Provincewide, Ontario (2,300 construction millwrights, industrial mechanics) and the Millwright Regional Council of Ontario/United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Locals 1007, 1151, 1244, 1410, 1425, 1592, 1916, 2309
Renewal agreement: Effective May 26, 2019 to April 30, 2022. Signed on May 10, 2019.
Shift premium: $6.25 per hour more than prevailing rate for journeyperson millwrights for forepersons. $3.15 per hour more than prevailing rate for journeyperson millwrights for sub-forepersons. 15% for employees on afternoon and night shifts.
Paid holidays: 9 days, 4% statutory holiday pay to be paid out November of each year.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, plus 6% vacation pay to be paid out in June of each year.
Overtime: Double time for all work after regular day shift. Double time for all work between 12:01 a.m. on Saturday and 12:01 a.m. on Monday. Double time for all work on statutory holiday. Maximum 7hours of overtime per 24-hour period.
Meal allowance: When employee is called in to work over and above regular shift, employee will be supplied 1 hot meal for every 4 hours at employer’s expense. $20 and 20-minute break with pay will also be allowed in jurisdictional areas covered by Local, 1151, Thunder Bay and Local, 1425, Sudbury, in lieu of hot-meal provision, when agreed to between employer and majority of employees
Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $4.20 per hour for each hour; $8.40 per hour for all overtime hours to Millwright Regional Council of Ontario benefit trust fund for millwright welfare plan and legal assistance plan.
Pension: Each employer will contribute to Millwright Regional Council of Ontario benefit trust fund for millwright pension plan: $7.87 per hour for each hour earned by each employee ($15.74 per hour for all overtime hours). Effective May 1, 2020: $8.05 per hour for each hour earned by each employee ($16.10 per hour for all overtime hours). Effective April 30, 2021: $8.20 per hour for each hour earned by each employee ($16.40 per hour for all overtime hours).
Uniforms/clothing: When raincoats, safety rubber boots, welders’ standard mitts and leathers, welding shields, gloves, other special wearing apparel are required, they will be supplied for employees without cost. Employer will supply leather-palm gloves, fabric coveralls on jobs of dirty nature or on jobs where acid or other chemicals damage clothing.
Tool allowance: Employer will maintain insurance to cover employee’s tools and clothing while on job site, against loss or damage by fire or theft by forcible entry, maximum $1,750 per employee.
Mileage: Per-day allowance for employees who commute to jobs: $13.58 rising 2 steps to $14.13 (previously $13.31) for jobs 24.1 to 32 kilometres away; $15.81 rising 2 steps to $16.45 (previously $15.50) for jobs 32.1 to 40 kilometres away; $27.89 rising 2 steps to $29.02 (previously $27.34) for jobs 40.1 to 80 kilometres away.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $2-per-hour increase):
Millwrights (minimum basic rate of wages): $42.02 rising 2steps to $44.02
Forepersons: $48.27 rising 2steps to $50.27
Sub-forepersons: $45.17 rising 2 steps to $47.17
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.8% increase):
Apprentices (percentage of minimum basic rate for journeyperson millwrights)
From 0 to 1,999 hours 60%
May 26, 2019: $25.21
May 1, 2020: $25.81
April 30, 2021: $26.41
From 2,000 to 3,999 hours 70%
May 26, 2019: $29.41
May 1, 2020: $30.11
April 30, 2021: $30.81
From 4,000 to 5,999 hours 80%
May 26, 2019: $33.62
May 1, 2020: $34.42
April 30, 2021: $35.22
From 6,000 to 8,000 hours 90%
May 26, 2019: $37.82
May 1, 2020: $38.72
April 30, 2021: $39.62
Editor’s notes: Travel mileage: $0.58 per kilometre (and cost of meals where applicable). Effective May 1, 2020: $0.59per kilometre. Effective April 30, 2021: $0.60 per kilometre when employee travels by car at employer’s request for more than 80-kilometre radius from city hall, town hall, or municipal buildings of municipality, district, or municipal buildings or municipality, district, or township from where local union office is situated. Commuting (travel) contribution: Employer will contribute $0.30 per hour; $0.60 per hour for all overtime hours to Millwright Regional Council of Ontario benefit trust fund for AMCO commuting (travel) trust fund.
