Veritiv Canada

Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2021 to Jan. 31, 2023. Ratified on March, 23, 2021. Signed on May 3, 2021.

Wage adjustments:

Effective Feb. 1, 2021: 1%

Effective Feb. 1, 2022: 1%

Shift premium: $0.35 per hour for employees who are first-aid attendants. $0.75 per hour for hours worked in that capacity, for employees who perform duties as guillotine operator. $0.50 per hour for employee, who is assigned by employer to act as lead-hand. $1 per hour for designated trips for long combination vehicle drivers. $0.55 per hour for all hours worked between 5 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floating holiday.

Vacations with pay: 4.5% to start, 2 weeks or 4.5% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6.5% after 2 years, 4 weeks or 8.5% after 7 years, 5 weeks or 10.5% after 15 years, 6 weeks or 12.5% after 24 years. Vacations are not cumulative and must be taken within vacation period.

Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week; double time after 12 hours of work in 1 day. Time may be banked, maximum 24 hours. Any hours unused will be paid out at end of year.

Meal allowance: $9 to any employee required to work 2 hours or more beyond end of regular scheduled 8-hour shift or 2 hours before start of regular scheduled 8-hour shift and who is expected to work more than 10 consecutive hours or who works 4 or more hours on Saturday.

Medical benefits: Employer pays 85% of premiums, employee pays 15% of premiums. 80% coverage for basic; 50% coverage for prosthetics, crowns, bridges; 50% coverage for orthodontics, maximum $2,300 per person for all services provided by orthodontist.

Dental: Employer pays 90% of premiums, employee pays 10% of premiums.

Vision: Coverage of $200 every 2 years

STD: Coverage of 66.67% of salary on first day of disability caused by non-occupational accident; fourth day of disability caused by non-occupational sickness for maximum
52 weeks.

LTD: Employer pays 70% of premiums, employee pays 30% of premiums. Coverage of 50% of regular weekly earnings calculated at 40 times disabled employee’s hourly straight time job rate at date of onset of disability plus any negotiated increases to hourly straight-time job rate which would take place during 52-week elimination period.

AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $80,000.

Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $80,000.

Pension: Employer, employee make mandatory contributions to DC plan: minimum 3%, maximum 4%.

Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, son, daughter. 3 days for other death (legal guardian, brothers, sisters, stepchildren, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepparents, grandparents, grandchildren, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law).

Seniority – recall rights: 6 months to start; 1 year plus 1 month for each year of service, maximum 12 months, after 1 year of service.

Probationary period: 90 working days (employer may extend evaluation period).

Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for each disciplinary action, letter or notation including suspensions.

Severance: 1 week’s pay for each year of service for permanent plant closure.

Safety shoes: $150 towards cost of 1 pair of approved safety footwear and maximum 2 pair of insoles per year for all employees who have passed probationary period. Employee may choose to defer yearly amount to second year so as to have $300 to use for that year. $50 (provided they have worked 640 hours during prime-time vacation) for vacation relief/casual employees.

Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide following mandatory wear for drivers each year: 1 winter/summer combo jacket or at employee’s discretion, 1 vest; 5 shirts employee-option long-/short-sleeves; 3 pants employee-option pants/shorts; maximum 2 hats per year by request; maximum 2 toques per year by request; winter gloves as needed, by request. Employer will provide following mandatory wear for non-driving employees: 5 shirts (employee-option long-/short-sleeves); 1 sweater or jacket for warehouse workers: (receivers only) 1 winter/summer combo jacket and winter gloves (as needed, by request). Employer will provide all employees — whose work requires them to wear protective devices — with necessary tools, equipment, protective clothing (maintained and replaced, where necessary, at employer’s expense).

Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1% increase):

Warehouse specialist (end-rate): $29.06 rising 1 step to $29.35

Shipper/dispatch: $29.86 rising 1 step to $30.16

Receiver: $29.55 rising 1 step to $29.85

Class 1 driver: $31.53 rising 1 step to $31.85

Class 5 driver: $29.34 rising 1 step to $29.63

Sample rates of hourly pay (current):

Vacation relief/casual employees: $20

Class 5 drivers: $24 and increase to $25 after 120 days worked; after 240 days worked rate will increase to end-rate.

Warehousing: $23 and increase by $2 after 120 days worked; after 240 days worked rate will increase to end-/base-rate.

(All employees actively at work at ratification will receive lump-sum payment of $750, subject to all normal payroll taxes, following ratification)

Editor’s notes: First-aid attendants: Employer will pay for fees, textbooks, lost time of all first-aid attendants who successfully complete first-aid course. Paid education leave: Employer will pay $1,200 per year into special fund to provide for Unifor paid education leave program.