Edmonton/Calgary (240 anchors, reporters, producers, technicians, traffic maintenance employees, receptionists) and Unifor, Local 89
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on Jan. 1, 2018.
Shift premium: $2.50 per hour for any work between 12:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. One-half times basic hourly rate for employee who does not receive minimum off-duty hours of 12 consecutive hours off. $18 per occasion when employee is temporarily assigned to perform job outside normal assignment or within higher classification or to act in supervisory position ($9 per occasion when assignment is one-half or less of basic tour.
Paid holidays: 9 days, plus 2 floating holidays.
Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 7 years, 23 days after 12 years, 25 days after 18 years, 30 days after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7.5 hours per day or 37.5 hours per week for secretarial, clerical, traffic, sales assistants. Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week for all other employees. Double time after 12 hours in any single tour of duty.
Meal allowance: $8 after 10 hours of work.
Sick leave: 56 days at 100% of salary; 126 days at 80% of salary; 66 2/3% of salary until recovery or 65 years of age.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, child, grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, any relative residing in employee’s household). 1 day for death of aunt, uncle. Additional 3 days may be granted when traveling time is required.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at time and one-half. Double time after 4 hours of work, triple time for call-in on Christmas Day.
Probationary period: Minimum 60 days worked. Minimum 120 days worked for producers, directors, supervisors.
Severance: 3 weeks’ pay per year, after 12 months of service, maximum 68 weeks times employee’s basic weekly pay for layoffs. 4 weeks’ pay per year of service, maximum 52 weeks for dismissals.
Uniforms/clothing: $1,000 per year for anchors, reporters (including sports), video journalists regularly appearing on camera. $350 per year (previously $300 per year) for appropriate work-related clothing for ENG camera/editor, general maintenance, broadcast technicians.
Mileage: $0.44 per kilometre when employee uses own vehicle.
Sample rates of biweekly pay (current, after 4% increase):
General clerk/traffic clerk/news assistant/editorial assistant/switchboard/receptionist
Start: $1,512 rising 2 steps to $1,573
Year 1: $1,554 rising 2 steps to $1,617
Year 2: $1,603 rising 2 steps to $1,668
Year 3: $1,652 rising 2 steps to $1,719
Year 4: $1,700 rising 2 steps to $1,769
Year 5: $1,753 rising 2 steps to $1,824
Year 6: $1,806 rising 2 steps to $1,879
Year 7: $1,856 rising 2 steps to $1,931
Year 8: $1,914 rising 2 steps to $1,991
Top: $1,952 rising 2 steps to $2,031
Senior general clerk/senior traffic clerk/sales assistant/senior news assistant/editorial assistant/general services supervisor/general maintenance
Start: $1,893 rising 2 steps to $1,969
Year 1: $1,946 rising 2 steps to $2,025
Year 2: $2,005 rising 2 steps to $2,087
Year 3: $2,067 rising 2 steps to $2,150
Year 4: $2,127 rising 2 steps to $2,212
Year 5: $2,191 rising 2 steps to $2,279
Year 6: $2,257 rising 2 steps to $2,348
Top: $2,303 rising 2 steps to $2,396
Sup: $2,418 rising 2 steps to $2,515
ENG editor/ENG camera, editor/audio operator/general operator/camera, lighting operator/graphic artist/director, switcher/ENG editor, director writer/producer/production assistant/TV operator/scheduling clerk/feed and play coordinator/western broadcast centre master control/western broadcast centre VTR
Start: $1,930 rising 2 steps to $2,008
Year 1: $1,988 rising 2 steps to $2,069
Year 2: $2,048 rising 2 steps to $2,131
Year 3: $2,110 rising 2 steps to $2,196
Year 4: $2,172 rising 2 steps to $2,260
Year 5: $2,237 rising 2 steps to $2,328
Year 6: $2,306 rising 2 steps to $2,399
Year 7: $2,373 rising 2 steps to $2,469
Year 8: $2,444 rising 2 steps to $2,543
Top: $2,493 rising 2 steps to $2,594
Reporter, anchor/reporter, producer/sports reporter, anchor/video journalist/ web producer/producer, editor/traffic supervisor/assistant assignment editor/ producer
Start: $2,076 rising 2 steps to $2,160
Year 1: $2,138 rising 2 steps to $2,224
