Wood Buffalo, Alta. | (377 kitchen employees) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW), Local 401
Renewal agreement: Effective June 13, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. Ratified on June 3, 2021. Signed on June 13, 2021.
Shift premium: $0.60 per hour for all hours worked for employees who work split shift. $0.75 per hour for work on night shift (any shift that includes at least 4 hours between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.). $1.50 per hour for all hours worked for union employees relieving non-union positions. $1.25 per hour for housing/retail worker relieving housekeeping coordinator. $2 per hour for all hours spent conducting training.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 6 months, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years. 2 weeks after 6 months, 3 weeks after 4 years for employees hired after June 15, 2017. Vacation pay will be paid at 6%; 8% for employees who have 8 years of service (4%; 6% for employees who have 8 years of service for employees hired after June 15, 2017).
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or on Sunday or all hours worked on employee’s scheduled day off (provided employee has worked all scheduled work days during 20-day schedule rotation).
Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $2.22 per hour (previously $2.15 per hour) to health and welfare trust fund.
Pension: Employer will contribute $3.75 per hour (previously $3.50 per hour) worked to RRSP for eligible employees. Employer will contribute 5%, employee will contribute 5% to RRSP for employees hired after June 15, 2017.
Bereavement leave: 7 days (3 paid) for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law, interdependent-partner, same-sex spouses, life-partner, mother, father, brother, sister, children, stepchild, stepparents, stepsister, stepbrother, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren).
Seniority – recall rights: 210 days for layoffs.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours of work or 4 hours of pay at overtime rate.
Probationary period: 60 days worked.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year for records of disciplinary action.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide, free of charge to employees, safety supplies, articles of clothing and footwear which are deemed necessary for employee’s safety and health.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2.5% increase):
First cook: $32.50 rising 1 step to $33.15
Journeyman cook: $30.13 rising 1 step to $30.78
Journeyman baker: $30.13 rising 1 step to $30.78
Non-journeyman cook: $27.78 rising 1 step to $28.43
Non-journeyman baker: $27.78 rising 1 step to $28.43
Cook or baker apprentice 3rd-year: $26.28 rising 1 step to $26.93
Cook or baker apprentice 2nd-year: $25.74 rising 1 step to $26.39
Cook or baker apprentice 1st-year: $24.67 rising 1 step to $25.32
Dining room coordinator (>1,500 rooms): $28.95 rising 1 step to $29.60
Kitchen worker: $25.74 rising 1 step to $26.39
Housekeeping coordinator: $28.95 rising 1 step to $29.60
Housing/retail worker: $25.74 rising 1 step to $26.39
Front-desk attendant: $25.99 rising 1 step to $26.64
Editor’s notes: Training fund: Employer will contribute $0.15 for each hour worked to UFCW, Local 401 Education and Training Fund. Transportation: $325 per month for transportation will be provided by employer to and from Fort McMurray and lodges on regularly scheduled turnaround days. Point of dispatch will be Edmonton.
