Calgary (130 production employees, electricians, mechanics, engineers) and Unifor, Local 539
Renewal agreement: Effective March 7, 2018, to March 6, 2022. Ratified on July 25, 2018. Signed on Aug. 29, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective year 1: 2% plus $300 lump-sum payment
Effective year 2: 2%
Effective year 3: 2%
Effective year 4: 2%
Shift premium: $0.85 per hour for afternoon or second shift which normally will start after 3 p.m. $1.30 per hour for third or night shift, which normally will start after 11 p.m. $1.10 per hour to designated first-aid attendant and alternate on shift.
Paid holidays: 13 days, plus 4 hours off with pay Christmas Eve; 4 hours off with pay New Year’s Eve; 1 employee floating holiday. Floater not taken by year-end will be paid out.
Vacations with pay: 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, 7 weeks or 14.5% after 30 years. Vacation bonus: 10-hour vacation-pay bonus will be paid when employee takes first week of vacation after fully qualifying for full vacation. Supplementary vacation pay: Employees who have completed 25 or more years of service will be granted extra vacation pay. Additional 2% vacation pay at 60; additional 4% vacation pay at 61; additional 6% vacation pay at 62; additional 8% vacation pay at 63; additional 10% vacation pay at 64.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work beyond regular hours and on Saturdays. Double time for all work after 12 hours per 24-hour period or Sundays. May be banked, maximum 60 hours per year.
Meal allowance: $12 (previously $11) to employees required to work overtime assignment of 2 hours or more and for every 4 hours thereafter. Meal allowance will be paid if employee works 4 hours or more on unplanned weekend overtime.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Employer pays 100% of premiums for Alberta Health Care. Prescription drugs: 80% reimbursement of eligible expense.
Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Reimbursement of 80% of cost of following expenses: diagnostic, preventative therapy, oral surgery, minor-restorative dentistry, repairs of existing appliance, endodontics, periodontics. Reimbursement of 50% for other expenses. Orthodontics: No deductible; 50% payable; $2,000 maximum lifetime benefit per individual.
Vision: $350 per family member (previously $300 per family member), in any 2 consecutive years for frames, lenses, fitting of prescription glasses (including contact lenses) as well as corrective eye surgery.
STD: 70% of regular weekly earnings payable on first day for non-occupational accident, first day of hospitalization, fourth day for non-occupational sickness, payable for 52 weeks.
LTD: 52-week waiting period for coverage of 60 months equalling 50% of basic wages, maximum $3,000 per month (previously $2,800 per month).
Life insurance: Coverage of $95,000 (previously $85,000).
Pension: Employee hired after Sept. 12, 2008, will participate in mandatory DC pension plan. Employer, employee will contribute 3.5% (4.5% after 15 years of service). Pension Plan for Unionized Employees for those hired before Sept. 12, 2008.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex partners, mother, father, children, adopted children). 3 days for death in extended family (brother, sister, stepparents, stepbrother, stepsister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepchildren, grandparents, grandchildren). 1 day for death of brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law.
Seniority – recall rights: Period equal to length of service or 1 year, whichever is lesser.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay at classification rate or applicable overtime pay for all hours worked, whichever is greater
Probationary period: 720 hours worked (must be worked in consecutive 6-month period). Employees will be granted 1-day floater immediately after completing probation period.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months for verbal warning (minimum of 935 hours must be worked during this time); 12 months for written warnings (minimum of 1,875 hours must be worked during this time); 18 months for suspensions (minimum of 2,800 hours must be worked during this time).
Severance: 1.5 week’s pay for each year of employment for first 15 years; 1 week per year of employment thereafter, maximum 45 weeks’ pay.
