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April 9, 2018 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CONCRETE PIPES Inland Pipe (Lehigh Hanson Canada) Calgary (31 operators, maintenance, production employees, foremen, labourers, journeymen) and Teamsters, Local 362 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2020. Ratified on Sept. 22, 2017. Signed on Dec. 1, 2017. Shift premium: $1.15 per hour for shifts starting between 2 p.m. and 4 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 12 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 10 hours worked on Saturday, double time there- after. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for company health plan. Pension: Employer will con- tribute $3.75 per hour (previ- ously $2.35 per hour) worked to money-purchase pension plan, on behalf of each full-time and part-time employee who has completed 12 months of em- ployment. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months with less than 3 years of seniority, 12 months with more than 3 years of seniority. Call-in pay: Minimum of 4 hours' pay if employee works or 2 hours' pay at regular rate of pay, if employee does not work. Probationary period: 90 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months, 24 months for major safety infractions. Safety shoes: $170 per year (previously $150 per year) for CSA-approved safety work boots provided employee works for 90 days following date of payment. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase): Foreman: $34.65 rising 1 step to $35.34 Lead-hand: $32.62 rising 1 step to $33.27 Advanced operator: $30.73 ris- ing 1 step to $31.34 Senior production: $27.76 ris- ing 1 step to $28.32 Labourers 0 to 3 months of experience: $22.45 rising 1 step to $22.90 3 to 6 months of experience: $23.79 rising 1 step to $24.27 6 to 12 months of experience: $24.37 rising 1 step to $24.86 12 to 18 months of experience: $25.43 rising 1 step to $25.94 More than 18 months of expe- rience: $27.02 rising 1 step to $27.56 Maintenance lead: $37.40 rising 1 step to $38.15 Certified licensed journeyman: $36.31 rising 1 step to $37.04 Non-ticketed trades: $27.52 ris- ing 1 step to $28.07 Stockperson $17 rising 1 step to $17.34 Editor's notes: Industry fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per hour for each straight time hour worked per month to Teamsters' local union/industry advancement fund. FIRE FIGHTING City of Winnipeg Winnipeg (920 firefighters) and the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg (UFFW), Local 867 of International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Renewal agreement: Effective Dec. 25, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on April 26, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective Dec. 24, 2017: 1.8% Effective Dec. 23, 2018: 2% Effective Dec. 22, 2019: 2% Effective Dec. 20, 2020: 2% Shift premium: On-shift train- ers receive 2% pay increment applicable to entire year, max- imum of 125%. $0.60 per hour for all work between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks af- ter 1 year, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 21 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 4 hours of overtime, double time thereafter. May be accumulated, maximum 80 hours, or time will be paid out. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $350 per person (previously $300) every 24 months. $80 per person (previ- ously $75) for eye examinations every 24 months. Sick leave: 1 1/4 days per month, maximum 15 days per year. Life insurance: Coverage of 2 times yearly earnings or 1 time if preferred. May be increased to 3 or 4 times yearly earnings, if requested. Employer, em- ployee share cost of premiums based on coverage levels. Pension: Winnipeg Civic Em- ployees' Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, child, daughter-in- law, son-in-law, father, mother, brother, sister, spouse's father or mother, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, stepson, stepdaughter, grandparents, grandchildren, spouse's grand- parents). 2 days for death of brother-in-law, sister-in-law. One-half day to attend funeral as pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Call-in pay: Minimum of 2 hours at overtime rate if time spent is less than 2 hours. If time spent exceeds 2 hours, em- ployee will be paid for all time spent at overtime rate. In addi- tion, employee will receive pay for 1 hour of traveling time Probationary period: 18 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 years. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide 6 dry-cleaning cou- pons for uniforms per year plus 1 jacket, or 1 parka coupon per year to all uniformed person- nel, with the exception of fire prevention officers, academy instructors, public education officers, public-education coordinator, safety and equip- ment officer, platoon chiefs, district chiefs who will receive 14 dry-cleaning coupons per year, plus 1 jacket, or 1 parka coupon per year. Each officer will be provided with 2 sets of rank epaulets to be replaced as required. Recruits will re- ceive initial clothing allocation of 5 flame-resistant shirts or current-issue dress shirts; 1 full-dress uniform consisting of 2 pairs of pants and 1 jack- et; 2 neckties; 1 pair of oxford shoes; 1 winter hat; 1 summer hat; 1 bomber jacket ensemble (new-style); 4 pairs of flame resistant-pants or-current issue pants. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 8% increase): Firefighter Entry level (first 3 months): $54,391.10 rising 4 steps to $58,759.24 Second step (after 3 months): $58,923.70 rising 4 steps to $63,655.84 Third step (after 1.25 yrs): $65,269.33 rising 4 steps to $70,511.09 Fourth step (after 2.25 yrs): $72,521.47 rising 4 steps to $78,345.65 Fifth step (after 3.25 yrs): $77,054.06 rising 4 steps to $83,242.26 Sixth step (after 4.25 yrs): $83,399.69 rising 4 steps to

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