Swissport Canada Fuel Services

Montreal (100 aircraft maintenance employees) and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), District Lodge 140

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Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 9, 2016, to Aug. 8, 2019. Signed on Aug. 9, 2016.
Shift premium: $2 per hour for lead (fuelers), training, Mirabel fuelers.
Paid holidays: 10 days. 
Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days or 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 12 years. 
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. 
Meal allowance: $50 per day when travelling on company business.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25%.
Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25%. Major restorative: 50% coverage, maximum $1,000 per year combined.
Vision: $300 every 24 months. 
Paramedical: 80% co-insurance, maximum $1,000 per year. 
Sick leave: Full-time: 20 hours per year (after 12 months’ service); 40 hours per year (after 24 months’ service). Part-time: 10 hours per year (after 12 months’ service); 20 hours per year (after 24 months’ service). Unused sick days will be paid out Dec. 31.
STD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25%. 66 2/3% of weekly income, maximum 26 weeks.
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $40,000 coverage.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $40,000 coverage.
Pension: Employer will match employee contributions into RRSP, maximum 2% of salary.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, father, mother, spouse or common-law partner of the father or mother, children, children of the employee’s spouse or common-law partner, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, grandfather, grandmother, father, mother of the spouse or common-law partner, spouse or common-law partner of father, mother, any relative who resides with the employee). 3 days for death in extended family (spouse’s grandparent, brothers, sisters of spouse, nephew, niece). 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, godparents. Additional 10 days without pay if funeral is outside Canada or a significant distance away.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. 
Probationary period: 150 days. 
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months.
Safety shoes: $130 per year.
Uniforms/clothing: Full-time: 4 shirts, 4 pants, 2 shorts, winter/thermal coveralls (once every 2 years), 3-in-1 jacket (once every 2 years), rain suit (once every 2 years), 4 summer gloves, 4 winter gloves, safety eyewear, safety vest, regular ear protectors. Part-time: 3 shirts, 3 pants, 2 shorts, winter/thermal coveralls (once every 2 years), 3-in-1 jacket (once every 2 years), rain suit (once every 2 years), 4 summer gloves, 4 winter gloves, safety eyewear, safety vest, regular ear protectors.
Tool allowance: $500 per year.
Mileage: $0.50 per kilometre.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Fuelers
Start: $12.50
D/A and red pass level 1: $13
Level 2: $13.45 
Level 3: $13.90
Level 4: $14.35
Level 5: $14.80 
Level 6: $15.25
Level 7: $15.70
Level 8: $16.15 
Level 9: $16.60 
Level 10: $17.05
Level 11: $17.50
Dispatchers
Level 1: $18
Level 2: $18.36 
Level 3: $18.73
Mechanics
Level 1: $21
Level 2: $22 
Level 3: $23
Level 4: $24
Level 5: $25 
Level 6: $26
Level 7: $27
Level 8: $28 
Editor’s notes: Hijacking/bomb scares: No employee will be required to work on a hijacked plane or a bomb-threatened plane. All employees will be evacuated from any area where other persons are evacuated. AVOP: All employees must hold a valid Quebec driver’s licence and must obtain an Airside Vehicle Operations Permit, where required by the company or airport authority. Parking fees: The employer will supply parking spaces at Montreal-Trudeau or Mirabel Airports. Hearing aids: $500 every 5 years. 
 

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