Jones Marine Services

Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 1, 2015, to Sept. 30, 2025. Signed on Aug. 15, 2016.

Wage adjustments: 
Effective Nov. 1, 2015: 1.2%
(Wage reopener for negotiations every Nov. 1 for the duration of the agreement)

Paid holidays: 12 days. 

Vacations with pay: 14 days or 4% after 1 year, 21 days or 6% after 2 years, 28 days or 8% after 7 years, 35 days or 10% after 15 years, 42 days or 12% after 22 years, additional 2% wages after 30 years. 
Overtime: Time and one-half for any hours worked after regular hours. Maximum 16 hours overtime in a 7-day period.

Meal allowance: $16.82 if working more than 2 hours of overtime. 

Medical benefits: 100% premiums paid by employer for B.C. Medical Services Plan.

Pension: Canadian Merchant Service Guild, Western Branch Pension Plan. 8.5% per month contribution by employer.

Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law partner, father, mother, spouse or common-law partner of the father or mother, children, children of spouse or common-law partner, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, grandfather, grandmother, father and mother of spouse or common-law partner, spouse or common-law partner of father or mother, any relative who resides permanently with the employee).

Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.

Call-in pay: Minimum 1-day pay. Minimum one half-day if vessel breaks down, or weather prevents ship from sailing. 

Probationary period: 6 months or 81 12-hour shifts. 

Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 years.

Severance: 1 week's pay for every year worked. 

Safety shoes: 1 pair of rubber caulk boots per year.

Uniforms/clothing: $125 per year.

Sample rates of monthly pay (current):
Masters
Group 2: $7,026.65
Group 3: $7,251.36
Group 4: $7,496.33 
Group 5: $7,749.92
Group 6: $8,003.58
Group 6 (non-watchkeeping rate): $8,514.53
Mates
Group 2: $6,282.97
Group 3: $6,386.75
Group 4: $6,495.00
Group 5: $6,618.20
Group 6: $6,761.22
Non-certified mates
Group 2: $6,112.33
Group 3: $6,216.08
Group 4: $6,324.34
Group 5: $6,447.49
Group 6: $6,641.77
Eight-hour vessels (masters)
Group 2: $7,026.65
Group 3: $7,251.36
Group 4: $7,496.33
Group 5: $7,749.92
Eight-hour vessels (mates)
Group 2: $6,282.97
Group 3: $6,386.75
Group 4: $6,495.00
Group 5: $6,618.20

Editor’s notes: Legal defence coverage: $31.37 per month paid by the employer. Marine disaster: $1,600 for shift vessels, $2,000 for continuous-operating vessels. Additional $2,000 for loss of electronic equipment. Medical qualifications: Rate per day in attendance in Transport Canada-required medical exam for continued proficiency or STCW 95 certification. (Effective Oct. 1, 2016: $154.12. Effective Oct. 1, 2017: $161.83. Effective Oct. 1, 2018: $169.92. Effective Oct. 1, 2019: $178.42. Effective Oct. 1, 2020: $187.34. Effective Oct. 1, 2021: $196.71. Effective Oct. 1, 2022: $206.55. Effective Oct. 1, 2023: $216.88. Effective Oct. 1, 2024: $227.72). Maximum 15 days every 5 years. Travel insurance: $200,000 insurance coverage when officer is dispatched to another vessel away from home.