Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | (443 mining employees) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), (as represented by its component, the Union Of Northern Workers (UNW), Diamond Workers, Local X3050)
Renewal agreement: Effective June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2026. Signed on Feb. 23, 2023.
Wage adjustments:
Effective June 1, 2023: 3.5%
Effective June 1, 2024: 3.5%
Effective June 1, 2025: 3.25%
Vacations with pay: 15 hours per month (180 hours per year) to start, 16 hours per month (192 hours per year) after 5 years, 17 hours per month (204 hours per year) after 8 years, 18 hours per month (216 hours per year) after 12 years. Vacation entitlement may be carried over from year to year, maximum 252 hours. Vacation accrual greater than 252 hours as of Dec. 31 and not scheduled for following year, will be paid out.
Overtime: Time and one-half for time worked after 168 hours in 4-week rotation or after employee’s regularly scheduled daily shift.
Paramedical: $1,500 per year.
Sick leave: 3 days per year plus 7 personal leave days.
Pension: All employees must participate in either Arctic Canadian Diamond DB pension plan or Arctic Canadian Diamond Company DC pension plan, as applicable.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, foster-parent, brother, sister, spouse, common-law spouse, child (including child of spouse or common-law spouse), stepchild, ward of employee, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, spouse’s brother or sister, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, any relative permanently residing in employee’s household). Up to 3 additional paid leave days will be given if at end of 4 days of leave, employee is unable to connect with scheduled flight back to site from usual point of departure.
Call-in pay: Greater of compensation at applicable overtime rate or compensation equivalent to 4 hours of pay at employee’s regular straight-time rate.
Probationary period: 672 hours worked.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide for all protective devices, specialized environmental clothing, PPE that employer requires employees to have to enable employees to perform job duties safely.
Sample rates of annual pay (current):
Range 1: $67,992
Range 2: $73,029
Range 3: $74,676
Range 4: $75,550
Range 5: $83,103
Range 6: $84,633
Range 7: $88,140
Range 8: $90,658
Range 9: $91,918
Range 10: $93,176
Range 11: $95,340
Range 12: $99,472
Range 13: $103,250
Range 14: $105,919
Editor’s notes: Northern travel allowance: $15,000 per year. Northern social justice fund: Employer will contribute $20,000 in January of each year to northern social justice fund.