Safety shoes: $175 per year for 1 pair of safety ankle boots (as well as needed laces and inserts). May be carried over into following year, maximum $350.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide coveralls to single-face operators, operators, baler operators, industrial mechanics, electricians, power engineers.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.1% increase):
Entry level/general
Chargehand: $33.68 rising 3 steps to $35.74
Safety and quality technician: $31.11 rising 3 steps to $33.01
Piler: $29.25 rising 3 steps to $31.05
Bundler: $29.25 rising 3 steps to $31.05
Stock mover: $29.25 rising 3 steps to $31.05
Base rate: $26.39 rising 3 steps to $28.01
Student rates: $22.66 rising 3 steps to $24.04
Converting department line 2
Post-gluer operator: $32.06 rising 3 steps to $34.02
Operators: $31.57 rising 3 steps to $33.50
Bobst operator: $31.57 rising 3 steps to $33.50
Waxer operator: $30.60 rising 3 steps to $32.47
Post assistant: $30.55 rising 3 steps to $32.42
Bobst second man: $30.18 rising 3 steps to $32.03
Post counter: $30.10 rising 3 steps to $31.94
Converting department line 2 (flexo and rotary)
Operator: $32.52 rising 3 steps to $34.51
Second man: $30.60 rising 3 steps to $32.47
Die department
Die mounter (dual): $32.24 rising 3 steps to $34.21
Die mounter (single): $31.94 rising 3 steps to $33.89
Back-up die mounter: $31.94 rising 3 steps to $33.89
Corrugator department
Knife tender: $32.74 rising 3 steps to $34.74
Operator: $32.52 rising 3 steps to $34.51
Roll-clamp operator: $31.88 rising 3 steps to $33.83
Double back: $31.64 rising 3 steps to $33.58
Warehouseperson: $31.32 rising 3 steps to $33.24
Bottom stacker: $30.98 rising 3 steps to $32.87
Slitter operator: $30.60 rising 3 steps to $32.47
Top stacker: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.98
Back-up: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.98
Baler: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.98
Smart car: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.98
Apprentices
Fourth-year apprentice: $35.08 rising 3 steps to $37.23
Third-year apprentice: $32.90 rising 3 steps to $34.91
Second-year apprentice: $32.01 rising 3 steps to $33.97
First-year apprentice: $31.62 rising 3 steps to $33.56
Editor’s notes: Paid-education leave: Employer will pay $0.03 per hour for all hours worked to Unifor Paid Education Leave program.
Wage adjustments:
Effective year 1: 2% plus $300 lump-sum payment
Effective year 2: 2%
Effective year 3: 2%
Effective year 4: 2%
Shift premium: $0.85 per hour for afternoon or second shift which normally will start after 3 p.m. $1.30 per hour for third or night shift, which normally will start after 11 p.m. $1.10 per hour to designated first-aid attendant and alternate on shift.
Paid holidays: 13 days, plus 4 hours off with pay Christmas Eve; 4 hours off with pay New Year’s Eve; 1 employee floating holiday. Floater not taken by year-end will be paid out.
Vacations with pay: 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, 7 weeks or 14.5% after 30 years. Vacation bonus: 10-hour vacation-pay bonus will be paid when employee takes first week of vacation after fully qualifying for full vacation. Supplementary vacation pay: Employees who have completed 25 or more years of service will be granted extra vacation pay. Additional 2% vacation pay at 60; additional 4% vacation pay at 61; additional 6% vacation pay at 62; additional 8% vacation pay at 63; additional 10% vacation pay at 64.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work beyond regular hours and on Saturdays. Double time for all work after 12 hours per 24-hour period or Sundays. May be banked, maximum 60 hours per year.
Meal allowance: $12 (previously $11) to employees required to work overtime assignment of 2 hours or more and for every 4 hours thereafter. Meal allowance will be paid if employee works 4 hours or more on unplanned weekend overtime.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Employer pays 100% of premiums for Alberta Health Care. Prescription drugs: 80% reimbursement of eligible expense.
Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Reimbursement of 80% of cost of following expenses: diagnostic, preventative therapy, oral surgery, minor-restorative dentistry, repairs of existing appliance, endodontics, periodontics. Reimbursement of 50% for other expenses. Orthodontics: No deductible; 50% payable; $2,000 maximum lifetime benefit per individual.
