Canadian Labour Reporter

6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS May 23, 2016 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 TRANSPORTATION City of Winnipeg Winnipeg (1,140 workers, bus drivers, plant and equipment workers) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1505 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 18, 2015, to Jan. 12, 2019. Signed on July 15, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective pay period 3, 2015: 2% Effective pay period 6, 2016: 2% Effective pay period 7, 2017: 2.5% Effective pay period 7, 2018: 2.7% Shift premium: Bus operators: 1 and 1/4 for Sunday shifts; 5% for training new employees. 25¢ per hour for time worked be- tween 7 p.m. to end of service, rising to 50¢ per hour effective pay period 13, 2018. Plant and equipment division: $1.20 per hour, rising to $1.30 per hour in 2017 for night and afternoon shifts ($1.15 per hour in previ- ous agreement). Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day for each 16 days worked to start; 4 weeks after 4 years of service, 5 weeks after 11 years of service, 6 weeks after 21 years of service. Overtime: Time and one-half for the first 2 hours and double time thereafter for time worked in any 1 day in excess of 8 hours. Double time for all hours worked by bus operators on their days off. Medical benefits: Employer provides coverage for the Supplementary Hospital-Am- bulance Plan. Dental: Employer pays 100% of basic and major dental services up to $1,500 per year. 100% of orthodontic services up to $2,300 lifetime maximum. Vision: Employer pays $325 every 24 months. $350 effective Jan. 22, 2017. Sick leave: 15 days per year. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death of immediate family member (including step-par- ents, in-laws, grandparents). 3 hours and 45 minutes' leave to attend funeral as a pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours at regular rate of pay. Safety shoes: $110 per year for plant and equipment employ- ees. Uniforms/clothing: Uniforms for bus operators, work clothing for plant and equipment em- ployees provided by employer. Tool allowance: Between $110 and $473 for various plant and equipment employees. Between $121 to $520.30 effective 2017. Sample current rates of pay: Assistant dispatch: $18.31 per hour rising in 5 steps to $24.63 Bus operator: $19.17 rising in 5 steps to $26.67 Acting supervisor: $29.34 Acting supervisor, 3 years' ex- perience: $30.67 Building services electrician: $35.10 Bus electronics technician, die- sel bus technician: $32.56 rising in 3 steps to $35.99 Carpenter: $28.64 rising in 3 steps to $31.75 Damage estimator: $30.01 ris- ing in 3 steps to $33.29 Drillman: $21.02 rising in 6 steps to $25.46 Truck driver, maintenance worker: $16.79 rising in 6 steps to $23.82 Electrician journey: $30.14 ris- ing in 3 steps to $33.43 Labourer, general helper, shel- ter servicer: $16.79 rising in 5 steps to $22.66 Loops and bus stops I/C: $30.18 Machinist: $28.64 rising in 3 steps to $31.75 Machinist I/C: $36.19 Truck/transport mechanic: $29.79 rising in 3 steps to $32.90 Truck/transport mechanic ap- prentice: $20.31 rising in 5 steps to $28.78 Mechanic helper, painter helper: $21.02 rising in 6 steps to $25.25 Improver mechanic, improver tireman, improver uphol- sterer: $23.38 rising in 4 steps to $26.99 Industrial mechanic, painter, body repairer, industrial welder, armature winder, sheet metal worker: $28.64 rising in 3 steps to $31.75 Mechanic, truck/transport spe- cialist: $34.55 Front-end loader operator: $22.17 rising in 3 steps to $24.61 Grader operator: $22.17 rising in 3 steps to $24.61 Heat and air conditioner tech- nician: $29.26 rising in 3 steps to $32.49 Tireman, upholsterer, welder, wireman: $27.99 rising in 3 steps to $31.08 Bus servicer: $16.79 rising in 7 steps to $24.66 Bus servicer I/C: $27.13 Welder I/C: $32.63 Storekeeper 1: $19.56 rising in 6 steps to $24.15 Storekeeper 2: $23.46 rising in 3 steps to $24.72 Storekeeper 3: $24.15 rising in 3 steps to $25.87 Storekeeper 4: $24.72 rising in 3 steps to $27.99 Downtown service clerk: $22.55 rising in 4 steps to $25.54 Treasury technician: $30.89 ris- ing in 3 steps to $34.27 CONSTRUCTION Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association Provincewide, excluding Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (450 operating engineers) and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 721 Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 1, 2015, to April 30, 2018. Signed on Nov. 12, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2016: 3% Effective May 1, 2017: 3% Calculated by CLR. Shift premium: 30¢ per hour for operators of mobile cranes up to 139-ft. boom. 80¢ per hour for operators of mobile cranes over 139-ft. boom. 80¢ per hour for tower crane opera- tors. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 6% vaca- tion pay and 2% holiday pay in lieu of paid vacation time. Overtime: Time and one-half for the first 2 hours of over- time Monday through Friday and double time for all hours worked thereafter. Double time for all overtime hours worked on Saturday and Sunday. Meal allowance: $28 after 2 hours of overtime (previously $27). $29 effective May 1, 2017. Medical benefits: Employer provides $1.60 per hour worked. Pension: Employer provides $6.20 per hour worked (previ- ously $6.05). $6.35 effective May 1, 2017. Call-in pay: Minimum of 2 hours at applicable overtime rate. Discipline: Warnings will not be used in progressive disci- pline after 30 months but will remain on employees' records. Mileage: 50¢ per km. Sample rates of pay (current, after 3% increase): Crane operators (excluding ma- jor industrial projects): $31.66 per hour rising in 5 steps to $36.01 Crane operators (major indus- trial projects): $34.17 rising in 5 steps to $39.61 Editor's notes: Room and board allowance: $121 per day (previously $118). $124 effective May 1, 2017. Safety: Safety hats must be worn by all employees on the jobsite at all times.

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