Advance Tank Centres

Calgary (11 welders, mechanics, labourers, truck drivers) and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Local 146

Click here to view the original collective agreement.

Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2018, to Sept. 1, 2020. Ratified on Aug. 15, 2018. Signed on Sept. 11, 2018.

Wage adjustments:

(For employees hired as of May 1, 2018)

Effective Sept 1, 2018: 2%

Effective Sept. 1, 2019: 2%

Shift premium: $1 per hour for lead-hands.

Paid holidays: 11 days.

Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 1 years, 4 weeks or 7.69% after 10 years, 5 weeks or 9.62% after 20 years.

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

Meal allowance: Hot meal will be provided for 2 hours or more of unscheduled overtime.

Pension: Employer will provide group RRSP that employee may contribute into. Effective Sept. 1, 2019: Employer will contribute $0.35 per hour.

Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parent, brother, sisters, spouse, child). 1 day for death of grandmother, grandfather, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law.

Seniority – recall rights: 6 months.

Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ at time and one-half.

Probationary period: 1,000 worked hours (previously 3 months).

Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months for warnings, 12 months for suspensions.

Severance: Employer will pay for work clothing for employees who participate in coverall program.

Safety shoes: $250 per year for appropriate CSA-approved safety footwear, including toecaps, insoles.

Tool allowance: New employees are expected to come to work with own tools (industry quality, meeting current CSA standards). $400 will be paid on anniversary date of agreement.

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

Welder journeyman and ASME applicable qualifications plus 10-year tank trailer experience, tank tester and inspector certification: $32 rising 1 step to $32.32

Welder journeyman and ASME applicable qualifications plus 5-year tank trailer experience, tank tester and inspector certification: $30.50 rising 1 step to $30.81

Welder journeyman and ASME applicable qualifications plus 2-year tank trailer experience, tank tester and inspector certification: $29.50 rising 1 step to $29.80

Welder journeyman and ASME applicable qualifications plus 11-year tank trailer experience, tank tester and inspector certification: $28.50 rising 1 step to $28.79

Welder journeyman and ASME applicable qualifications: $28 rising 1 step to $28.28

Apprentice third year: $25.20 rising 1 step to $25.45

Apprentice second year: $21 rising 1 step to $21.21

Apprentice first year: $16.80 rising 1 step to $16.97

Trailer mechanic journeyman plus 10-year tank trailer experience, tank tester and inspector certification: $30 rising 1 step to $30.30

Trailer mechanic journeyman plus 5-year tank trailer experience, tank tester and inspector certification: $28.50 rising 1 step to $28.79

Trailer mechanic journeyman: $26 rising 1 step to $26.26

Apprentice second year: $18.20 rising 1 step to $18.38

Apprentice first year: $15.60 rising 1 step to $15.76

Labourer: $15 rising 1 step to $15.15

Truck driver/labourer: $22 rising 1 step to $22.22

Editor’s notes: Medical notes: Employer will pay for any requested notes for illnesses, maximum $80.


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