciation. Employer will provide fall-arrest harnesses, shock- absorbing lanyards, retractable lanyards to all employees who require them; will replace them if they are not in good repair. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Foreman: $45.37 rising 2 steps to $48.14 Bricklayers/Stonemasons: $42.37 rising 2 steps to $45.14 Forklift drivers: $39.92 rising 2 steps to $41.33 Bricklayers assistants: $38.92 rising 2 steps to $40.33 Tarpers: $30.64 rising 2 steps to $31.60 Tarpers' helpers: $22.64 rising 2 steps to $23.60 Apprentices (bricklayers, stonemasons registered with Labourers Local 183 members training and rehabilitation fund) After completion of level 1: $16 After completion of level 2: $18 After completion of level 3: 50% of journeyman's rate for 600 hours of employment Next 600 hours of employment: 65% of journeyman's rate for 600 hours of employment Next 1,200 hours of employ- ment: 75% of journeyman's rate for 600 hours of employment Next 1,200 hours of employ- ment: 85% of journeyman's rate for 600 hours of employment Apprentices (bricklayers, stonemasons not registered with Labourers Local 183 members training and rehabili- tation fund) First 600 hours of employment: 50% of journeyman's rate for Next 600 hours of employment: 65% of journeyman's rate for 600 hours of employment Next 1,200 hours of employ- ment: 75% of journeyman's rate for 600 hours of employment Next 1,200 hours of employ- ment: 85% of journeyman's rate for 600 hours of employment Learners Bricklayer's-assistant learner: 75% of bricklayer's assistant rate (upon completion of 400 hours, full rate will apply) Forklift-driver learner: 75% of forklift driver rate (upon com- Overnight stays: $100 per day, maximum $500 per week; $600 for 6-day week. 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