Canadian Labour Reporter

Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay at time and one-half. Probationary period: 500 worked hours in 12 consecutive months for employees hired be- fore April 17, 2019; 600 worked hours in 12 consecutive months for employees hired after April 17, 2019. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for records of warning or reprimand. Safety shoes: $200 per year (previously $150 per year), af- ter 6 months of service. 1-year carryover of any unused boot reimbursement can be used (1 pair for inside employees; 2 pairs for maintenance employ- ees; 1 summer pair, 1 winter pair for employees assigned full-time to yard who have worked 4 consecutive months in yard). Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide: outside clothing (hard hats and liners for winter; mitts and liners; lined, unlined gloves; raingear; steel-toed rubber boots (replacement on exchange basis with wear and tear); safety glasses; hearing pro- tection); inside clothing (hard hats; 2 types of masks (dust and respirator); rubber gloves; unlined gloves; safety glasses; rain suit for acid booth; hearing protection). Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase): Class 1A Utility labourer 1 Start rate: $19.24 rising 2 steps to $19.62 600 hours: $20.25 rising 2 steps to $20.66 1,500 hours: $21.26 rising 2 steps to $21.69 2,600 hours: $22.28 rising 2 steps to $22.72 Class 1B Utility labourer 2 (at 3,500 hours): $25.50 rising 2 steps to $26.02 Class 2 (SF pipe tape/grinder- station operator/yard signal/ outbound operator/assistant beveller/ID pre-cure transfer/ riding-mower operator/ID holi- day rack): $26.76 rising 2 steps to $27.30 Class 3 (SF tally/acid-water treatment operator/holiday-in- spector operator/joint cutter/ID material handler/ID blast assist/ ID paint-booth assist): $28.99 rising 2 steps to $29.57 Class 4 (small fork truck opera- tor/banding truck operator/as- sistant Wheelabrator operator/ preheat operator/outside tally- man/bevelling machine opera- tor/overhead crane operator/ scissor lift operator/ID preheat operator/ID tally): $33.69 rising 2 steps to $34.36 Class 6 (FBE operator/extruder operator/insul operator/large forklift operator/loader op- erator): $36.18 rising 2 steps to $36.90 Class 7 Crane operator: $37.74 rising 2 steps to $38.49 Editor's notes: Prescription safety glasses: Employer will reimburse actual costs, maximum $350 (previously maximum $200) for prescription safety glasses. 1-year carryover is allowed and, at employer's sole discretion, badly damaged prescrip- tion safety glasses may be replaced and reimbursed. Education fund: Employer will contribute $0.07 per hour per employee for each hour worked to union for education and training of union members. AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS Yanfeng Canada Automotive Interior Systems Mississauga, Ont. (244 automotive employees) and International Union, United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Local 251 Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 9, 2019 to Nov. 8, 2022. Ratified in February 2020. Signed on Feb. 13, 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective Nov. 9, 2019: 2.4% Effective Nov. 9, 2020: 2.4% Effective Nov. 9, 2021: 2.3% Shift premium: $0.60 per hour for afternoon shift. $0.75 per hour for night shift. Paid holidays: 9 days, plus 3 paid floating holidays during Christmas shutdown. Vacations with pay: 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 5 years, 20 days after 10 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked greater than 40 in workweek; all hours worked on Saturday. Double time for all hours worked on Sunday or company-observed holiday. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Children only $1,500 lifetime maximum, paid at 50%, for orthodontics. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $400 every 24 months. $75 every 2 years for eye exams. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 67% of weekly earn- ings up to 17 weeks, maximum $950. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Pension: Employee-funded retirement savings plan. Max- imum $1,400 per year contri- bution. Effective Jan. 1, 2021: $1,500 per year. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: $1,600 per year. Bereavement leave: 5 paid days for death of spouse, child, stepchild, parent. 3 paid days for death of stepparent, grandchild, sibling, stepsibling, child-in-law, grandparent, spouse's steppar- ent, child, grandchild, sibling, stepsibling, grandparent, child- in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 36 months for continuous layoff. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours when called in not in connec- tion with regular shift. Probationary period: 90 days, providing employee has actually worked 60 days within that period. If employee has not ob- tained 60 working days in first 90 days of probationary period, employee's probationary period may be extended until employee completes 60 days worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Safety shoes: $150 CSA-ap- proved safety shoes once every 12 months through employ- er-directed supplier; $300 every 12 months for skilled trades, set-up technicians. Tool allowance: $500 per year to maintenance technicians for tools directly related to their job. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2.3% increase): Assembler: $21.50 rising 1 step to $22 Production material handler/ shipping receiving material handler/material cycle counter: $22 rising 1 step to $22.50 Quality technician/production team leader/shipping team lead- er/receiving team leader: $22.60 rising 1 step to $23.10 Resin processor: $23.60 rising 1 step to $24.10 Set-up technician: $25.60 rising 1 step to $26.10 Mould technician/maintenance technician: $38.27 rising 1 step to $39.02 Maintenance team leader: $39.27 rising 1 step to $40.02 Editor's notes: Tuition reimbursement: Active seniority employees will be eligible to participate in Yanfeng Automotive Inte- rior Systems Tuition Assistance program. Prescription safety glasses: Employer will pay for 1 pair of prescription safety glasses every 24 months, purchased through employer-directed supplier. If prescription changes before 24 months have elapsed, em- ployer will provide replacement. Paid education leave: Employer will pay $4,000 each year of contract, effective Jan. 1, 2020, into special fund for paid education leave. November 30, 2020 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 6 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

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