Canadian Labour Reporter

3 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 to $500 signing bonus, depending on matrimonial status Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Shift premium: $1 per hour for trainers, previously 75¢. Paid holidays: 12 days, up from 11. Family Day included upon ratification. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, plus 1 additional day for each completed year of service, up to 35 days, or 7 weeks after 21 years of service. Tool allowance: $700 per year, up from $600. Sample rates of pay, current: Driver: $24.79 per hour Booking agent: $24.90 Maintenance clerk: $27.35 Road supervisor: $28.38 Mechanic A: $34.33 editor's notes: Safety: Employer may use DriveCam for business purposes, including for increasing safety for pas- sengers, employees and the public. TRANSPORTATION Comfort Cab Saskatoon (190 taxi operators) and the United Steelworkers Local 2014 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 15, 2014, to Sept. 14, 2017. Signed on Sept. 9, 2014. Paid holidays: 10 days, plus 2 floaters. Vacations with pay: 4 weeks after 1 year of service. Medical benefits: Steelworkers Trusted Benefits Fund to provide vision, dental, life insurance, depend1nt life insurance, prescription drugs. No other details available. Sick leave: 6 days per year. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an employee's father, mother, spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparent, niece, nephew, aunt or uncle. Seniority: Company shall recall laid-off employees in the reverse order of the layoff. Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months. Tool allowance: Car owner ensures all vehicles are maintained in good working order, as per municipal legislation. Franchise owner shall supply all necessary required equipment are in good working order. editor's notes: Lost items: In the event an employee discovers a lost article in the taxicab, the employee may return the article to the dispatch office for free, or to the owner at his convenience for a $25 fee or turn the article in to the nearest police station — all within 24 hours. 12-hour shifts: Any driver who exceeds a 12-hour shift shall pay to the relief driver or the owner an additional flat fee of $15 per hour. Office fees: $192.85 per week. TRANSPORTATION First Canada ULC edmonton (270 bus drivers, mechanics and terminal staff ) and the Teamsters Union Local 987 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 2, 2014, to Sept. 1, 2017. Signed on Oct. 9, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 1, 2015: 2.5% Effective Sept. 1, 2016: 2.5% Shift premium: $25 per hour when parked out during winter season. $19.64 per hour for bus transfers. $1 per hour for lead hand, maintenance. $1 per hour for driver trainers. Paid holidays: 11 days. Double time and one-half for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 11 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 per day. Medical benefits: Health Spending Account. Employer contributes $100 per employee every January. No other details available. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an immediate family member. That includes spouse, parents, sisters, brothers, children, grandparents and grandchildren. Seniority – recall rights: 18 months, with the option of extending by 6 months with written consent by management. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years, given no further discipline has occurred. Safety shoes: 50¢ per regular hour worked for mechanics, apprentice mechanics, shop serviceperson or yard serviceperson for a combined boot and tool allowance. Sample rates of pay, current: Drivers Regular route: $19.64 per hour Special needs route: $20.79 Contract route/shuttle: $22.35 Charter: $14.99 Maintenance Licensed mechanic: $37 Licensed bodyman A: $35.83 Licensed bodyman B: $24.48 Bus wash/yardworker: $15.53 Shop serviceperson A: $26.28 Shop serviceperson B: $20.31 Yard serviceperson: $17.91 AEROSPACE Cascade aerospace abbotsford, B.C. (440 aircraft maintenance employees, machinists and engineers) and Unifor Renewal agreement: Effective March 31, 2014, to March 30, 2018. Signed in August 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective March 31, 2014: 1.9% Effective March 31, 2015: < from pg. 1

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