Year 2: $2,204 rising 2 steps to $2,293
Year 3: $2,266 rising 2 steps to $2,358
Year 4: $2,338 rising 2 steps to $2,433
Year 5: $2,406 rising 2 steps to $2,504
Year 6: $2,479 rising 2 steps to $2,579
Top: $2,528 rising 2 steps to $2,631
Senior technician/senior technical coordinator/production editor/supervisor-transmission services/technical maintenance supervisor/senior production automation assistant/senior production automation coordinator
Start: $2,542 rising 2 steps to $2,644
Year 1: $2,619 rising 2 steps to $2,725
Year 2: $2,696 rising 2 steps to $2,805
Year 3: $2,778 rising 2 steps to $2,890
Year 4: $2,861 rising 2 steps to $2,977
Year 5: $2,949 rising 2 steps to $3,068
Year 6: $3,034 rising 2 steps to $3,157
Year 7: $3,127 rising 2 steps to $3,253
Top: $3,190 rising 2 steps to $3,319
Sup: $3,279 rising 2 steps to $3,412
Senior western broadcast centre master control/senior western broadcast centre VTR/operations supervisor
Start: $2,469 rising 2 steps to $2,569
Year 1: $2,542 rising 2 steps to $2,644
Year 2: $2,619 rising 2 steps to $2,725
Year 3: $2,697 rising 2 steps to $2,806
Year 4: $2,778 rising 2 steps to $2,890
Year 5: $2,861 rising 2 steps to $2,977
Year 6: $2,949 rising 2 steps to $3,068
Year 7: $3,035 rising 2 steps to $3,158
Year 8: $3,127 rising 2 steps to $3,253
Top: $3,189 rising 2 steps to $3,318
Sup: $3,499 rising 2 steps to $3,640
Anchor
Start: $3,432 rising 2 steps to $3,571
Year 1: $3,533 rising 2 steps to $3,675
Year 2: $3,637 rising 2 steps to $3,783
Year 3: $3,747 rising 2 steps to $3,899
Top: $3,823 rising 2 steps to $3,977
Sample rates of pay (current):
CFRN regional news correspondents: $156.88 (for each news item filed)
Editor’s notes: Educational trust fund: Employer will pay total employee amount of employment insurance commission premium rebate into educational trust fund. Standby: One-quarter times basic hourly rate for hours designated as standby. Daily meal allowance: For out-of-town town work assignments: $15 for breakfast; $20 for lunch; $30 for dinner (any point 40 kilometres beyond metropolitan Calgary or metropolitan Edmonton.) Humanity fund: Members of Unifor, Local 899 may contribute $0.01 per hour to Unifor Humanity Fund.
Shift premium: $2.50 per hour for any work between 12:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. One-half times basic hourly rate for employee who does not receive minimum off-duty hours of 12 consecutive hours off. $18 per occasion when employee is temporarily assigned to perform job outside normal assignment or within higher classification or to act in supervisory position ($9 per occasion when assignment is one-half or less of basic tour.
Paid holidays: 9 days, plus 2 floating holidays.
Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 7 years, 23 days after 12 years, 25 days after 18 years, 30 days after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7.5 hours per day or 37.5 hours per week for secretarial, clerical, traffic, sales assistants. Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week for all other employees. Double time after 12 hours in any single tour of duty.
Meal allowance: $8 after 10 hours of work.
Sick leave: 56 days at 100% of salary; 126 days at 80% of salary; 66 2/3% of salary until recovery or 65 years of age.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, child, grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, any relative residing in employee’s household). 1 day for death of aunt, uncle. Additional 3 days may be granted when traveling time is required.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at time and one-half. Double time after 4 hours of work, triple time for call-in on Christmas Day.
Probationary period: Minimum 60 days worked. Minimum 120 days worked for producers, directors, supervisors.
Severance: 3 weeks’ pay per year, after 12 months of service, maximum 68 weeks times employee’s basic weekly pay for layoffs. 4 weeks’ pay per year of service, maximum 52 weeks for dismissals.
Uniforms/clothing: $1,000 per year for anchors, reporters (including sports), video journalists regularly appearing on camera. $350 per year (previously $300 per year) for appropriate work-related clothing for ENG camera/editor, general maintenance, broadcast technicians.
Mileage: $0.44 per kilometre when employee uses own vehicle.
