Vancouver (4,700 operations, maintenance employees) and Unifor Local 111, Local 2200
Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2019. Signed on July 15, 2016.
Shift premium: First aid: $0.21 per hour for level 2; $0.24 per hour for level 3. $0.90 per hour (previously $0.75 per hour) for all hours worked after 8 p.m. Effective December 2017 sheet: $1.05 per hour. Shops, garages: $1.55 per hour for afternoon shift; $1.65 per hour for night shift. Spray painting: $0.25 per hour facilities maintenance employees when spray painting. Sanitation: Employees cleaning buses shall receive a premium equal to 50% of straight-time pay when required to clean vomit or excrement from vehicles or to remove or contain medical products or waste (i.e. hypodermic needles).
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 8 years, 25 days after 16 years, 30 days after 23 years. Employees entitled to 1 additional day per year of service after 25th anniversary, maximum 35 days. Employees with 4 weeks’ vacation may bank up to 2 weeks per year, maximum 4 weeks. Employees with 5 or more weeks’ vacation may bank up to 2 weeks per year in either vacation bank or retirement bank. Maximum vacation bank is 6 weeks, maximum retirement bank is 10 weeks.
Overtime: From 7 hours and 30 minutes to 9 1/2 hours: 150% rate of pay. In excess of 9 1/2 hours 200% rate of pay.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Vision: Eyeglasses, laser eye surgery coverage at $400 per covered member every 24 months.
Paramedical: Psychological counselling $1,000 per year (previously $500 per year) for each employee and dependants. Acupuncturist: $100 per year; chiropractor: $400 per year (previously $200 per year); massage practitioner: no limit; naturopath: $200 per year; physiotherapist : no limit; podiatrist: $200 per year; speech language pathologist: $100 per year.
STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 100% of earnings for 8 weeks; 85% from 9th week to end of 17th week.
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 50% of earnings after 17 weeks.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of one and one-half times earnings, maximum $150,000.
Pension: All employees who are required to contribute under Public Pension Service Plan rules will be required to do so as condition of employment.
Bereavement leave: 5 days (4 days for 4-day-per-week workers) for death of spouse, (common-law, same-sex), child, stepchild, mother, stepmother, father, stepfather. 3 days for death of sister, brother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, legal guardian.
Seniority – recall rights: 24 months.
Call-in pay: Up to 7 1/2 hours: 150% rate of pay. From 7 1/2 hours to 10 1/2 hours: 225% rate of pay. After 10 1/2 hours: 300% rate of pay.
Probationary period: 675 hours.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: Less than 3 years: 75 hours; less than 4 years: 112.5 hours; less than 5 years: 150 hours; less than 6 years: 187.5 hours; less than 7 years: 225 hours; less than 8 years: 262.5 hours; 8 years or more: 300 hours.Safety shoes: $200 per year (previously $150 per year), or $400 every 2 years (previously $300 every 2 years).
Uniforms/clothing: $12 bi-weekly cleaning allowance.
Tool allowance: $0.70 times number of normal hours of work (excluding overtime and premium time) in payment period.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Transit operator: $31.06 rising 5 steps to $32.61
Garages
Automotive mechanic: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Mechanic: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Machinist: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Electrician: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Bodyperson: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Farebox maintenance mechanic: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Trimmer: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Electronic technician: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Welder: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Tireperson: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Painter: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
MVA & autobody repair estimator: $39.01 rising 5 steps to $41.49
Serviceperson: $28.75 rising 5 steps to $30.19
Preparatory painter: $30.61 rising 5 steps to $32.15
Interior bus cleaner: $26.89 rising 5 steps to $28.24
Facilities maintenance shops
Carpenter: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Maintenance mechanic: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Sheet metal worker: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Industrial electrician: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Plumber: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Painter: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Building service worker: $26.89 rising 5 steps to $28.24
Serviceperson L: $28.75 rising 5 steps to $30.19
Air conditioning /refrigeration mechanic: $38.70 rising 5 steps to $41.09
Overhead door servicer: $36.70 rising 5 steps to $39.04
Utility operator: $24.61 rising 5 steps to $25.84
Yard sweeper: $28.75 rising 5 steps to $30.19
Parts truck driver: $31.06 rising 5 steps to $32.61
Bus stop maintenance
Bus stop maintenance painter: $36.70 rising 5 steps to $39.04
Sign painter: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Trolley overhead
Power line technician: $42.64 rising 5 steps to $45.34
Transit power electrician: $40.47 rising 5 steps to $43.05
Transit power technician: $40.47 rising 5 steps to $43.05
Seabus operations
Master: $44.04 rising 5 steps to $46.83
Controller/mate: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Senior marine attendant/coordinator: $32.89 rising 5 steps to $34.54
Marine attendant: $29.71 rising 5 steps to $31.19
Seabus engineering and maintenance
Senior chief engineer: $42.99 rising 5 steps to $45.73
Chief engineer: $41.47 rising 5 steps to $44.11
Chief electrician: $41.47 rising 5 steps to $44.11
Second engineer: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Electrician: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Junior engineer: $35.04 rising 5 steps to $37.27
Partsperson: $35.40 rising 5 steps to $37.65
Community transit operator
Trainees: $24.85 rising 5 steps to $26.09
Editor’s notes: Online training: When employer requires employees to complete online training course outside normal working hours, employee will be paid at time and one-half for time training. Hearing aid coverage: $1,000 maximum for each ear, every 5 years. Transit pass: 1 transit pass will be given to each employee and 1 pass will be issued to spouse or child. Lifetime pass for employee and spouse upon retirement. Union education leave: Employer will pay into Unifor Paid Education Leave Training Fund $0.03 per hour worked per employee for paid education leave.
