Provincewide excluding Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia(1,200 carpenters) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) Local 83
Renewal agreement: Effective July 6, 2015, to April 30, 2018. Signed on Sept. 23, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Effective May 1, 2016: 2.5%
Effective May 1, 2017: 2.25%
Calculate by CLR.
Shift premium: 15% for time worked between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond regular daily or weekly hours. Double time for hours worked on Sunday or designated holidays.
Meal allowance: $20 when employees are required to work more than 10 hours per day.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours at double time.
Mileage: 55¢ per km.
Sample rates of pay, current:
Commercial carpenter (journeyman): $32.29 per hour
Commercial carpenter (apprentice): $19.47 rising in 7 steps to $30.57
Commercial carpenter (working foreman): $35.74
ISM commercial carpenter (journeyman): $32.29
ISM commercial carpenter (apprentice): $14.55 rising in 5 steps to $30.57
Major industrial carpenter (journeyman): $34.63
Major industrial carpenter (working foreman): $38.08
Major industrial carpenter (apprentice): $21.21 rising in 7 steps to $32.88
Commercial carpenter (scaffolder journeyman): $32.29
Commercial carpenter (scaffolder apprentice): $19.47 rising in 4 steps to $28.77
Major industrial carpenter (scaffolder journeyman): $34.63
Major industrial carpenter (scaffolder apprentice): $21.22 rising in 4 steps to $31.10
