Waste Management Canada

Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 1, 2018 to Oct. 31, 2021. Ratified on June 1, 2019. Signed on June 2, 2019.

Wage adjustments:

Effective Nov. 1, 2018: 1%

Effective Nov. 1, 2019: 1.5%

Effective Nov. 1, 2020: 1.5%

Shift premium: $32 above regular pay for day when employee trains another employee or new hire. $1.50 per hour for non-shop employee appointed by employer as lead-hand; $2.50 per hour for employee appointed by employer as lead-hand in shop ($2 per hour in Saskatchewan). $2 per hour for employees working in shop on Saturday, Sunday. $0.75 per hour for all hours worked on afternoon shift plus additional $1 per hour worked on graveyard shift for MRF employees.

Paid holidays: 10 days.

Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year for Alberta employees (3 weeks or 6% for Saskatchewan employees), 3 weeks or 6% after 4 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 9 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 17 years. Senior employees will be allowed up to 2 weeks, consecutive or otherwise, during summer months (June 1 to Aug. 31) pending availability. Employee entitled to 3 and or more weeks of vacation, may take 3 weeks consecutively, other than in June, July or August.

Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8, 10 hours per day or 40 hours per week.

Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums of Alberta and Saskatchewan health care insurance, and ensure coverage includes ambulance and semi-private room coverage.

Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. 80% reimbursement for preventive care for such expenses as X-rays, regular 6-month checkups, cleaning and scaling of teeth, fluoride treatments, maximum $1,300 per person per plan year. 80% reimbursement for minor restorative care for such expenses as fillings, extractions, maintainers, maximum $1,300 per person per plan year. 50% reimbursement for major restorative for such expenses as crowns, bridges, dentures, gold inlays, onlays, maximum $1,300 per person per plan year. 50% reimbursement for orthodontics, lifetime maximum $1,300 per person per plan year for dependent children.

Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $275 for eyeglasses or contact lenses in each 24-month period. Eye examinations are included in $275 reimbursement.

Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2/3 employee’s weekly rate, payable from first day of accident or illness if hospitalization is involved and third day of sickness (payment is retroactive to second day of sickness with doctor’s certificate), payable for 15 weeks.

LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60% of wages, maximum $1,000 per month.

AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $35,000.

Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $35,000.

Pension: Each employee, after completion of 6 months’ service, will belong to employer’s pension plan.

Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse (including common-law, same-sex), child, stepchild, mother, father, stepparents, parents of spouse (including stepparents) sister, brother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparents of employee and spouse, grandchildren, legal guardians of employee). Additional leave without pay may be granted on request of employee. 2 additional days for employee who travels more than 485 kilometres to attend funeral.

Seniority – recall rights: 6 months for continuous layoffs.

Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay.

Probationary period: 480 hours. For drivers only, probationary period will not begin until they have completed 20 working days of training.

Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years for any reprimand notices or disciplinary measures.

Safety shoes: $225 by March 1 of each year for CSA-approved, green tag, above-ankle safety boots. Employees must use approved company supplier for each site or satellite.

Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide all personal protection equipment (PPE). Employee will be provided with 3 pairs of pants, 5 shirts, 1 jacket or 2 pairs of coveralls and 5 shirts or T-shirts. Each employee will be supplied with gloves. Employer will supply rain gear to all employees required to wear rain gear as condition of employment.

Tool allowance: Employer will provide insurance coverage on mechanics, welders, apprentice’s tools, maximum $30,000 per occurrence. $500 (paid on Jan. 1 of each year) for mechanics, mechanic apprentices, millwrights, millwright apprentices; $350 for welders, welder apprentices, apprentices, with 1-year of seniority.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3% increase):

Calgary

Swing driver: $31.60 rising 2 steps to $32.56

FL driver/Molok: $28.60 rising 2 steps to $29.47

FL swamper: $23.17 rising 2 steps to $23.87

Lugger and roll-off drivers/Bagster: $28.03 rising 2 steps to $28.87

Super B: $29.49 rising 2 steps to $30.38

Residential driver - no swamper: $26.03 rising 2 steps to $26.81

Residential driver/swamper: $24.11 rising 2 steps to $24.84

Residential driver with swamper: $23.98 rising 2 steps to $24.70

Residential swamper: $21.73 rising 2 steps to $22.38

Recycle driver: $23.40 rising 2 steps to $24.11

Recycle equipment operator: $21.93 rising 2 steps to $22.59

Recycle worker: $21.19 rising 2 steps to $21.83

Licensed mechanic/welder: $43.30 rising 2 steps to $44.61

Picker truck: $26.55 rising 2 steps to $27.36

Tandem vacuum driver: $24.64 rising 2 steps to $25.39

Wash person: $21.38 rising 2 steps to $22.03

Non-certified landfill heavy equipment operator: $30.22 rising 2 steps to $31.13

Certified non-restricted landfill heavy equipment operator: $34.33 rising 2 steps to $35.37

Vacuum truck driver: $24.64 rising 2 steps to $25.39

Portable services/Toter delivery driver: $21.20 rising 2 steps to $21.84

Portable services labour: $20.50 rising 2 steps to $21.12

MRF foreman: $25.32 rising 2 steps to $26.09

Tractor trailer: $26.72 rising 2 steps to $27.53

General labourer: $20.50 rising 2 steps to $21.12

Super B heavy hauls: $37.11 rising 2 steps to $38.23

Lugger and roll-off drivers (lifts)/Bagster: $37.11 rising 2 steps to $38.23

Lugger and roll-off drivers (lifts) drivers (deliveries and relocates)/Bagster: $22.71 rising 2 steps to $23.40

Residential side load (summer April 1 to Oct, 31): $16.98 rising 2 steps to $17.49

Residential side load (winter Nov. 1 to March 31): $20.40 rising 2 steps to $21.02

Sample rates of daily pay (current, after 3% increase):

Residential driver: $266 rising 2 steps to $274.04

Residential swamper: $220.47 rising 2 steps to $227.14

Recycle driver: $220.47 rising 2 steps to $227.14

$300 signing bonus will be paid upon ratification

Editor’s notes: Paid education leave: Employer will pay $0.03 per hour per employee for all compensated hours into Unifor Paid Education Leave Program to provide paid education leave. Away-from-terminal work expenses: Employer will reimburse employees for meals, maximum $45 per day. Safety meetings: All piecework employees attending safety meetings will be paid $20 per meeting (paid from safety meeting signup sheets).