Stratford, Ont. (183 automotive workers) and Unifor Canada, Local 876
Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 20, 2019 to Sept. 19, 2022. Ratified in September 2019. Signed Sept. 19, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Sept. 20, 2019: 1.7%
Effective Sept. 20, 2020: 1.9%
Effective Sept. 20, 2021: 1.9%
Shift premium: $0.30 per hour for year 1; $0.35 per hour for year 2; $0.40 per hour for year 3 for afternoons. $0.35 per hour for year 1; $0.45 per hour for year 2; $0.50 per hour for year 3 for midnights. $0.05 per hour for employees working split shifts. $1 per hour for lead-hands. $0.55 per hour for quality control analyst – year 1 non-legacy.
Paid holidays: 13 days.
Vacations with pay: 1 week to start, 2 weeks after 2 years, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 12 years, 5 weeks after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked beyond 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week Monday to Saturday. Double time for hours worked on Sundays and any hours worked beyond 12 consecutive on any day.
Medical benefits: Employers pay 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employers pay 100% of premiums. Maximum benefit for basic and major restorative services combined is $2,300 per year; $2,300 per lifetime for orthodontic services.
Vision: Employers pay 100% of premiums. $350 per rolling 24 months combined for prescription glasses, visual training. Additional $50 every 12 months if prescription change occurs within 24-month interval for dependent children younger than 15. $85 every 12 months for persons younger than 18; $85 every 24 months for persons 18 and older. Elective laser vision correction procedures are eligible under prescription-glasses maximum.
Paramedical: $1,400 per year for massage, physio, chiropractic, including diagnostic maximum $300 per year. Maximum $350 per 12-month period per year for registered osteopaths, naturopaths, podiatrists/chiropodists.
STD: Employers pay 100% of premiums.
LTD: Employers pay 100% of premiums for coverage of $1,625 per month.
AD&D: Employers pay 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Employers pay 100% of premiums.
Pension: Retirement benefit plan contributed to by both employer and employees.
Bereavement leave: 3 consecutive paid working days for death of parent, spouse, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling, sibling-in-law, child-in-law, stepparent, stepsister, stepchild, parent-in-law, grandparent-in-law, parent-in-law, grandparent-in-law. Additional 2 paid days for death of dependent spouse or child. 1 unpaid day for funeral of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew.
Seniority – recall rights: 36 months. 12 months for non-seniority employees.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours of regular pay when called in. Minimum 4 hours when no work available when not told to not report.
Probationary period: 60 working days of continuous employment within any period of 12 consecutive months. May be extended up to 15 working days by mutual agreement between employer and union.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for reprimand notations.
Safety shoes: $450 per year. $600 per year combined for boots and tools for skilled trades. $150 per year for other employees, increasing to $180 per year on Oct. 1, 2020.
Uniforms/clothing: Company provides all PPE determined by company and JHSC to be necessary; winter coats for outside jobs such as millwrights and tow-motor operators; ear plugs or earmuffs for mold cleaners; safety glasses and protective gloves when necessary.
Tool allowance: $450 per year. $600 per year combined for boots and tools for skilled trades.
Sample rates of pay (current start rate, after 3.8% increase):
Direct labour
PN pool: $23.89 rising 2 steps to $24.79
Working job control and set-up operator/flock and glue: $24.32 rising 2 steps to $25.22
Working leader/set up/operator/general relief/packer: $24.32 rising 2 steps to $25.32
Operators in line extrusion to operate tuber/rubber feed/stock take-off and to perform: $24.27 rising 2 steps to $25.17
Roll forming operator: $24.40 rising 2 steps to $25.30
Operator injection moulding: $24.22 rising 2 steps to $25.12
Indirect labour
Set-up/instruction/planning/stock handling/operate and relief: $25.97 rising 2 steps to $26.87
Floor inspector of material as purchased/in process and finished: $23.83 rising 2 steps to $24.73
Leader inline extrusion: $26.02 rising 2 steps to $26.92
Lead-hand and layout inspector: $24.76 rising 2 steps to $25.66
Lubricator mechanic/C02 mould cleaning: $24.28 rising 2 steps to $25.18
Shipping/receiving/ lift truck/stock handling: $23.86 rising 2 steps to $24.76
Quality control analyst: $24.53 rising 2 steps to $25.43
Teaching and repairs: $23.90 rising 2 steps to $24.80
Group leader: $24.59 rising 2 steps to $25.49
Shipper/receiver: $24.21 rising 2 steps to $25.11
Auditor: $23.90 rising 2 steps to $24.80
Student: $15
Skilled trades
Tool and die (certified): $31.58 rising 2 steps to $32.88
Certified industrial millwright: $31.38 rising 2 steps to $32.68
Group leader: $31.78 rising 2 steps to $33.08
Apprentices
First 6 months: 65% of journeyperson’s rate
Next 6 months: 70% of journeyperson’s rate
Next 6 months: 75% of journeyperson’s rate
Next 6 months: 80% of journeyperson’s rate
Next 1 year: 85% of journeyperson’s rate
Next 6 months: 90% of journeyperson’s rate
Editor’s notes: Medical examinations: Company provides all safety-related medical examinations and test as prescribed in Ontario OHS Act. Injury allowance: If employee is injured on job, employee will be paid for balance of shift. Employer will assume cost of any medical certificates or forms required, maximum $40 per note. Prescription safety glasses: Employer will supply first pair of prescription safety glasses and safety frames with side shields which meet CSA standards for all employees who work in mandatory safety glass areas, maximum $50 every 2-year period. Hearing aids: $800 every 24 months.
