Canadian Labour Reporter

6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS June 27, 2016 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 TRANSPORTATION Vedder Transport Abbotsford, B.C. (130 truck drivers) and Transport, Marine, Warehousing and Allied Workers Union, CLAC Local 66 Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 1, 2015, to Oct. 31, 2018. Signed on Feb. 23, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Nov. 1, 2016: 2% Effective Nov. 1, 2017: 2% Shift premium: $1.15 per hour premium for all hours driving, operating or working with specific trucks and any trucks equipped with a crane. $1 for employees with a BTMR license, where the license is required. $3 for employees who are training other drivers. $2 for all hours worked between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 7 years. Medical benefits: 100% of premium cost of Gold Plus Enhanced Health and Welfare Plan paid by employer. Health spending account of $1,200 per year, including $15 for doctor note and driver's medical ex- amination coverage. Dental: 100% up to $2,000 per year per person for basic ser- vices and 50% for comprehen- sive. 50% up to $3,000 lifetime for orthodontics for children under 19. Vision: $300 per year under 21. $300 every 2 years over 21. Paramedical: 80% up to $3,000 per person per year and 100% thereafter. Weekly indemnity: 60% of earnings up to $700 per week up to age 75. Payable after first day of accident or hospitaliza- tion and 14th day of sickness, to a maximum of 119 days. Sick leave: One-half day per month to a maximum of 12 days per year. 8 hours' regular rate pay paid quarterly to drivers who have gone 3 months with- out using a sick day. LTD: 60% of earnings up to $3,000 per month, payable after 120 days until 65. AD&D: $100,000 under 65, $50,000 between 65 – 75. Life insurance: $100,000 under 65, $50,000 between 65 – 75. Pension: Employer will con- tribute $75 per month after 1 year of employment, $150 after 3 years, $200 after 4 years, and $350 after 5 years. Bereavement leave: 3 days with pay for death of parent, sibling, spouse, child, mother- or father-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild, taken within 3 months of the death. Un- paid leave to a maximum of 3 months is also available. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months for layoffs, 2 years for job-related sickness or injury, 18 months for non-work-relat- ed sickness or injury. Call-in pay: 2 hours' pay mini- mum for showing up and find- ing no work, 4 hours minimum if started work and then sent home. $75 bonus for being available to work in addition to regular rotation. Probationary period: 3 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Safety shoes: $250 per year for safety work boots. Uniforms/clothing: $25 per year for gloves. Mileage: Within B.C.: 65¢ per mile for 5&6 axle and 69¢ for a 7&8 axle. Canadian, outside B.C.: 58¢ for 5&6 axle and 60¢ for a 7&8 axle. Beyond Tacoma, U.S.: 57¢ for 5 axle, 58¢ for 6 axle, 59¢ for 7 axle, 60¢ for 8 axle. Over-dimensional premium: 07¢ per mile. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): Tanker division: $29.82 Milk division: $29.82 Loading/unloading, tarping/ untarping: $28.19 Editor's notes: Safety bonus: 50¢ per hour or 1¢ per mile paid out quarterly to all employees who have not caused vehicle damage or cargo losses during a 3-month period. Leaves: Up to 3 months unpaid for marriage, illness in the immediate family or union activity. Sunday: No employee will be forced to work Sunday if their religion says it should be day of rest. Exchange: Employees can agree to work Good Friday and Boxing Day in exchange for 2 paid days off to observe religious or cultural holidays other than those already given as holidays. CONSTRUCTION Steeplejack Services (Contracting) Edmonton, Alta. (Construction workers) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 2010 Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 18, 2015, to Oct. 18, 2018. Signed on Oct. 16, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Oct. 18, 2016: $1.50 more per hour Effective Oct. 18, 2017: $1.50 Shift premium: First 4 hours worked on a Saturday will be time and one-half, and double time for all hours after. Double time for hours worked on a Sun- day or on a statutory holiday. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 11 years, 5 weeks after 21 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours over 8 per day. Meal allowance: A hot meal and paid half hour to eat it will be provided if employee works over 11 hours. Medical benefits: Alberta Carpenters and Allied Workers Health and Wellness Plan. Pension: Employer will match employee's contribution to RRSP up to $1,500 per year. Bereavement leave: 3 days im- mediately following the death of spouse or common-law partner, parents, mother- or father-in- law, siblings, children, or grand- parents. Probationary period: 45 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Safety shoes: 80% of up to $250 for CSA-approved work boots every 18 months. Sample rates of pay (current): Start rate: $20.61 Level 1: $21.65 Level 2: $23.73 Level 3: $28.75 Editor's notes: Leave: 30-day unpaid leave per year, if employee requests it.

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