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tive education secretary: $26.09 Culinary assistant: $31.97 Delivery person: $26.09 Education assistant: $29.27 Finance and pension clerk: $32.18 Human resources supervisor: $32.46 IS service desk technologist: $32.78 Learning inclusion support worker: $25.46 Library technician 2: $29.27 Maintenance trades painter: $35.43 School secretary 4: $28.02 Science assistant: $26.74 Strong start facilitator: $29.27 Youth worker/community link supervisor: $33.76 Editor's notes: Educational leave: Employer, union will each contribute $10 per employee with benefits, each year for edu- cational leave. Hearing aids: $3,000 every 4 years. Visual display terminals (VDT): If ophthalmologist recommends, by form of prescription, need for eye glasses or lenses for VDT work, employer will pay up to $100 for lenses. MOULDING WOOD MANUFACTURING Moulure Alexandria Moulding Alexandria, Ont. (300 manufacturing employees) and the United Steelworkers (USW) Renewal agreement: Effective Dec. 10, 2020 to Dec. 9, 2023. Ratified in April 2021. Signed on June 7, 2021. Wage adjustments: Effective Dec. 10, 2020: 2% Effective Dec. 10, 2021: 2% Effective Dec. 10, 2022: 2% Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for afternoon shift employees. $0.60 per hour for night shift employees. $0.25 per hour for 12-hour day shift employees. $0.72 per hour for 12-hour night shift employees. $2.30 per hour for 12-hour weekend shift employees. Employees on 12-hour shifts who work on Sunday as part of scheduled shift receive time and one-half for all hours worked on Sunday. Outside and plant (yard) em- ployees receive winter bonus of $250. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 0.5 days per month employed to start, 2 weeks after 1 years, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked after 40 hours in 1 week, all hours worked on Saturday, all hours worked on paid holiday. Double time for all hours worked on Sunday. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for hospital, major medical, and 90% prescription drug cover- age. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage for 100% basic preventative and 50% co-payment for major re- storative. Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums for extended health coverage. STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for salary replace- ment coverage. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for salary replace- ment coverage. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for group life insurance. Pension: Employer deposits $185 per month (previously $175) into each employee's per- sonal RRSP, except for employ- ees receiving LTD benefits. Bereavement leave: 5 work- ing days for death of current spouse, parent, child. 3 work- ing days for death of sibling. 2 working days for parent-in- law, grandparent. 1 working day for death of parent-in-law, spouse's grandparent. 2 days may be retained to attend funeral if it happens later. 1 day may be retained to attend interment if different from funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 18 months after layoffs; 24 months if employee is absent due to ill- ness, injury, on WSIB benefits. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours at time and one-half. Probationary period: 480 straight-time hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for reprimand or verbal warnings; 12 months for 1-day suspensions; 18 months for 2- to 4-day suspensions, 24 months Safety shoes: $150 per year to- wards purchase of safety shoes (previously $135). Outdoor employees received 1 pair of winterized safety boots, winter rubbers, and $150 (previously $135) towards purchase of sec- ond pair of safety boots. Uniforms/clothing: Van driv- ers receive uniform allowance of $250 per year. 1 apron per finger joint machine for tai- lors. $150 every 24 months for standard prescription safety glasses, $250 for prescription bifocal, multi-focal, progressive lenses. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Licensed maintenance: $32.63 rising in 2 steps to $33.95 Unlicensed maintenance: $31.06 rising in 2 steps to $32.31 Moulder operator tech: $26.85 rising in 2 steps to $27.94 Saw filer: $26.78 rising in 2 steps to $27.87 Primer sander trainer: $25.95 rising in 2 steps to $27 Moulder grinder: $25.37 rising in 2 steps to $26.40 Slitter laminator/floater/sander primer operator/rip saw opera- tor: $24.78 rising in 2 steps to $25.79 Added value operator: $24.54 rising in 2 steps to $25.53 Shipper/lift truck operator: $23.89 rising in 2 steps to $24.86 Truck driver A delivery: $23.66 rising in 2 steps to $24.61 Finger joint operator/optimizer operator/band saw operator/ truck driver A internal/gang rip operator: $23.54 rising in 2 steps to $24.49 DC receiver/MFG receiver: $23.53 rising in 2 steps to $24.48 DC shunter/DC employee/DC employee RWW/DC replen- isher: $23.31 rising in 2 steps to $24.26 Coordinator MFG: $23.14 ris- ing in 2 steps to $24.07 Planer operator/edge glue op- erator: $22.92 rising in 2 steps to $23.85 General help MFG/general help/finger joint feeder re- ceiver: $22.23 rising in 2 steps to $23.12 Chop saw re-rip operator: $22.02 rising in 2 steps to $22.91 Editor's notes: Attendance bonus: Employees who actually work each of regular workdays scheduled for them in 1 work week will receive $50 weekly bonus unless disqualified. Those who don't qualify because of taking statutory leave, miss days because of work accident, are laid off for part of 1 week will be paid pro-rata portion of bonus. License renewal: Maximum 4 hours of straight-time pay for truck drivers who must take written or road tests associated with obtaining class AZ license. Attendance bonus: Employees who work each workday in 1 work week will receive $50 weekly bonus. 7 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021