Canmore, Alta. (7 public-works employees, mechanics) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 37
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2020. Ratified on June 27, 2019. Signed on Sept. 24, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective period pay 1, 2019: 1.5%
Effective period pay 1, 2020: 1.5%
Shift premium: $2.75 per hour (previously $2.50 per hour) for employee assigned to on-call rotation.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 10 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. Maximum 50% of time may be carried over under special circumstances.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work in excess of scheduled daily shift or more than an average of 40 hours per week over shift cycle; double time after 3 hours of overtime. May be taken as time off in lieu, maximum 40 hours, and must be taken with 90 days of time being earned.
Sick leave: 12 days per year.
Pension: Employer contributes 10.22%, employee contributes 5.5% into RRSP.
Bereavement leave: 1 work week for death in immediate family (spouse, including common-law or same-sex; parents, including stepparents; children, including stepchildren; siblings, including stepsiblings; in-laws, including mother in-law, father in-law, brother in-law, sister in-law, son in-law, daughter in-law; grandparent, grandchild). 1 day to attend funeral services of someone who is not immediate family member.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Probationary period: 90 accumulative working days.
Safety shoes: $300 per year for CSA-approved safety boots or shoes.
Tool allowance: $600 per year for journeyman heavy-duty mechanics.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.5% increase):
Public works operator 1: $23.30 rising 1 step to $23.65
Public works operator 2: $31.37 rising 1 step to $31.84
Public works operator 3: $33.18 rising 1 step to $33.67
Journeyman heavy-duty mechanic 1: $40.92 rising 1 step to $41.53
Journeyman heavy-duty mechanic 2: $42.91 rising 1 step to $43.55
Journeyman heavy-duty mechanic 3: $44.67 rising 1 step to $45.33
Apprentice fourth-year: $36.83 rising 1 step to $37.38
Apprentice third-year: $32.74 rising 1 step to $33.23
Apprentice second-year: $28.64 rising 1 step to $29.07
Apprentice first-year: $24.55 rising 1 step to $24.92
Effective June 1, 2019: $500 lump-sum payment
Effective June 1, 2020: $500 lump-sum payment
Apprentice heavy-duty mechanics (percentage of wages of heavy-duty mechanic 1)
60% in first period of apprenticeship program
70% in second period of apprenticeship program
80% in third period of apprenticeship program
90% in fourth period of apprenticeship program
