Sydney, N.S. (11 broadcasting and television employees) and Unifor Local 921-M
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017. Signed on Jan. 1, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
$500 signing bonus for full-time employees
$300 signing bonus for part-time employees
Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.5%
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 7 years and 5 weeks after 20 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked on extension of shift. Employees required to work on a scheduled day off will receive a minimum credit of 3 hours paid at time and one-half.
Meal allowance: $8 after 3 hours of overtime.
Vision: $200 every 2 years.
Sick leave: 5 days per year to a maximum of 10 days.
Life insurance: $50,000 per employee.
Pension: Employer and employee contribute 3% of employee’s gross annual earning.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee’s spouse, parent, child or legal guardian. 3 days for employee’s brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparent or grandchild. 1 day for employee’s brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle or aunt.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours’ work at time and one-half.
Probationary period: 6 months for full-time employees and 1 year for part-time employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Mileage: 40¢ per km.
Sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase):
AM morning announcer: $465 per week
FM morning announcer: $500
FM afternoon announcer: $485
Continuity writer: $465
News reporter/reader: $500
Producer: $500
AM/FM part-time announcer/operator: $10.60 per hour
Editor’s notes: Commercial remote work: $25 per hour for every hour outside of regularly scheduled work hours for full-time employees and $12 cut fees per hour including scheduled hours. $20 per hour for every hour worked for part-time employees. $25 flat fee for any employee performing the set-up and takedown of any remote. Promotional appearances: On-air personalities may be required, a maximum of once per month, to make personal promotional appearances on behalf of the station outside their normal hours of work.
