Canadian Labour Reporter

CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER 3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 n TRANSPORTATION Saskatchewan Transportation Company REGINA (230 bus drivers) and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Lo- cal 1374. Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2013, to Dec. 31, 2016. Signed on July 9, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2013: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 1.75% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 1.75% Paid holidays: 12 days. Double time for all hours worked on a named holiday. Holidays may be banked, up to 5 days at a time. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 8 per day. Time and one-half for first 2 hours if overtime shift im- mediately follows a regularly scheduled shift. Sick leave: 1 day earned per month, do not accrue. Pension: Public Service Superannuation Plan and the Capital Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for immediate family, including spouse, children, grandchildren, mother, mother-in-law, father, father-in-law, brother and sister. 3 days for step-mother, step- father, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, grandparent- in-law, step-grandparent, son-in-law or daughter-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Probationary period: 6 months on initial hire, 3 months if promoted or transferred. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Safety shoes: $175 per pair, up to 2 pairs every 2 years. Uniforms/clothing: Provided every 2 years: 1 tunic, 4 shirts or blouses, 4 pairs of pants, 2 ties, 1 three-in-one anorak jacket, 1 toque, 1 name tag. Effective Jan. 1, 2013: 1 V-neck sweater or 1 V-neck vest may be exchanged for 1 shirt or blouse. Pas- senger services and customer service co-ordinators: 5 shirts, 4 pairs of pants, 1 jacket or vest, 2 ties or scarves. Express service attendants: 5 shirts, 5 pairs of pants or shorts. Main- tenance employees: 5 coveralls or shop coats. $150 allowance for uniform cleaning. Sample rates of pay, current: Operator: $74.03 per hour, rising in 4 steps to $89.71 Clerk: $17.44 per hour, rising in 4 steps to $19.74 Accounting clerk: $18.52, rising in 4 steps to $20.86 Administrative assistant: $20.51, rising in 4 steps to $23.00 Senior payroll clerk: $20.51, rising in 4 steps to $23.00 Senior accounting clerk: $20.51, rising in 4 steps to $23.00 Customer service co-ordinator: $19.35, rising in 4 steps to $23.91 Express services attendant: $17.38, rising in 4 steps to $21.36 Express services attendant: $16.48, rising in 4 steps to $19.74 Passenger services attendant: $17.88, rising in 4 steps to $22.13 Building maintenance caretaker: $21.22, rising in 4 steps to $23.29 Custodian: $15.63, rising in 4 steps to $20.20 Maintenance co-ordinator: $34.01, rising in 4 steps to $37.62 Journeyperson: $30.57, rising in 4 steps to $33.73 Welder apprentice: $22.93, rising in 4 steps to $27.51 Mechanic II: $20.14, rising in 4 steps to $24.78 Service attendant: $16.97, rising in 4 steps to $22.02 Coach cleaner: $15.83, rising in 4 steps to $20.87 Editor's notes: Transit pass: Provided to each employee, trip passes provided for immediate family upon request. Travel: Hotel expenses reimbursed. $15 for breakfast, $15 for lunch, $15 for dinner. Held away from home: $10 per hour for all hours after 12 from arrival time if operators held away from home point within transit system. n FIRE SERVICES City of Grande Prairie GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALTA. (82 firefighters) and the Grande Prairie Firefighters Association Local 2770, affiliated with the International Association of Fire- fighters (IAFF). Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2012, to Dec. 31, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2012: 3.95% Effective Jan. 1, 2013: 3.56% Shift premium: $1 per hour for each hour worked between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 14 days including night shifts on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Vacations with pay: For 40-hour per week staff: 128 hours after 1 year, 168 hours after 7 years, 216 hours after 15 years, 256 hours after 25 years. For 42-hour per week staff: 156 hours after 1 year, 204 hours after 7 years, 264 hours after 15 years, 312 hours after 25 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week for daytime staff, or 42 hours per week for platoon staff. Sick leave: 1.6 shifts earned per month, accumulate up to 120 shifts. Pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan. No other details available. Bereavement leave: 3 shifts for immediate family, including spouse (common-law), parents, step-parents, grandparents, parents of current spouse, grandparents of current spouse, chil- dren, children of current spouse, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, Collective Agreements Collective Agreements Summaries of economic features of recent collective agreements from all sectors of the economy, public and private. The editor's notes, at the end of each summary, contain interesting tidbits from the collective agreement language.

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