Sample rates of biweekly pay (current, after 4% increase):
General clerk/traffic clerk/news assistant/editorial assistant/switchboard/receptionist
Start: $1,512 rising 2 steps to $1,573
Year 1: $1,554 rising 2 steps to $1,617
Year 2: $1,603 rising 2 steps to $1,668
Year 3: $1,652 rising 2 steps to $1,719
Year 4: $1,700 rising 2 steps to $1,769
Year 5: $1,753 rising 2 steps to $1,824
Year 6: $1,806 rising 2 steps to $1,879
Year 7: $1,856 rising 2 steps to $1,931
Year 8: $1,914 rising 2 steps to $1,991
Top: $1,952 rising 2 steps to $2,031
Senior general clerk/senior traffic clerk/sales assistant/senior news assistant/editorial assistant/general services supervisor/general maintenance
Start: $1,893 rising 2 steps to $1,969
Year 1: $1,946 rising 2 steps to $2,025
Year 2: $2,005 rising 2 steps to $2,087
Year 3: $2,067 rising 2 steps to $2,150
Year 4: $2,127 rising 2 steps to $2,212
Year 5: $2,191 rising 2 steps to $2,279
Year 6: $2,257 rising 2 steps to $2,348
Top: $2,303 rising 2 steps to $2,396
Sup: $2,418 rising 2 steps to $2,515
ENG editor/ENG camera, editor/audio operator/general operator/camera, lighting operator/graphic artist/director, switcher/ENG editor, director writer/producer/production assistant/TV operator/scheduling clerk/feed and play coordinator/western broadcast centre master control/western broadcast centre VTR
Start: $1,930 rising 2 steps to $2,008
Year 1: $1,988 rising 2 steps to $2,069
Year 2: $2,048 rising 2 steps to $2,131
Year 3: $2,110 rising 2 steps to $2,196
Year 4: $2,172 rising 2 steps to $2,260
Year 5: $2,237 rising 2 steps to $2,328
Year 6: $2,306 rising 2 steps to $2,399
Year 7: $2,373 rising 2 steps to $2,469
Year 8: $2,444 rising 2 steps to $2,543
Top: $2,493 rising 2 steps to $2,594
Reporter, anchor/reporter, producer/sports reporter, anchor/video journalist/ web producer/producer, editor/traffic supervisor/assistant assignment editor/ producer
Start: $2,076 rising 2 steps to $2,160
Year 1: $2,138 rising 2 steps to $2,224
Year 2: $2,204 rising 2 steps to $2,293
Year 3: $2,266 rising 2 steps to $2,358
Year 4: $2,338 rising 2 steps to $2,433
Year 5: $2,406 rising 2 steps to $2,504
Year 6: $2,479 rising 2 steps to $2,579
Top: $2,528 rising 2 steps to $2,631
Senior technician/senior technical coordinator/production editor/supervisor-transmission services/technical maintenance supervisor/senior production automation assistant/senior production automation coordinator
Start: $2,542 rising 2 steps to $2,644
Year 1: $2,619 rising 2 steps to $2,725
Year 2: $2,696 rising 2 steps to $2,805
Year 3: $2,778 rising 2 steps to $2,890
Year 4: $2,861 rising 2 steps to $2,977
Year 5: $2,949 rising 2 steps to $3,068
Year 6: $3,034 rising 2 steps to $3,157
Year 7: $3,127 rising 2 steps to $3,253
Top: $3,190 rising 2 steps to $3,319
Sup: $3,279 rising 2 steps to $3,412
Senior western broadcast centre master control/senior western broadcast centre VTR/operations supervisor
Start: $2,469 rising 2 steps to $2,569
Year 1: $2,542 rising 2 steps to $2,644
Year 2: $2,619 rising 2 steps to $2,725
Year 3: $2,697 rising 2 steps to $2,806
Year 4: $2,778 rising 2 steps to $2,890
Year 5: $2,861 rising 2 steps to $2,977
Year 6: $2,949 rising 2 steps to $3,068
Year 7: $3,035 rising 2 steps to $3,158
Year 8: $3,127 rising 2 steps to $3,253
Top: $3,189 rising 2 steps to $3,318
Sup: $3,499 rising 2 steps to $3,640
Anchor
Start: $3,432 rising 2 steps to $3,571
Year 1: $3,533 rising 2 steps to $3,675
Year 2: $3,637 rising 2 steps to $3,783
Year 3: $3,747 rising 2 steps to $3,899
Top: $3,823 rising 2 steps to $3,977
Sample rates of pay (current):
CFRN regional news correspondents: $156.88 (for each news item filed)
Editor’s notes: Educational trust fund: Employer will pay total employee amount of employment insurance commission premium rebate into educational trust fund. Standby: One-quarter times basic hourly rate for hours designated as standby. Daily meal allowance: For out-of-town town work assignments: $15 for breakfast; $20 for lunch; $30 for dinner (any point 40 kilometres beyond metropolitan Calgary or metropolitan Edmonton.) Humanity fund: Members of Unifor, Local 899 may contribute $0.01 per hour to Unifor Humanity Fund.
