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7 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS $31.25 Level 2: $31.46 rising 2 steps to $32.25 Level 3: $31.76 rising 2 steps to $32.56 Level 4: $32.10 rising 2 steps to $32.91 Level 5: $32.41 rising 2 steps to $33.22 Level 6: $32.72 rising 2 steps to $33.54 Level 7: $33.03 rising 2 steps to $33.86 Level 8: $33.86 rising 2 steps to $34.71 Level 9: $34.76 rising 2 steps to $35.64 ASB labourers/spray-truck drivers Level 1: $20.49 rising 2 steps to $21.01 Level 2: $21.26 rising 2 steps to $21.79 Level 3: $22.06 rising 2 steps to $22.61 Level 4: $22.93 rising 2 steps to $23.50 Level 5: $23.83 rising 2 steps to $24.43 Level 6: $24.78 rising 2 steps to $25.40 Level 7: $25.77 rising 2 steps to $26.42 Level 8: $26.38 rising 2 steps to $27.04 Level 9: $ 27.05 rising 2 steps to $27.73 Seed cleaning plant operator/ spray-crew foreman Level 1: $24.45 rising 2 steps to $25.06 Level 2: $25.05 rising 2 steps to $25.68 Level 3: $25.66 rising 2 steps to $26.30 Level 4: $26.29 rising 2 steps to $26.95 Level 5: $26.90 rising 2 steps to $27.58 Level 6: $27.52 rising 2 steps to $28.21 Level 7: $28.19 rising 2 steps to $28.90 Level 8: $28.95 rising 2 steps to $29.68 Level 9: $29.71 rising 2 steps to $30.46 Transfer-site attendant Level 1: $21.03 rising 2 steps to $21.56 Level 2: $21.24 rising 2 steps to $21.77 Level 3: $21.47 rising 2 steps to $22.01 Level 4: $21.72 rising 2 steps to $22.26 Level 5: $21.93 rising 2 steps to $22.49 Level 6: $22.17 rising 2 steps to $22.73 Level 7: $22.37 rising 2 steps to $22.93 Level 8: $22.85 rising 2 steps to $23.42 Level 9: $23.33 rising 2 steps to $23.91 Beaver trapper Level 1: $23.43 rising 2 steps to $24.02 Step labourer Level 1: $18.94 rising 2 steps to $19.42 Weed, warble, spray calibra- tion/seed cleaning plant help Level 1: $23.88 rising 2 steps to $24.48 Level 2: $24.94 rising 2 steps to $25.57 Editor's notes: On-call pay: Utilities on-call rates will be paid for weekdays at $20 per day, weekends at $40 per day, and stat holidays at $50 per day. County vehicle will be supplied to employees while on-call. Licences: Any costs asso- ciated with maintaining class 1 driver's license will be paid by employer. TRANSPORTATION FirstCanada Edmonton (279 bus drivers, maintenance employees) and Teamsters, Local 987 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive Sept. 2, 2017, to Aug. 31, 2019. Ratified on Oct. 28, 2017. Signed on Sept. 2, 2017. Shift premium: $1 per hour for driver trainer. $25 per winter season for park-outs. $20.64 (previously $19.64) for bus transfers. $1 per hour for lead hand maintenance. $14.49 for training and safety meetings, online training. $2 per hour for all regularly scheduled hours worked between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. for maintenance employ- ees. $0.50 per hour for main- tenance employees working as licensed mechanic, apprentice mechanic, shop serviceperson or yard serviceperson. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks of 8% after 10 years. No-vacation blackout during last 2 weeks of August and first 2 weeks of September. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $300 per year (previously $100 per year) health spending account, funds may be carried over, max- imum 1 year. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Sick leave: 3 days per year. Un- used days will be paid out at end of year. STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. LTD: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, parents, sisters, broth- ers, children, grandparents, grandchildren). 1 additional day should death occur outside Alberta or Canada. Seniority – recall rights: 18 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay. Probationary period: 90 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Uniforms/clothing: Employ- er will provide maintenance employees — on exchange and as-required basis — with winter coat. Maintenance employees will be provided with 5-per- week clean coveralls for in-shop and yard employees. Employer will supply gloves, company-ap- proved safety glasses (prescrip- tion and non-prescription) and hard hats. Tool allowance: Employer will pay each licensed mechanic, licensed bodyman A, licensed bodyman B, apprentices $100 per year for fire and theft in- surance to cover cost of tool replacement. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Drivers Regular routes: $20.64 Special needs routes: $21.79 Contract route - shuttle: $23.35 Charter: $15.99 Maintenance Licensed mechanic: $39.25 Licensed bodyman A: $38.00 Licensed bodyman B: $30.21 Bus wash/yard worker: $16.48 Shop serviceperson A: $27.88 Shop serviceperson B: $21.55 Yard serviceperson: $19 $500 lump-sum payment (Sept. 1, 2017, and Sept. 1, 2018) for licensed mechanic, licensed bodyman A, licensed bodyman B, bus wash/yard worker, shop serviceperson A, shop servi- ceperson B, yard serviceperson. Editor's notes: Overnight meals: Overnight charters will be reimbursed $12 (previously $8) for breakfast, $15 (pre- viously $10) for lunch and $20 (previously $12) for supper. Medical examinations: Employer will pay for medical and eye examinations incurred as requirement of hiring process.

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