Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS TRANSPORTATION Consolidated Fastfrate Edmonton (50 drivers, dock, clerical employees, mechanics) and Teamsters, Local 362 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Aug. 1, 2021 to July 31, 2025. Ratified on July 21, 2021. Signed on Sept. 10, 2021. Wage adjustments: Effective Aug. 1, 2021: 2% Effective Aug. 1, 2022: 1% Effective Feb. 1, 2023: 1% Effective Aug. 1, 2023: 1% Effective Feb. 1, 2024: 1% Effective Aug. 1, 2024: 2% Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for all shifts that start between 9:59 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. $1 per hour over above regular or overtime rate of pay for all time worked on Saturday, Sunday (office and clerical employees only). $1.50 per hour for all lead-hand employees. Paid holidays: 10 days, plus 1 provincial-wide or territorial holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% af- ter 8 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 10 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 21 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 8 hours per day; double time for work after 50 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums ($380 per month for 2021: $10 per month per year increase each year of agreement) for Prairie Teamsters Health and Welfare Plan. Sick leave: Maximum 5 days per year. Pension: Employer will con- tribute $3 per hour (previously $2.50 per hour) into Teamsters Prairie Provinces Pension Plan. Effective Aug. 1, 2022: $3.10 per hour. Effective Aug. 1, 2023: $3.20 per hour. For employees hired after 2016 ratification: Employer will contribute $2.50 per hour into Teamsters Prairie Provinces Pension Plan. Ef- fective Aug. 1, 2023: $2.70 per hour. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate fam- ily (spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepsons, stepdaughters, grandmother, grandfather (stepfather and stepmother will be recognized, provided they had status of employee's father or mother). 1 additional day, provided employee attends fu- neral, for employees who must travel beyond 100 miles to at- tend funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months after layoffs; 12 months after 5 years of service. 180 cal- endar days when employee re- ceives leave of absence to take position within company which is beyond sphere of bargaining unit. Call-in pay: Minimum of 4 hours' work but after comple- tion of duty called for, employ- ee may book off with minimum of 2 hours' pay at overtime rates. Probationary period: First 60 working days from date of hire; 128 hours of work within any 30 calendar days for part- time union employees; 384 hours of work within any 90- day period for warehouse em- ployee hired after 2016 date of ratification. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for written reprimands or warning letters. Severance: 1 week per year of service, based on 40 hours per week, maximum 26 weeks. Safety shoes: $250 per year for clothing allowance or footwear allowance that meets CSA ap- proval. Uniforms/clothing: If em- ployee is required to wear any kind of uniform as condition of employment, uniform will be furnished and maintained free of charge by employer. Employer will supply safety glasses, safety vests, hard hats, ear protection, dust masks when required, at no cost to employee. Employee will be provided with gloves, rubber or leather aprons, ei- ther coveralls or smocks, as deemed appropriate and safe for handling for employee physically handling substan- tial volumes of fish, meat, fro- zen butter, hides, creosoted commodities, spun glass, lampblack, barbed wire, acids, dirty oil drums, ore concen- trates in bulk. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.2% increase): Dockworkers: $26.33 rising 5 steps to $27.95 Drivers: $26.33 rising 5 steps to $27.95 Warehouse (hired before May 3, 2016): $23.07 rising 5 steps to $24.49 Warehouse (hired after May 3, 2016): $19.83 rising 5 steps to $21.04 Clerical: $22.09 rising 5 steps to $23.45 Mechanic (without trade card): $29.43 rising 5 steps to $31.23 Mechanic (with trade card): $41.82 rising 5 steps to $44.39 Editor's notes: Physical examinations: If employer requires that job applicants have physical examination prior to hiring, examinations will be made by doctor chosen by employer and cost of such examination will be borne by employer. License upgrades: If employer requests employee to upgrade license, appropriate equipment will be provided for test purposes and employee will receive regular rate of pay during test period. Industry fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per hour to Gen- eral Teamsters Local Union No. 362 Union/Industry Advancement Fund. Attendance incentive plan: $600 will be payable to qualified employees within 30 days following 12-month period ending July 31. Employees who have accumulated no more than 6 points (accumulated for such things as tardiness or absences) during 12-month period will qualify for payment. EDUCATION University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon (1,500 teaching, research, student assistants) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Local 40004 (Graduate Student Employees) Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2019 to Aug. 31, 2023. Signed on Nov. 3, 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept 1, 2019: 1% Effective Sept 1, 2020: 3% Effective Sept 1, 2021: 3% Effective Sept 1, 2022: 3% Paid holidays: 11 days. Em- ployees will receive 4.2% of sal- ary as statutory holiday pay. Vacations with pay: Employ- ees will receive 7.69% of salary as vacation pay. Sick leave: 1 working day of per month, maximum 4 days per term. Bereavement leave: 5 days for loss of spouse, common-law spouse, parent (including step- parent, foster-parent), child (including stepchild, foster- child); sibling (including steps- ibling, foster sibling), grandpar- ent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, any relative residing in same home as em- ployee. 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. Discipline: Sunset clause is shorter of 3 worked academic terms or 24 months for all records of discipline on em- ployee's file. After 12 months, employee may request that 5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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