Canadian Labour Reporter

March 19, 2018 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS third period completed Start: $35.80 rising 4 steps to $37.80 6 months: $40.30 rising 4 steps to $42.56 CO2 operator Start: $38.37 rising 4 steps to $40.52 6 months: $40.88 rising 4 steps to $43.17 Heavy equipment apprentice or welder apprentice second period completed Start: $35.02 rising 4 steps to $36.98 6 months: $37.46 rising 4 steps to $39.56 Transport-trailer mechanic/ welder apprentice first period completed Start: $33.47 rising 4 steps to $35.34 6 months: $35.79 rising 4 steps to $37.79 Transport-trailer mechanic or welder apprentice first period completed Start: $31.94 rising 4 steps to $33.73 6 months: $34.15 rising 4 steps to $36.06 Shipper-receiver/truck driver Start: $31.85 rising 4 steps to $33.63 6 months: $34.15 rising 4 steps to $36.06 Storekeeper Start: $31.68 rising 4 steps to $33.45 6 months: $33.54 rising 4 steps to $35.42 Transport-trailer mechanic/ heavy equipment/welder ap- prentice 6 months: $32.63 rising 4 steps to $34.46 Truck drivers: $28.68 rising 4 steps to $30.29 Technician level 1 trainee: $40.28 rising 4 steps to $42.53 Technician level 2 apprentice (fills shift): $42.93 rising 4 steps to $45.33 Technician level 3: $50.43 rising 4 steps to $53.25 Technician level 4: $55.88 rising 4 steps to $58.69 Technician level 5: $58.46 rising 4 steps to $61.73 Instrumentation technician: $53.02 rising 4 steps to $55.99 Electrical technician: $53.02 rising 4 steps to $55.99 Mechanical maintenance tech- nician: $53.02 rising 4 steps to $55.99 Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Acting temporary chief steam engineer: 14% above level 5 Editor's notes: Bargaining unit work: If it is found that supervisor has done work in violation of collective agreement, employer will pay to local union equivalent of wages for time actually worked, minimum 2 hours at regular hourly rate. Education fund: Employer will pay $0.05 per regular hour per employee into Unifor Paid Education Leave Pro- gram. Safety glasses: Employer will pay maximum of $275 including fitting fee, for 1 pair of prescription safety glass- es. Progressive lenses will be paid for by employer providing they are prescribed by optometrist for safety reasons. License: Employer will reimburse, maximum $35, cost of medical examination required for renewal of employee's class 1 license. Facial hair: Employees may wear moustache that does not extend past corner of mouth. Employees will remove moustache before making delivery to customer who has policy against facial hair. TRANSPORTATION Overland West Freight Lines, Mission Transfer, West Arm Truck Lines, RHS Supply Surrey, B.C. (60 drivers, owner-operators) and Teamsters, Local 31 Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 31, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2021. Signed on Aug. 31, 2017. Shift premium: $3 per hour for flat-deck premium. $35 per pickup and drop for all pickup and deliveries after first drop. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 4% pay to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 4 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 9 hours per day. Medical benefits: Teamsters National Benefit Plan. Employ- er will pay $280 per month per eligible employee or dependent contractor. Should cost of plan increase during term of agree- ment, maximum increase to employer will be $5 per month per year per eligible employee or dependent contractor. Any increase above $5 per month per year per eligible employee or dependent contractor will be paid by employee or dependent contractor. Plan includes: group life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, weekly indemnity, long-term disability, dental, extended health, medical services plan of B.C. Pension: Teamsters' National Pension Plan. Employer will contribute per employee: $0.50 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2019; $0.70 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2020; $0.90 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2021. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of parent, spouse, broth- er, sister, child, parent-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, stepchildren, legal guardian, grandparents, spouse's grand- parents and grandchildren. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year, 18 months after 5 years of service. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Probationary period: 45 days worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Safety shoes: $100 per year. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Company drivers and shunters: $23.20 rising 5 steps to $24.98 Dependent contractors: $44 ris- ing 5 steps to $47.39 Call outs/call backs: $37 rising 5 steps to $39.85 3-ton: $30 rising 5 steps to $32.42 Side curtain: $36.07 rising 2 steps to $37.16 Sample rates of daily pay (cur- rent, after 7.7% increase): Seattle: $510 rising 5 steps to $550.03 Tacoma: $535 rising 5 steps to $577.21 Sample rates of weekly pay (current, after 7.7% increase): Weekly guarantee (piecework only): $1,776.25 rising 2 steps to $1,829.94 Sample rates of weight-per- bill pay (current, after 7.7% increase): 5 ton zone 1 (Vancouver, Burnaby, Delta, Surrey, Langley, Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam, Aldergrove) 0 to 99: $6.38 rising 5 steps to $6.87 100 to 299: $8.36 rising 5 steps to $9 300 to 399: $10.87 rising 5 steps to $11.71 400 to 499: $12.12 rising 5 steps to $13.05 500 to 599: $13.38 rising 5 steps to $14.41 600 to 699: $14.25 rising 5 steps to $15.35 700 to 799: $15.02 rising 5 steps to $16.18 800 to 899: $15.89 rising 5 steps to $17.12 900 to 999: $16.76 rising 5 steps to $18.05 1,000 to 1,099: $17.58 rising 5 steps to $18.94 1,100 to 1,199: $18.39 rising 5 steps to $19.81 1,200 to 1,299: $19.28 rising 5 steps to $20.77 1,300 to 1,399: $20.03 rising 5 steps to $21.57 1,400 to 1,499: $20.92 rising 5 steps to $22.53 1,500 to 1,599: $21.79 rising 5 steps to $23.47 1,600 to 1,699: $22.61 rising 5 steps to $24.35 1,700 to 1,799: $23.37 rising 5 steps to $25.17

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