Kitchener, Ont. (170 manufacturing, utilities workers) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW), Local 175
Renewal agreement: Effective March 15, 2016, to March 14, 2023. Signed on Dec. 14, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 14, 2017: $0.35 per hour
Effective March 14, 2019: $0.40 per hour
Effective March 14, 2020: $0.40 per hour
Effective March 14, 2021: $0.45 per hour
Effective March 14, 2022: $0.45 per hour
Shift premium: Afternoon: $0.25 per hour (previously $0.20 per hour). Night: $0.35 per hour (previously $0.30 per hour). Effective March 15, 2020: Afternoon: $0.30 per hour. Night: $0.45 per hour.
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 additional day during the Christmas period.
Vacations with pay: 1 week after 6 months, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 19 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half after 37.5 hours per week.
Dental: UFCW Trusteed Dental Plan: Employer will contribute $0.40 per employee per hour to the fund.
Vision: $150 every 24 months, including eye exams. $150 per year for dependants under 19 years of age.
Life insurance: Basic coverage: $25,000.
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Probationary period: 65 days within a 12-month period.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Safety shoes: Company will reimburse 100% of cost for safety footwear (previously $90 maximum).
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply and launder suitable work clothing. Employer will supply gloves, hairnets, head coverings.
Tool allowance: $200 per year (previously $150 per year).
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $2.05 per hour increase):
General labour: $14.60 rising 5 steps to $16.65
Production operators: $16.60 rising 5 steps to $18.65
SIG operator: $20.84 rising 5 steps to $22.89
Set-up maintenance operator: $20.84 rising 5 steps to $22.89
Industrial mechanic/millwright/ electrical: $30.80 rising 5 steps to $32.85
Dual licence (electrician, mechanic millwright, industrial electrical & PLC): $31.83 rising 5 steps to $33.88
Lump sum: $500 to each employee upon ratification.
Editor’s notes: Workplace modification and accommodation: Maximum $5,000 if employee suffers an injury and requires special adaptive equipment or workplace modification to return to full-time work with the employer. Repatriation: If the employee suffers accidental death at least 50 kilometres away from employee’s normal place of residence, the employer will reimburse the expenses incurred for preparing the deceased for burial and shipping the body to the employee’s city of residence, maximum $15,000 per person. Identification benefit: Maximum $5,000 for the transportation of an immediate family member to identify the employee’s body if the employee suffers a covered accidental death at least 150 kilometres from home and a law enforcement agency requests such identification.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 14, 2017: $0.35 per hour
Effective March 14, 2019: $0.40 per hour
Effective March 14, 2020: $0.40 per hour
Effective March 14, 2021: $0.45 per hour
Effective March 14, 2022: $0.45 per hour
Shift premium: Afternoon: $0.25 per hour (previously $0.20 per hour). Night: $0.35 per hour (previously $0.30 per hour). Effective March 15, 2020: Afternoon: $0.30 per hour. Night: $0.45 per hour.
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 additional day during the Christmas period.
Vacations with pay: 1 week after 6 months, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 19 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half after 37.5 hours per week.
Dental: UFCW Trusteed Dental Plan: Employer will contribute $0.40 per employee per hour to the fund.
Vision: $150 every 24 months, including eye exams. $150 per year for dependants under 19 years of age.
Life insurance: Basic coverage: $25,000.
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Probationary period: 65 days within a 12-month period.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Safety shoes: Company will reimburse 100% of cost for safety footwear (previously $90 maximum).
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply and launder suitable work clothing. Employer will supply gloves, hairnets, head coverings.
Tool allowance: $200 per year (previously $150 per year).
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $2.05 per hour increase):
General labour: $14.60 rising 5 steps to $16.65
Production operators: $16.60 rising 5 steps to $18.65
SIG operator: $20.84 rising 5 steps to $22.89
Set-up maintenance operator: $20.84 rising 5 steps to $22.89
Industrial mechanic/millwright/ electrical: $30.80 rising 5 steps to $32.85
Dual licence (electrician, mechanic millwright, industrial electrical & PLC): $31.83 rising 5 steps to $33.88
Lump sum: $500 to each employee upon ratification.
Editor’s notes: Workplace modification and accommodation: Maximum $5,000 if employee suffers an injury and requires special adaptive equipment or workplace modification to return to full-time work with the employer. Repatriation: If the employee suffers accidental death at least 50 kilometres away from employee’s normal place of residence, the employer will reimburse the expenses incurred for preparing the deceased for burial and shipping the body to the employee’s city of residence, maximum $15,000 per person. Identification benefit: Maximum $5,000 for the transportation of an immediate family member to identify the employee’s body if the employee suffers a covered accidental death at least 150 kilometres from home and a law enforcement agency requests such identification.
