Canadian Labour Reporter

January 15, 2018 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Editor's notes: Program fund: Employer will provide $200,000 per year for Program Development Assistance Fund. Professional development fund: Employer will provide to each school board funds as follows: $751,854 to Annapolis Valley Regional School Board; $877,122 to Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board; $1,063,163 to Chignecto- Central Regional School Board; $225,526 to Conseil scolaire acadien provincial; $2,004,841 to Halifax Regional School Board; $482,468 to South Shore Regional School Board; $504,194 to Strait Regional School Board; $457,375 Tri-County Regional School Board. PETROLEUM Imperial Oil Strathcona Refinery Edmonton (210 technicians, blenders, storepersons, shipper/receivers, mechanics ) and Unifor, Local 21-A Renewal agreement: Effect- ive May 24, 2017, to Jan. 31, 2019. Ratified on May 24, 2017. Signed on May 19, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective Feb. 1, 2017: 2% Effective Feb. 1, 2018: 2.5% Shift premium: Steam-ticket premium paid on Dec. 31 of each year of agreement: $2,500 to each regular utility plant employee with full second-class or $2,500 to each regular utility plant employee with a full first- class ticket. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 1 year, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 18 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 25 years, Overtime: Double time for all work in excess of employ- ee's normal working hours or on scheduled day off. May be banked, maximum 90 hours. Meal allowance: When em- ployee is required to work more than 2 hours of overtime — either immediately before or after regular working time — meal will be provided by em- ployee. Additional meal will be provided for each subsequent period of continuous work of 4 hours of overtime. Employee may choose meal provided by refinery cafeteria, meal from approved list or $25. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of close family member (parent, grandparent, spouse (including common-law), child, grandchild, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law). 2 additional days if extended trav- el is required. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Probationary period: 6 months. Severance: 2 weeks' pay plus 2 weeks' pay per year of service multiplied by 1.15. Safety shoes: $200 per year (previously $180 per year) for approved safety footwear. Uniforms/clothing: Fire-re- tardant clothing will be worn in specified areas and will be pro- vided by employer. May be de- ferred for next year, maximum accumulation of 2 years. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.5% increase): Console-technician specialist: $56.91 rising 2 steps to $59.50 Process-technician specialist: $54.20 rising 2 steps to $56.66 Maintenance advanced techni- cian/fire technician: $52.55 ris- ing 2 steps to $54.94 Senior packager or blender: $52.05 rising 2 steps to $54.42 Process-advanced technician: $51.54 rising 2 steps to $53.88 Maintenance technician: $48.91 rising 2 steps to $51.14 Process technician 1; blow moulder technician: $48.44 ris- ing 2 steps to $50.65 Blender 1: $48.01 rising 2 steps to $50.19 Storeperson, shipper/receiver: $47.15 rising 2 steps to $49.29 Class 1 fire mechanic/class 1 mechanic: $46.68 rising 2 steps to $48.80 Process technician 2/blow moulder 1/sr. brander: $45.65 rising 2 steps to $47.72 Process first assistant: $43.56 rising 2 steps to $45.54 Small container technician 1: $42.66 rising 2 steps to $44.60 Blender 2/storeperson 1/blow moulder 2/class 2 mechanic: $42.29 rising 2 steps to $44.22 Process second assistant: $40.36 rising 2 steps to $42.20 Lube and fuel handler 1: $40.20 rising 2 steps to $42.03 Process third assistant/sto- reperson 2/class 3 mechanic/ lube and fuel handler 2: $38.01 rising 2 steps to $39.74 Process trainee/class 4 mechan- ic/lube and fuel helper 1: $35.70 rising 2 steps to $37.32 Lube and fuel helper 2/class 5 mechanic/storehouse trainee: $33.85 rising 2 steps to $35.39 Editor's notes: Paid education leave fund: Employer will remit either $15 per employee, per quarter, or $0.03 per hour for each employee's regular hours of work to paid education leave fund. TELECOMMUNICATIONS NorthwesTel Yellowknife (430 technical, clerical, purchasing and materials, retail, sales employees) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 1574 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on Jan. 1, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.9% Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2% Shift premium: When more than 50% of shift falls between 5 p.m. and midnight, employee will be paid $0.72 per hour for each hour between 5 p.m. and midnight. When major portion of shift falls between midnight and 8 a.m., employee will be paid $0.82 per hour for each hour worked on night shift between midnight and 8 a.m. Additional one-half time for all work on Sunday. Tower pre- mium: When employee works on bridge, tower crossing, radio or microwave structure, or pole where the elevation is 65 feet to 200 feet above base of structure, employee will receive premium 1 times basic hourly rate for each hour worked, minimum 1 hour. When em- ployees work at heights of more than 200 feet, premium will be 2 times basic hourly rate for each hour worked. $2 per hour for work performed between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on extended shift for clerical employees. $2 per hour for work performed between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on extended shift for customer service and retail sales employ- ees. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus additional floating holiday. Vacations with pay: 15 days af- ter 1 year, 20 days after 5 years, 25 days after 15 years, 30 days after 23 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of basic scheduled hours per day or per week.

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