Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS May 16, 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Fort McMurray (current, after 1.4% increase): Journeyman: $44.03 Foreman: $49.28 General foreman: $51.03 Operating engineers, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase): Journeyman: $44.78 Foreman: $50.03 General foreman: $51.78 Painters, excluding Fort Mc- Murray (current, after 1% in- crease): Journeyman: $42.58 Foreman: $48.97 General foreman: $51.10 Painters, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1% increase): Journeyman: $43.33 Foreman: $49.58 General foreman: $51.66 Pipefitters, excluding Fort McMurray, Local 488 (current, after 1.4% increase): Journeyman: $45.04 Foreman: $50.54 General foreman: $52.54 Pipefitters, excluding Fort McMurray, Local 496 (current, after 1.4% increase): Journeyman: $45.51 Foreman: $51.01 General foreman: $53.01 Pipefitters, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase): Journeyman: $45.79 Foreman: $51.29 General foreman: $53.29 HVAC & refrigeration, exclud- ing Fort McMurray (current): Journeyman: $48.36 Foreman: $53.20 HVAC & refrigeration, Fort McMurray only (current): Journeyman: $48.36 Foreman: $53.20 Sheet metal workers, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1.4% increase): Journeyman: $44.96 Foreman: $48.96 General foreman: $49.96 Sheet metal workers, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase): Journeyman: $45.71 Foreman: $49.71 General foreman: $50.71 Teamsters, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1% increase): Journeyman: $39.01 Push: $43.76 Foreman: $44.26 Teamsters, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1% increase): Journeyman: $39.76 Push: $44.51 Foreman: $45.01 Editor's notes: Meal break: 30-minute paid break but no pay for noon break on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Stand-by duty: 2 hours' pay at double time. Relocation expenses: $1,000 to offset cost of car allowance from Edmon- ton to Fort McMurray, 2 days' lodging, 2 days of meals for employee and dependants, 2 days' pay. Employer will also cover cost to ship up to 5,000 lbs of furniture and personal belongings or $650 to rent a trailer. Specialty welders: $175 payment for each specialty ticket the employer requires the employee to test/re-qualify for (previously $150). TRANSPORTATION Rail Term Vaughan, Ont. (Locomotive engineers and conductors) and the Labourers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 183 Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 1, 2014, to July 31, 2018. Signed on April 23, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Aug. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Aug. 1, 2016: 2% Effective Aug. 1, 2017: 2% Calculated by CLR. Paid holidays: 9 days. Time and one-half for all hours worked on a statutory holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year and 3 weeks after 5 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 40 hours per week and all hours worked on regularly assigned rest days. Meal allowance: $30 when employees work at different location. Life insurance: Employer con- tributes $225 per month to the Labourers' International Union of North America, Local 183 Members Industrial Benefit Trust Fund for the purchase of life insurance, major medical, dental and similar benefits (pre- viously $220). Pension: Employer contributes 50¢per regular hour to a maxi- mum of 40 hours per week into the Central and Eastern Canada Laborers' Pension Fund. Bereavement leave: 3 days for employee's father, mother, spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in- law, grandparent or grandchild. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Time and one-half for all hours worked with a minimum guarantee of 4 hours' pay. Probationary period: 120 con- secutive worked days. Safety shoes: $175 per year for safety boots that comply with federal regulations for safety as well as those set forth by the employer. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides hard hats, safety glass- es, hi-vis vests and gloves each year. Rain suits provided every 2 years. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): Shunter: $14.24 rising in 4 steps to $19.85 Vehicle maintenance: $19.79 rising in 2 steps to $24.83 Editor's notes: Staff meetings: Employees required to attend a staff meeting, in-service or a committee meeting dur- ing working hours will be compensated the regular hourly rate for time spent in attendance. Personal day: 1 personal day per year. Personal days cannot be accumulated from year to year. Technological change: The employer will notify the union 120 days before the introduction of any technological change of work methods which may adversely affect the wages or working conditions of employees. TRANSPORTATION Cassens Transport, Eastern Canada Car Carriers Provincewide, Ont. (220 truck drivers, loaders and maintenance employees) and Teamsters Canada Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2015, to April 30, 2019. Signed on May 11, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2015: 2.5% Effective 2016: lump sum pay- ment equal to 2% of total earn- ings in 2015 Effective May 1, 2017: 2% Effective May 1, 2018: 2% Shift premium: $11 per hour for work done on Sunday by

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