Vision: $350 per family member (previously $300 per family member), in any 2 consecutive years for frames, lenses, fitting of prescription glasses (including contact lenses) as well as corrective eye surgery.
STD: 70% of regular weekly earnings payable on first day for non-occupational accident, first day of hospitalization, fourth day for non-occupational sickness, payable for 52 weeks.
LTD: 52-week waiting period for coverage of 60 months equalling 50% of basic wages, maximum $3,000 per month (previously $2,800 per month).
Life insurance: Coverage of $95,000 (previously $85,000).
Pension: Employee hired after Sept. 12, 2008, will participate in mandatory DC pension plan. Employer, employee will contribute 3.5% (4.5% after 15 years of service). Pension Plan for Unionized Employees for those hired before Sept. 12, 2008.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex partners, mother, father, children, adopted children). 3 days for death in extended family (brother, sister, stepparents, stepbrother, stepsister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepchildren, grandparents, grandchildren). 1 day for death of brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law.
Seniority – recall rights: Period equal to length of service or 1 year, whichever is lesser.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay at classification rate or applicable overtime pay for all hours worked, whichever is greater
Probationary period: 720 hours worked (must be worked in consecutive 6-month period). Employees will be granted 1-day floater immediately after completing probation period.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months for verbal warning (minimum of 935 hours must be worked during this time); 12 months for written warnings (minimum of 1,875 hours must be worked during this time); 18 months for suspensions (minimum of 2,800 hours must be worked during this time).
Severance: 1.5 week’s pay for each year of employment for first 15 years; 1 week per year of employment thereafter, maximum 45 weeks’ pay.
Safety shoes: $175 per year for 1 pair of safety ankle boots (as well as needed laces and inserts). May be carried over into following year, maximum $350.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide coveralls to single-face operators, operators, baler operators, industrial mechanics, electricians, power engineers.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.1% increase):
Entry level/general
Chargehand: $33.68 rising 3 steps to $35.74
Safety and quality technician: $31.11 rising 3 steps to $33.01
Piler: $29.25 rising 3 steps to $31.05
Bundler: $29.25 rising 3 steps to $31.05
Stock mover: $29.25 rising 3 steps to $31.05
Base rate: $26.39 rising 3 steps to $28.01
Student rates: $22.66 rising 3 steps to $24.04
Converting department line 2
Post-gluer operator: $32.06 rising 3 steps to $34.02
Operators: $31.57 rising 3 steps to $33.50
Bobst operator: $31.57 rising 3 steps to $33.50
Waxer operator: $30.60 rising 3 steps to $32.47
Post assistant: $30.55 rising 3 steps to $32.42
Bobst second man: $30.18 rising 3 steps to $32.03
Post counter: $30.10 rising 3 steps to $31.94
Converting department line 2 (flexo and rotary)
Operator: $32.52 rising 3 steps to $34.51
Second man: $30.60 rising 3 steps to $32.47
Die department
Die mounter (dual): $32.24 rising 3 steps to $34.21
Die mounter (single): $31.94 rising 3 steps to $33.89
Back-up die mounter: $31.94 rising 3 steps to $33.89
Corrugator department
Knife tender: $32.74 rising 3 steps to $34.74
Operator: $32.52 rising 3 steps to $34.51
Roll-clamp operator: $31.88 rising 3 steps to $33.83
Double back: $31.64 rising 3 steps to $33.58
Warehouseperson: $31.32 rising 3 steps to $33.24
Bottom stacker: $30.98 rising 3 steps to $32.87
Slitter operator: $30.60 rising 3 steps to $32.47
Top stacker: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.98
Back-up: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.98
Baler: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.98
Smart car: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.98
Apprentices
Fourth-year apprentice: $35.08 rising 3 steps to $37.23
Third-year apprentice: $32.90 rising 3 steps to $34.91
Second-year apprentice: $32.01 rising 3 steps to $33.97
First-year apprentice: $31.62 rising 3 steps to $33.56
Editor’s notes: Paid-education leave: Employer will pay $0.03 per hour for all hours worked to Unifor Paid Education Leave program.
