Provincewide excluding Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (150 iron workers) and the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IW) Local 752
Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2015, to April 30, 2018. Signed on Aug. 11, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Journeyman rodman – general foreman, journeyman rodman – foreman:
Effective May 1, 2016: $1.25
Effective May 1, 2017: $1,25
Pusher, journeyman rodman certified
Effective May 1, 2016: $1
Effective May 1, 2017: $1
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond normal working hours Monday through Friday. Time and one-half for all hours worked on Saturday, Sunday and statutory holidays.
Medical benefits: Employer contributes $1.50 per hour paid for each employee.
Dental: Employer contributes $1.50 per hour paid for each employee.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours at applicable overtime rate.
Uniforms/clothing: Glove allowance of $2 per day worked.
Mileage: 52¢ per km. $120 per day worked when the employee is required to travel more than 100 km for 2 or more consecutive days. $125 effective May 1, 2016. $130 effective May 1, 2017.
Sample rates of pay, current:
Major industrial work
Journeyman rodman – General foreman: $48.44 per hour
Journeyman rodman – Foreman: $47.38
Pusher: $45.56
Journeyman rodman certified: $43.98
All other work
Journeyman rodman – general foreman: $45.34
Journeyman rodman – foreman: $44.28
Pusher: $42.44
Journeyman rodman certified: $40.84
Editor’s notes: Reporting time: Employees who report to work and for whom no work is provided will be paid for 2 hours at applicable wage rate. Layoff: Layoffs will occur only at noon and 4 p.m. Employees will receive 2 hours’ notice of layoff or 2 hours’ pay at regular rate in lieu of notice. Organizing fund: Employer will contribute 7¢ per hour paid for each employee to the union’s organizing fund. Building fund: Employer will contribute 25¢ per hour paid for each journeyman to the union’s building fund. Moonlighting: Employees who undertake extra work similar to or connected with the activities of the employer after their regular working hours will be suspended for 1 week. If an employee is found to have moonlighted on a second occasion within a 1-year period of the last offence, the employee will be subject to immediate dismissal.