Shift premium: First aid: $0.21 per hour for level 2; $0.24 per hour for level 3. $0.90 per hour (previously $0.75 per hour) for all hours worked after 8 p.m. Effective December 2017 sheet: $1.05 per hour. Shops, garages: $1.55 per hour for afternoon shift; $1.65 per hour for night shift. Spray painting: $0.25 per hour facilities maintenance employees when spray painting. Sanitation: Employees cleaning buses shall receive a premium equal to 50% of straight-time pay when required to clean vomit or excrement from vehicles or to remove or contain medical products or waste (i.e. hypodermic needles).
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 8 years, 25 days after 16 years, 30 days after 23 years. Employees entitled to 1 additional day per year of service after 25th anniversary, maximum 35 days. Employees with 4 weeks’ vacation may bank up to 2 weeks per year, maximum 4 weeks. Employees with 5 or more weeks’ vacation may bank up to 2 weeks per year in either vacation bank or retirement bank. Maximum vacation bank is 6 weeks, maximum retirement bank is 10 weeks.
Overtime: From 7 hours and 30 minutes to 9 1/2 hours: 150% rate of pay. In excess of 9 1/2 hours 200% rate of pay.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Vision: Eyeglasses, laser eye surgery coverage at $400 per covered member every 24 months.
Paramedical: Psychological counselling $1,000 per year (previously $500 per year) for each employee and dependants. Acupuncturist: $100 per year; chiropractor: $400 per year (previously $200 per year); massage practitioner: no limit; naturopath: $200 per year; physiotherapist : no limit; podiatrist: $200 per year; speech language pathologist: $100 per year.
STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 100% of earnings for 8 weeks; 85% from 9th week to end of 17th week.
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 50% of earnings after 17 weeks.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of one and one-half times earnings, maximum $150,000.
Pension: All employees who are required to contribute under Public Pension Service Plan rules will be required to do so as condition of employment.
Bereavement leave: 5 days (4 days for 4-day-per-week workers) for death of spouse, (common-law, same-sex), child, stepchild, mother, stepmother, father, stepfather. 3 days for death of sister, brother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, legal guardian.
Seniority – recall rights: 24 months.
Call-in pay: Up to 7 1/2 hours: 150% rate of pay. From 7 1/2 hours to 10 1/2 hours: 225% rate of pay. After 10 1/2 hours: 300% rate of pay.
Probationary period: 675 hours.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: Less than 3 years: 75 hours; less than 4 years: 112.5 hours; less than 5 years: 150 hours; less than 6 years: 187.5 hours; less than 7 years: 225 hours; less than 8 years: 262.5 hours; 8 years or more: 300 hours.Safety shoes: $200 per year (previously $150 per year), or $400 every 2 years (previously $300 every 2 years).
Uniforms/clothing: $12 bi-weekly cleaning allowance.
Tool allowance: $0.70 times number of normal hours of work (excluding overtime and premium time) in payment period.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Transit operator: $31.06 rising 5 steps to $32.61
Garages
Automotive mechanic: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Mechanic: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Machinist: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Electrician: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Bodyperson: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Farebox maintenance mechanic: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Trimmer: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Electronic technician: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Welder: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Tireperson: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Painter: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
MVA & autobody repair estimator: $39.01 rising 5 steps to $41.49
Serviceperson: $28.75 rising 5 steps to $30.19
Preparatory painter: $30.61 rising 5 steps to $32.15
Interior bus cleaner: $26.89 rising 5 steps to $28.24
Facilities maintenance shops
Carpenter: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Maintenance mechanic: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Sheet metal worker: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Industrial electrician: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Plumber: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Painter: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Building service worker: $26.89 rising 5 steps to $28.24
Serviceperson L: $28.75 rising 5 steps to $30.19
Air conditioning /refrigeration mechanic: $38.70 rising 5 steps to $41.09
Overhead door servicer: $36.70 rising 5 steps to $39.04
Utility operator: $24.61 rising 5 steps to $25.84
Yard sweeper: $28.75 rising 5 steps to $30.19
Parts truck driver: $31.06 rising 5 steps to $32.61
Bus stop maintenance
Bus stop maintenance painter: $36.70 rising 5 steps to $39.04
Sign painter: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Trolley overhead
Power line technician: $42.64 rising 5 steps to $45.34
Transit power electrician: $40.47 rising 5 steps to $43.05
Transit power technician: $40.47 rising 5 steps to $43.05
Seabus operations
Master: $44.04 rising 5 steps to $46.83
Controller/mate: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Senior marine attendant/coordinator: $32.89 rising 5 steps to $34.54
Marine attendant: $29.71 rising 5 steps to $31.19
Seabus engineering and maintenance
Senior chief engineer: $42.99 rising 5 steps to $45.73
Chief engineer: $41.47 rising 5 steps to $44.11
Chief electrician: $41.47 rising 5 steps to $44.11
Second engineer: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Electrician: $37.70 rising 5 steps to $40.09
Junior engineer: $35.04 rising 5 steps to $37.27
Partsperson: $35.40 rising 5 steps to $37.65
Community transit operator
Trainees: $24.85 rising 5 steps to $26.09
Editor’s notes: Online training: When employer requires employees to complete online training course outside normal working hours, employee will be paid at time and one-half for time training. Hearing aid coverage: $1,000 maximum for each ear, every 5 years. Transit pass: 1 transit pass will be given to each employee and 1 pass will be issued to spouse or child. Lifetime pass for employee and spouse upon retirement. Union education leave: Employer will pay into Unifor Paid Education Leave Training Fund $0.03 per hour worked per employee for paid education leave.
