Canadian Labour Reporter

June 25, 2018 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Year 3: $14.79 Year 4: $15.38 Customer-loyalty representa- tive - bilingual Starting rate: $13.65 Upon successful completion of probation: $14.15 Year 1: $14.72 Year 2: $15.30 Year 3: $15.92 Year 4: $16.55 Level C Team-lead/real-time adherence trainer Starting rate: $15.15 Upon successful completion of probation: $15.65 Year 1: $16.28 Year 2: $16.93 Year 3: $17.60 Year 4: $18.31 Team-lead - bilingual Starting rate: $16.15 Upon successful completion of probation: $16.65 Year 1: $17.32 Year 2: $18.01 Year 3: $18.73 Year 4: $19.48 Editor's notes: Abusive calls: Employees may end abusive calls without fear of being disciplined, suspended or ter- minated providing they are following abusive-call SOP. Humanity fund: Employer will deduct, on first pay period of October in each year, $20 from wages of employees who advise employer to deduct said amount for humanity fund. ROAD MAINTENANCE North American Maintenance Spruce Grove, Alta. (35 welders, labourers, drivers, mechanics) and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 955 Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 28, 2018, to Feb. 27, 2023. Ratified on April 11, 2018. Signed on May 7, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective April 11, 2018: 1.75% Effective Feb. 28, 2019: 2.5% Effective Feb. 28, 2020: 1.25% Effective Feb. 28, 2021: 1.25% Effective Feb. 28, 2022: 1.25% Shift premium: $2.50 per hour paid for regularly scheduled shifts which have start time be- fore 5:30 a.m. or after noon. $2 per hour for all hours worked if employee works at job site where no other collective agree- ment between union and an- other subsidiary of employer's parent is in effect. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 80 hours or 4% after 1 year, 120 hours of 6% after 2 years, 160 hours or 8% after 5 years, 200 hours or 10% after 15 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Meal allowance: Employee will receive additional 20-minute paid coffee break plus meal if working 14 or more hours. Medical benefits: Employer will pay $1.60 for each hour worked by each employee into Operating Engineers Local 955 Health and Wellness Trust Fund. Effective first Sunday in March 2019: $1.65 per hour. Effective first Sunday in March 2021: $1.70 per hour. Pension: Employees will have choice of contributing to either employer's group RSP plan or Operating Engineers Pension Trust Fund. Employer will pay 5% of regular base rate for all hours worked to Operating En- gineers Pension Trust Fund. Bereavement leave: 24 regularly scheduled hours off for death of spouse, child, stepchild, sister, sister-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in- law, grandchild, grandparent, aunt, uncle. Probationary period: 90 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for warnings, 30 months for suspensions. Safety shoes: $225 per year for boots, clothing. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $300 per year. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide 10 pairs of cover- alls to each employee through coverall service that launders, repairs and replaces worn-out coveralls. Employer will main- tain 6 pairs of spare coveralls if employee requires spare set. Tool allowance: $1 per hour for mechanics, apprentice mechan- ics. $0.50 per hour for welders, apprentice welders. Mileage: $0.54 per kilometre for travel outside travel-free zone. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.4% increase): Certified mechanic 3: $44.21 rising 4 steps to $47.04 Certified mechanic 2: $42.71 rising 4 steps to $45.54 Certified mechanic 1: $41.21 rising 4 steps to $44.04 Certified welder 3: $44.21 rising 4 steps to $47.04 Certified welder 2: $42.71 rising 4 steps to $45.54 Certified welder 1: $41.21 rising 4 steps to $44.04 Yardperson 2: $38.32 rising 4 steps to $40.77 Yardperson 1: $35.38 rising 4 steps to $37.63 Shop bench-hand 3 (85%): $35.03 rising 4 steps to $37.43 Shop bench-hand 2 (75%): $30.91 rising 4 steps to $33.03 Shop bench-hand 1 (65%): $26.79 rising 4 steps to $28.63 Labourer 1 and temporary em- ployees: $22.72 rising 4 steps to $24.17 Labourer 2 $25.42: rising 4 steps to $27.05 Labourer 3 $28.76: rising 4 steps to $30.60 Truck driver heavy $44.21 ris- ing 4 steps to $47.04 Truck driver light-heavy: $38.32 rising 4 steps to $40.77 Truck driver light: $35.38 rising 4 steps to 37.63 Apprentice mechanic fourth- year (100%): $41.21 rising 4 steps to $44.04 Apprentice mechanic third- year (90%): $37.09 rising 4 steps to $39.64 Apprentice mechanic second- year (80%): $32.97 rising 4 steps to $35.23 Apprentice mechanic first-year (70%): $28.85 rising 4 steps to $30.83 Apprentice welder third-year (90%): $37.09 rising 4 steps to $39.64 Apprentice welder second-year (80%): $32.97 rising 4 steps to $35.23 Apprentice welder first-year (70%): $28.85 rising 4 steps to $30.83 Summer students: $21.40 rising 4 steps to $22.77 Editor's notes: Field-work assignments: While assigned to field-work assignment that requires overnight accom- modation, employer will provide room and board for employee. If camp accommodations are not available, employer will pay $60 per diem, $15 for breakfast, $15 for lunch, $30 for dinner, and up to $175 per night for accommodations. Travel allowance: Employer will pay daily transportation allowance of $40 when employee is assigned to field-work outside of travel-free zone (within 100 kilometres from Acheson shop). Prescription safety glasses: $185 every 2 years. Travel allowance: Employer will pay daily transportation allowance of $40 when employee is outside of travel-free zone.

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