Victoria (6 traffic directors) and Teamsters, Local 31
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2018. Signed on March 22, 2018.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 9 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 15 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 22 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 8 hours per day, double time after first 2 hours of overtime or on Sunday or holiday. Triple time after 8 hours on Sunday or holiday, quadruple time after 10 hours. Time and one-half for first 8 hours on rest day, double and one-quarter time thereafter, triple time after 10 hours.
Meal allowance: Paid time to eat meal at overtime rates after 2 hours overtime.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Teamsters’ National Benefit Plan.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums
Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Sick leave: 1/2 day per month, maximum 30 days, after 1 year of employment.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Pension: Employer pays $6 per hour per employee into Teamsters B.C. Master Employees Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sons, stepsons, daughters, stepdaughters, brothers, sisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandfathers, grandmothers, spouse’s grandparents. Stepfather, stepmother, provided stepfather or stepmother had status of employee’s father or mother).
Seniority – recall rights: 6 months, 12 months after 5 years of seniority.
Probationary period: 120 days of employment.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months.
Severance: 1.5 weeks of pay per year of service, maximum 52 weeks.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will furnish uniforms, coveralls at no cost to employees. No employee will be disciplined or discharged for refusing to wear uniform or coveralls that are not clean or do not fit properly or that do not bear union label.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase):
Traffic director full-time: $25.63 rising 1 step to $26.15
Traffic director full-time lead-hand: $29.54 rising 1 step to $30.65
Traffic director permanent part-time: $23.53 rising 1 step to $24
Traffic director part-time: $22.48 rising 1 step to $23.05
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
New-hire rate for part-time: $19.75
Editor’s notes: Industry fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per hour into Teamsters Local No. 31 Union/Industry Advancement Fund.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 9 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 15 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 22 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 8 hours per day, double time after first 2 hours of overtime or on Sunday or holiday. Triple time after 8 hours on Sunday or holiday, quadruple time after 10 hours. Time and one-half for first 8 hours on rest day, double and one-quarter time thereafter, triple time after 10 hours.
Meal allowance: Paid time to eat meal at overtime rates after 2 hours overtime.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Teamsters’ National Benefit Plan.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums
Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Sick leave: 1/2 day per month, maximum 30 days, after 1 year of employment.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Pension: Employer pays $6 per hour per employee into Teamsters B.C. Master Employees Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sons, stepsons, daughters, stepdaughters, brothers, sisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandfathers, grandmothers, spouse’s grandparents. Stepfather, stepmother, provided stepfather or stepmother had status of employee’s father or mother).
Seniority – recall rights: 6 months, 12 months after 5 years of seniority.
Probationary period: 120 days of employment.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months.
Severance: 1.5 weeks of pay per year of service, maximum 52 weeks.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will furnish uniforms, coveralls at no cost to employees. No employee will be disciplined or discharged for refusing to wear uniform or coveralls that are not clean or do not fit properly or that do not bear union label.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase):
Traffic director full-time: $25.63 rising 1 step to $26.15
Traffic director full-time lead-hand: $29.54 rising 1 step to $30.65
Traffic director permanent part-time: $23.53 rising 1 step to $24
Traffic director part-time: $22.48 rising 1 step to $23.05
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
New-hire rate for part-time: $19.75
Editor’s notes: Industry fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per hour into Teamsters Local No. 31 Union/Industry Advancement Fund.
