Toronto | (500 technical, clerical, production employees) and Unifor
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. Signed on July 22, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1.75%
Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 1.75%
Shift premium: $12 to cover miscellaneous expenses for each tour when assigned to studio or location outside premises of CFTO- TV in Zone 1. 25% for work performed between 12:01 a.m. and 7 a.m. $20 per tour of duty for camera operators, at wage group 4a level, who are assigned to operate Steadicam. $30 per tour of duty for TSN story editors temporarily assigned to perform work of TSN associate producer. $5 for each meal period relieved when employee temporarily relieves another employee in higher classification for meal period not exceeding 1 hour in any tour.
Paid holidays: 10 days, including 2 floating holidays.
Vacations with pay: 1.5 days per month, maximum 15 days, to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 7 years, 4 weeks, 3 days after 12 years, 5 weeks after 25 days, 6 weeks after 25 years.
Overtime: Paid at time and one-half, double time or double time and one-half, depending on schedule and hours worked. Employees may bank time, maximum 160 banked hours.
Pension: DC plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, children, father, mother. 3 days for death of legal guardians, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, grandchild. 1 day for death of brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grand- parent-in-law.
Seniority – recall rights: 1 year after layoffs. 2 years after date of injury for employees who are unable to return to pre-injury employment.
Call-in pay: Double time for actual time worked, minimum credit of 4 hours. Time and one-half for first 4 hours, double time thereafter for photojournalists.
Probationary period: 6 months from date of employment (employer may extend period up to total of 9 months from date of hiring).
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Severance: 3 weeks’ pay for each year of service, maximum 66 weeks’ salary, minimum 4 weeks’ salary. 1 week’s basic pay for each 6 months of service for employee who performs on-air and employee is — in sole discretion of employer — unsuitable for programming.
Safety shoes: Employer will pay 100% of cost of 1 pair of CSA-approved safety footwear, maximum $150 each year.
Sample rates of weekly pay (current, after 3.5% increase):
Operations
Group 1 (audio assistant/shipper/groundskeeper)
Start: $841.30 rising 2 steps to $871.01
Year 1: $909.37 rising 2 steps to $941.48
Year 2: $944.07 rising 2 steps to $977.40
Year 3: $1,026.30 rising 2 steps to $1,062.53
Year 4: $1,109.23 rising 2 steps to $1,148.40
Group 6 (photojournalist/multi-media journalist)
Start: $1,011.40 rising 2 steps to $1,047.11
Year 1: $1,079.46 rising 2 steps to $1,117.57
Year 2: $1,175.84 rising 2 steps to $1,217.35
Year 3: $1,279.34 rising 2 steps to $1,324.51
Year 4: $1,375.71 rising 2 steps to $1,424.28
Year 5: $1,458.64 rising 2 steps to $1,510.14
Year 6: $1,555.04 rising 2 steps to $1,609.94
Year 7: $1,658.50 rising 2 steps to $1,717.05
Group 11 (sr. engineering technician/plant maintenance supervisor/supervising media technology analyst/PCR supervisor/supervisor technical system integration/sr. multi-skilled mobile production specialist)
Start: $1,734.36 rising 2 steps to $1,795.59
Year 1: $1,873.28 rising 2 steps to $1,939.42
Year 2: $2,029.92 rising 2 steps to $2,101.59
Year 3: $2,172.02 rising 2 steps to $2,248.71
Office division
Group 5 (mailroom supervisor/staging services assistant/scheduler)
Start: $924.22 rising 2 steps to $956.85
Year 1: $1,066.70 rising 2 steps to $1,104.37
Year 2: $1,292.79 rising 2 steps to $1,338.43
News division
Group 3 (associate assignment editor/DNS coordinator/writer/TSN associate producer/TSN presentation coordinator/multi-platform writer)
Start: $1,088.68 rising 2 steps to $1,127.12
Year 1: $1,181.52 rising 2 steps to $1,223.24
Year 2: $1,282.16 rising 2 steps to $1,327.43
Year 3: $1,392.02 rising 2 steps to $1,441.17
Year 4: $1,510.41 rising 2 steps to $1,563.74
Year 5: $1,631.20 rising 2 steps to $1,688.80
Editor’s notes: Out-of-town allowances: Employees on out-of-town assignments will receive: $9 for breakfast; $14 for lunch; $25 for dinner; $12 for subsequent meals or maximum $75 per-diem allowance. Standby: $45 per day.
