Canadian Labour Reporter

3 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 machine operators. Time and one-half for all hours worked by machine operators on a Sun- day. $1 per hour for all hours worked between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. $3 per hour for construc- tion work. 50¢ per hour for tradesmen with more than one journeyman certificate. Paid holidays: 12 days. Double time for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 25 years, 7 weeks after 35 years. overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 per day. Medical benefits: Alberta Health Care Plan. $500 per year for the purchase, mainte- nance or repair of hearing aids. Health Spending Account to be established, effective Jan. 1, 2011. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, county will contribute $600 per employee into the Health Spending Account; unused bal- ance will carry over. AD&D: $200,000. Pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan. No other details available. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an immediate family member. That includes spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, guardian, parent of spouse, child or ward, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in- law or fiancé. Seniority – recall rights: 18 months. Employees to be hired back in reverse order. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at overtime rate when an employee is called into work. Minimum 3 hours' pay if an employee reports for a regu- larly scheduled shift but finds there is none available. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 years, given the employee has since maintained a clear record. Safety shoes: $175 per year for safety footwear. Uniforms/clothing: 4 pairs of coveralls per year for mechan- ics and welders, 1 pair every 6 months for operators. tool allowance: Shop employ- ees and servicemen required to supply their own tools, county to replace any tools when worn, lost or stolen. Sample rates of pay, current: Operators Construction machine: $27.27 per hour, rising to $29.07 Maintenance machine: $27.27, rising to $29.07 Journeymen Welder: $31.39, rising to $33.52 Mechanic: $31.39, rising to $33.52 Mechanical foreman: $35.83 editor's notes: Long-service pay: $18 per month after 5 years of service, $27 per month after 10 years of service, $36 per month after 15 years of service, $45 per month after 20 years of service, $54 per month after 25 years of service. TRANSPORTATION St. John's Shipping Association St. John's (90 longshoremen) and the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) Local 1953 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2013, to Dec. 31, 2019. Signed on Nov. 27, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 2.32% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2.43% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2.21% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2.16% Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2.27% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2.22% Calculated by CLR. Shift premium: $1 per hour for foremen. $1 per hour for employees handling dirty and obnoxious cargo. 18¢ per hour for employees handling refrig- erated cargo when tempera- tures in the ship's refrigerated chambers are 30 F or less. 3 and one-half times regular rate when employees are working on vessels with cargo that has been on fire. This rate applies to all holds or compartments affected by fire, gas, steam, smoke, water or oil. The em- ployer will supply rubber boots and suitable waterproof cloth- ing to all employees working directly on the cargo. 3 and one-half times the regular rate when employees are working on wrecked or stranded vessels. The rate is paid from the time employees leave the pier until they return. Paid holidays: 12 days. 5 times regular rate for all hours worked between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. 3 times regular rate for all hours worked on Regatta Day, Labour Day and Boxing Day. 2.5 times regular rate for all hours worked be- tween 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. on Good Friday, Thanksgiving, St. John's Day, May 24, July 1 and Armistice Day as well as double time for all hours worked be- tween 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. 2.5 times regular rate for all hours worked on Easter Sunday. Vacations with pay: 10% va- cation pay for regular union members, 6% for temporary card members and 4% for ca- sual help. overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond a regular 8-hour day shift. Meal allowance: 3 times regu- lar rate for all work performed during meal hours. Medical benefits: Employer contributes 80% of premiums. The union contributes 20% to a maximum of $60,000. StD: $400 per week payable from the1st day of hospital/ accident and from the 8th day of sickness. Short-term dis- ability program lasts 26 weeks. Employer contributes 70% of premiums and employees con- tribute 30% of premiums. AD&D: $100,000 coverage per union member. Pension: Employees will be subject to the normal retire- ment age of 65 in accordance with the pension plan text. Employees contribute 35¢ per hour worked to the pension fund. The employer agrees its annual contributions will not be less than $225,000. Bereavement leave: 3 days when a member of employee's immediate family dies. Third day is to be used for the day of the funeral. Immediate family includes spouse, common-law spouse, father, mother, spouse of employee's father or mother (including common-law), children, grandchildren, grand- parent, brother, sister, father- in-law, mother-in-law, spouse of employee's father-in-law or mother-in-law (including common-law) or any relative who resides permanently with the employee. Uniforms/clothing: $700 per year for personal protective equipment. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.43% increase): Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.: $31.60 per hour 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.: $47.41 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.: $63.20 Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sun- day: $63.20 11 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Mon- day: $63.70 editor's notes: Smoking: Any employee found smoking in the hold of a vessel or in the sheds may be suspended from further work on that vessel. After the third offence employees may be discharged. Hiring hall fund: Employer will pay $66,700 into a hiring hall fund. $67,550 effective 2016, $68,400 effective 2017, $69,250 effective 2018 and $70,100 effective 2019. < from pg. 1

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