Township of Edwardsburgh Cardinal (Port of Johnstown)

Prescott, Ont. (22 electricians, millwrights, labourers, operators) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Local 00066

Click here to view the original collective agreement.
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2021. Signed on July 31, 2017.
Shift premium: $2.50 per hour for all work between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. $2 per hour for employees who paint or work outside at levels of 25 feet or more above ground, or required to descend into confined space while suspended in boatswain chair. $1 per hour for employees who enter confined space while not suspended in boatswain chair. 
Paid holidays: 13 days, plus half-days on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. 
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 27 years. 
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after regular shift. Double time for all work after 12 hours per day. May be taken as leave, maximum 80 hours per year. 
Meal allowance: $15 when working overtime after 1 hour, additional $15 when work extends more than 5 hours after regular shift ends. 
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Vision: $450 every 2 years for employees, dependants. 
Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Sick leave: 6 days per year. 
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1-times annual salary.
Pension: Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister, spouse, common-law spouse resident with employee, child, child of common-law spouse, stepchild of employee, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, relative residing in employee’s household). 1 day for death of grandparent, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. 
Probationary period: 620 hours worked. 
Safety shoes: Employers pays 100% of costs, maximum $200 per year.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide summer and winter gloves, summer and winter coveralls. Employer will supply rain gear. 
Tool allowance: Employer will supply all needed tools.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 7.7% increase): 
Level 5 (licensed electrician, certified millwright, grain inspector): $27.86 rising 4 steps to $30.01
Level 4 (head grain runner, head weighman, head distributor, fumigator, head grader, annex operator, lead dock hand): $26.72 rising 4 steps to $28.78
Level 3 (weighman, utility man 2, cleaning-machine operator, dryer operator): $25.96 rising 4 steps to $27.96
Level 2 (distributor, utility man 1): $25.07 rising 4 steps to $27.01
Level 1 (elevator worker, labourer): $23.49 rising 4 steps to $25.31
Editor’s notes: Parking: Employer will provide free-parking privileges. 

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