Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS SHIP BUILDING Allied Shipbuilder Vancouver (80 operators, painters, labourers, handymen, journeymen, foremen) and the Marine Workers & Boilermakers Industrial Union (MWBIU), Local 1 Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2015, to Feb. 28, 2018. Signed on April 30, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective March 1, 2015: 2.1% Effective March 1, 2016: 3% Effective March 1, 2017: 2.5% Shift premium: Time and one-quarter will be paid when employees work for 1 hour or more in enclosed space, di- mensions of which restrain em- ployee to working in kneeling position or lower and preclude him from periodically standing. Time and one-quarter will be paid for employees working in confined places when closing plates are on and no means of ventilation provided, or for dirty work. Time and one-quar- ter will be paid when employees affected by burning or welding on galvanized pipe or other galvanized work when efficient ventilation is not provided. Any welder being asked to weld over dry paint or any persons being asked to burn off dry paint, will be paid time and one-quarter. Time and one-quarter will be paid while working in com- partments full of gases and fumes, where it is impossible to provide efficient ventilation to make air conditions come up to standard as set by WCB of B.C. Time and one-half will be paid for cleaning of tanks that have contained "bunker" or other heavy fuel oil when actually working inside tank. Additional 16% for work while off-site. Paid holidays: 12 days, plus 1 additional floating day between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2 each year. Vacations with pay: For em- ployees hired after Jan. 1, 1987: 2.6 weeks or 5% after 1 years, 3 weeks or 6% after 2 years, 3.64 weeks or 7% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years, 4.68 weeks or 9% after 10 years, 5.2 weeks or 10% after 15 years. For employees hired before Jan. 1, 1987: 3 weeks or 6% after 2 years, 3.65 weeks or 7% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years, 4.68 weeks or 9% after 10 years, 5.2 weeks or 10% after 15 years, 6.4 weeks or 12% after 20 years. For employees hired before Jan. 1, 1980: 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years, 4.68 weeks or 9% after 10 years, 5.2 weeks or 10% after 15 years, 6.24 weeks or 12% after 20 years. Overtime: Double time for all work in excess of standard hours. Meal allowance: When work- ing more than 2 hours, employ- er will provide nourishing meal and same thereafter for each subsequent 4 hours. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $5.80 for each hour worked to union welfare, pension and disability funds. Pension: Employer will con- tribute $5.80 for each hour worked to union welfare, pen- sion and disability funds. Em- ployer will contribute addition- al $0.07 for each hour worked to Marine Workers' Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (husband, wife, mother, father, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister, children, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren). Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at double time. Probationary period: 60 days work within 6-month period. Severance: 2 weeks' pay after 7 years of service, 1 day's pay per year of service after 10 years of service for early retirement severance. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply protective clothing, gloves, equipment for welder when air-arcing. $0.30 per hour rising 3 steps to $0.34 per hour for machinists and engine fit- ters. $0.26 per hour rising 3 steps to $0.30 per hour for all other employees. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5.6% increase): Journeyman: $38.70 rising 3 steps to $40.86 Crane operator: $38.99 rising 3 steps to $41.16 Spray painter: $39.15 rising 3 steps to $41.33 Blaster: $34.37 rising 3 steps to $36.29 Handyman: $34.37 rising 3 steps to $36.29 Labourer: $31.72 rising 3 steps to $28.81 New start labourer: $27.30 ris- ing 3 steps to $28.81 Foreman: journeyman's rate plus minimum of 10 % Assistant foreman: journey- man's rate plus minimum of 5 % Lead hands: journeyman's rate plus minimum of 3% Apprentices First 6 months: 55% of journey- man's rate Second 6 months: 60% of jour- neyman's rate Third 6 months: 65% of jour- neyman's rate Fourth 6 months: 70% of jour- neyman's rate Fifth 6 months: 75% of journey- man's rate Sixth 6 months: 80% of journey- man's rate Seventh 6 months: 85% of jour- neyman's rate Eighth 6 months: 95% of jour- neyman's rate Editor's notes: Travel time to New Westminster: Employees required to report for work at New Westminster or on Fraser River below New Westminster will be paid 1 hour each day to cover travelling and transportation. Travel time to Burrard Inlet: Employees working on Burrard Inlet between bridges and away from confines of company plant, and travelling to such jobs on own time, will be paid one-half hour travelling on each of first day and last day of job. Respirators and breathing apparatus: Employer will supply suitable dust masks, respirators or breathing apparatus as may be required to protect employees from fumes or suspended contaminants that may be encountered in assigned work areas. NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION Shell Canada (Jumping Pound Complex) Cochrane, Alta. (50 operating, maintenance employees) and Unifor, Local 1400 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2019. Ratified on Feb. 7, 2017. Signed on April 1, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 0% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2.5% Shift premium: $1,000 per month for first-class steam- ticket certification. $800 per month for second-class steam- ticket certification. $450 per month for third-class steam- ticket certification. 10% of lead operator no. 1 rate when work- ing as acting coordinator. $200 per month dual-ticket premium for employee who hold 2 valid Alberta journeyman tickets from following list: millwright, electrician, instrument tech- nician, pipefitter, machinist, welder (CWB-certified). Paid holidays: 12 days, includ- ing 1 floater day. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 10

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