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August 9, 2021

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COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS for each journeyperson, ap- prentices, utility person (will be replaced every 5 years). Employees in following classi- fications will be supplied with 5 clean rental high visibility coveralls or smocks weekly: journeyperson; journeyper- son apprentice; tradesperson; utility person 2. All other em- ployees will be supplied with 1 clean rental coverall or smock weekly. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Supervisor of equipment and maintenance Step 1: $34.60 Step 2: $36.33 Step 3: $38.15 Electronic technician Step 1: $28.87 Step 2: $30.28 Step 3: $31.82 Night foreman Step 1: $28.76 Step 2: $30.21 Step 3: $31.72 Transit fleet parts storekeeper Step 1: $27.58 Step 2: $29.41 Step 3: $31.26 Tradesperson Step 1: $27.53 Step 2: $28.92 Step 3: $30.34 Assistant storekeeper Step 1: $25.98 Step 2: $27.58 Step 3: $29.41 Transit fleet parts person Step 1: $24.52 Step 2: $25.98 Step 3: $27.58 Maintenance clerk Step 1: $23.07 Step 2: $24.52 Step 3: $25.98 Utility person 2 $21.23 Step 1: $24.45 Step 2: $25.68 Step 3: $26.95 Journeyperson Step 1: $31.43 Step 2: $32.76 Step 3: $33.96 Journeyperson apprentice Step 3: $30.21 Bus operator Student: $17.94 Probationary: $21.75 Second year: $24.18 Third-year: $26.15 Fourth-year: $28.43 Dispatcher First-year: $31.28 Second-year: $33.11 Editor's notes: Transportation allowance: Transit employees will be allowed at all times to ride on department vehicles, free of charge, whether in uniform or not, upon production of pass to operator. Service adjustment: Employees with 5 years of service will receive $0.20 per hour above their current rate of pay. Service pay: Employees hired prior to Jan. 1, 2014, will receive service pay of $5 per month after 5 years of service with department; additional $5 per month service pay for each successive 5-year period. Charter trips: Double time, minimum 4 hours, for each assignment for employees who are as- signed to charter trips between midnight and 5 a.m. Spread pay: $0.60 per day for 10.01 to 11 hours; $1.05 per day for 11.01 to 12 hours; $2.55 per day for 12.01 to 13 hours; $3.30 per day for 13.01 to 14 hours; $4.40 per day for 14.01 and over. Payment in lieu of coffee breaks, rest periods: All transit operators will receive — in lieu of coffee breaks and rest periods — 50 hours of straight-time wages on first pay day in December. Operating licenses allowance: On Jan. 1 of each year, employees will re- ceive $25 allowance. NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION Canlin Energy (Hanlan Robb Gas Complex) Calgary (42 production employees) and Unifor, Local 508-A Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2022. Ratified on March 11, 2020. Signed on March 24, 2020. Shift premium: $1.27 per hour (previously $1.24 per hour) for hours worked between 6:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: $1.29 per hour. $2.80 per hour (previously $2.74 per hour) for hours worked between 6:45 p.m. and 6:45 a.m. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: $2.85 per hour. $1.92 per hour (previously $1.89 per hour) for hours worked between 4 p.m. and midnight. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: $1.96 per hour. $3.28 per hour (previously $3.21 per hour) for hours worked between midnight and 8 a.m. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: $3.34 per hour. Employee, when asked by supervisor to accept duties and responsibilities of foreman, special projects, coordinator for temporary period of 2 con- secutive hours or more, will be paid $3 per hour, $2 per hour, $1.50 per hour respectively, while employee is so engaged. Employees who agree to work in Edson Gas Control will be paid regular wage rate based on regular wage rate immedi- ately before working in Edson Gas Control plus $2 per hour. $2,400 per year for employees with journeyman trade ticket. Paid holidays: 11 days plus twelfth holiday (floating). Vacations with pay: 10 hours per month, maximum 120 hours, or 6% to start, 160 hours or 8% after 10 years, 200 hours or 10% after 18 years, 240 hours or 12% after 25 years. Normally vacation will be taken annually. However, 4 shifts of vacation may be deferred into next vaca- tion year. Overtime: Double time. Time may be banked, maximum 60 hours. Meal allowance: Employer will provide meal at regular mealtimes (6 a.m., noon, 6 p.m., midnight) if employee works overtime and has insuf- ficient time to prepare meal or employer will reimburse employee, maximum $18, for each meal arranged should employee choose to make ar- rangements for meal in lieu of employer-supplied meal. Bereavement leave: 1 day for funeral, 4 additional days if re- quired, for death of spouse (by marriage or common-law), son, daughter, parent, sister, brother, equivalent in-law, grandparent (by birth or marriage). 1 day to attend funeral of more distant relative or close friend. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months for layoffs; 6 consecu- tive months while so employed for employees assigned to job classification not covered by agreement. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' at overtime wage rates. Probationary period: 90 cal- endar days plus 70-day exten- sion to period at employer's request. Severance: Greater of amount required by applicable employ- ment standards legislation or amount equivalent to not less than 2 weeks' pay plus 2 weeks' pay for each year of service. Safety shoes: Employer will provide safety boots to employ- ees as per company protective- footwear standards. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase): Field operators Lead field operator: $54.39 ris- ing 1 step to $55.48 Field operator 1: $50.80 rising 1 step to $51.82 Field operator 2: $46.99 rising 1 step to $47.93 Field operator 3: $44.21 rising 1 step to $45.09 Field operator 4: $42.57 rising 1 step to $43.42 Operator trainee: $40.10 rising 1 step to $40.90 Plant operators Lead gas plant operator A: $61.69 rising 1 step to $62.92 Lead gas plant operator B: $61.03 rising 1 step to $62.25 Gas plant operator 1A: $58.47 rising 1 step to $59.64 Gas plant operator 1: $56.07 rising 1 step to $57.19 Gas plant operator 2: $51.86 rising 1 step to $52.90 Gas plant operator 3: $46.42 rising 1 step to $47.35 Gas plant operator 4: $43.10 rising 1 step to $43.97 Operator trainee: $40.10 rising August 9, 2021 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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