Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS TRANSPORTATION Air Canada Multiprovince (4,100 customer service employees) and Unifor Local 2002 Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2015, to Feb. 28, 2020. Signed on June 25, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective on date of ratification: $4,000 lump sum Effective 1 year after ratifica- tion: $3,000 lump sum Effective 2 years after ratifica- tion: $2,000 lump sum Effective March 1, 2018: 2% wage increase Effective March 1, 2019: 2% wage increase Shift premium: 50¢ per hour for administrative clerk II des- ignation. 10% premium for lead designation. Paid holidays: 8 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 15 years and 5 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half. Medical benefits: Employer pays full cost of supplementary health insurance for all em- ployees under the age of 65 to a maximum of $75,000 with an annual reinstatement of $2,000. Employer provides coverage for hearing aids and tests to a maxi- mum of $1,500 every 5 years. Employer provides coverage for massage therapy to a maximum of $50 per visit to a maximum of $400 per person per calendar year. Dental: Employer pays full cost of Group Dental Insurance Plan to a maximum of $2,000 per person. Basic dental service coverage is payable at 90% and maximum orthodontic cover- age for dependent children is $2,500. Vision: Employer pays full cost of Vision Care Plan to a maxi- mum of $325 (previously $225) for eyeglasses, contact lenses or laser eye surgery every 2 years. Sick leave: Sick leave accrued at a rate of 1 day per month to a maximum of 6 days per year. Life insurance: Employer cov- ers full cost of the group life in- surance plan to a maximum of $70,000 for full-time employees below the age of 65. Coverage in excess of $70,000 will be shared on a 50/50 basis. Level of cover- age will be 2.5 times the basic annual salary to a maximum of $80,000. Paid-up life insurance for retired employees will be 1/4 of coverage at time of retire- ment to a maximum of $10,000. Bereavement leave: 3 paid and 7 unpaid days for employee's spouse, child, spouse's child, parent, spouse's parent, grand- parent, spouse's grandparent, grandchild, spouse's grandchild, sibling or spouse's sibling. Seniority – recall rights: 60 months of the number of consecutive months equal to the employee's seniority as of the date of layoff, whichever is greater. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Probationary period: 180 days. Safety shoes: $100 per year. Sample rates of pay, current: Customer sales and service agent: $14 per hour rising in 9 steps to $23.50 Customer relations represen- tative: $14 rising in 9 steps to $23.50 Lead customer sales and service agent: $15.40 rising in 9 steps to $25.85 Lead customer relations rep- resentative: $15.40 rising in 9 steps to $25.85 Administrative clerk: $13 rising in 7 steps to $18.25 Editor's notes: Maternity leave: 132 days. Child care leave: 37 weeks. Time off: 30 days designated for time off. MANUFACTURING Brookville Manufacturing Company Saint John, N.B. (Quarry workers) and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmith, Forgers and Helpers, Cement, Lime, Gypsum and Allied Workers (IBB) Local Lodge D-406 Renewal agreement: Effective Feb 15, 2016, to Feb 14, 2017. Signed on Feb. 19, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective July 15, 2016: $200 signing bonus Effective July 15, 2016: 0.5% wage increase Shift premium: 50¢ per hour for all hours worked on shifts scheduled to start between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. 75¢ per hour for all hours worked on shifts scheduled to start between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. $2 per hour for lead hands. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 4% vaca- tion pay to start, 6% after 5 years, 8% after 10 years and 10% after 20 years. Meal allowance: $15 after 10 hours of work, including regu- larly scheduled shift. Sick leave: Employer pays for first 2 weeks' loss of pay if the employee qualifies for insur- ance plan's sick and accident benefits. Life insurance: Employer pro- vides $35,000 group life insur- ance policy including AD&D. $10,000 for employee's spouse and $5,000 for employee's child. Bereavement leave: 4 days for employee's father, mother, brother, sister, spouse or child. 1 day for employee's grandparent or grandchild. Seniority – recall rights: 18 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours at time and one-half. Probationary period: 60 days within 1-year period. Safety shoes: $150 during life of the collective agreement. Uniforms/clothing: Bagging crew will be supplied with work gloves to be replaced as needed. $1 per pair to a maximum of 150 pairs per year. $100 per year for the purchase of weather protective clothing for winter maintenance employees work- ing in unheated spaced in Janu- ary and February. Sample rates of pay, current: General labour: $17.72 per hour RRSP labour: $18.42 Loadout operator: $22.23 Driller apprentice: $22.23 Bagger operator: $22.23 General hand: $22.60 Plant maintenance helper: $23.23 Rock trucks: $23.68 Forklift: 23.68 Qualified plant operator: $24.06 Diesel mechanic helper appren- tice: $23.68 Driller, qualified operator: $24.01 Repair: $24.90 Williams crusher maintenance: $25.25 Plant operator: $25.61 Powder man: $26.48 Heavy equipment operator/cer- tified maintenance: $26.48 Diesel mechanic: $28.88

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