(140 workers, plant and maintenance employees) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (AFL-CIO/CLC)
Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2019. Signed on July 1, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2016: 1 to 1.8%
Effective July 1, 2017: 1.5 to 2%
Effective July 1, 2018: 1.5 to 2%
Shift premium: $0.75 per hour for shift scheduled to start after 2 p.m. $1.50 per hour for 12-hour night shift starting after 6 p.m. $0.75 per hour for all hours worked by continuous shift workers. $0.25 per hour for all hours worked on lab continuous shift.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 1 day per month up to 10 days to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 20 years.
Overtime: Double time for all hours in excess of regular shift hours. Maximum 12 continuous hours except where lives are threatened or there is a danger of damage to company property, or where the employee volunteers.
Meal allowance: 1 hot meal for employees called in more than 2 hours ahead of normal start time and every 4 hours thereafter. 1 hot meal for every 4 hours of continuous overtime.
Medical benefits: Company pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Company pays 100% of premiums.
STD: Company pays 100% of premiums. 70% of weekly base earnings for 13 weeks, 80% for next 13 weeks.
LTD: Company pays 50% of premiums. 70% of base wages, maximum $3,500.
AD&D: Company pays 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Company pays 100% of premiums. $80,000 per employee.
Pension: Company pays 50% into defined contribution plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 consecutive days for death of immediate family member. 1 day for death of grandparent, spouse’s grandparent.
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 36 months.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Production, transportation
Classification A (ammonia panel, senior lab technician: $40.94 per hour
Classification B2 (field): $34.73
Classification B (field, transportation operator): $33.79
Classification C2 (nitric acid LDAN, shipping operator): $30.43
Classification C (urea solutions, junior lab technician, shipping loader): $27.72
Classification L (trainees): $24.08
Casual: $17.18
Maintenance
Maintenance 1 (journeyman instrumentation mechanics, electricians, instrumentation specialist): $43.22
Maintenance 2 (vibration specialist, journeyman welders, pipefitters, millwrights, mechanic, machinist, crane operator, lube technician): $38.12
Maintenance 3 (insulators, instrumentation technicians, warehousemen): $36.67
Services: $24.08
Editor’s notes: Emergency crew: Each member of the Koch Emergency Services Crew will receive one of the following bonuses: $25 for responding to a fire alarm at the plant other than for a false alarm; $50 if conducting fire suppression or rescue during an emergency; $100 if called out for active duty.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2016: 1 to 1.8%
Effective July 1, 2017: 1.5 to 2%
Effective July 1, 2018: 1.5 to 2%
Shift premium: $0.75 per hour for shift scheduled to start after 2 p.m. $1.50 per hour for 12-hour night shift starting after 6 p.m. $0.75 per hour for all hours worked by continuous shift workers. $0.25 per hour for all hours worked on lab continuous shift.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 1 day per month up to 10 days to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 20 years.
Overtime: Double time for all hours in excess of regular shift hours. Maximum 12 continuous hours except where lives are threatened or there is a danger of damage to company property, or where the employee volunteers.
Meal allowance: 1 hot meal for employees called in more than 2 hours ahead of normal start time and every 4 hours thereafter. 1 hot meal for every 4 hours of continuous overtime.
Medical benefits: Company pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Company pays 100% of premiums.
STD: Company pays 100% of premiums. 70% of weekly base earnings for 13 weeks, 80% for next 13 weeks.
LTD: Company pays 50% of premiums. 70% of base wages, maximum $3,500.
AD&D: Company pays 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Company pays 100% of premiums. $80,000 per employee.
Pension: Company pays 50% into defined contribution plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 consecutive days for death of immediate family member. 1 day for death of grandparent, spouse’s grandparent.
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 36 months.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Production, transportation
Classification A (ammonia panel, senior lab technician: $40.94 per hour
Classification B2 (field): $34.73
Classification B (field, transportation operator): $33.79
Classification C2 (nitric acid LDAN, shipping operator): $30.43
Classification C (urea solutions, junior lab technician, shipping loader): $27.72
Classification L (trainees): $24.08
Casual: $17.18
Maintenance
Maintenance 1 (journeyman instrumentation mechanics, electricians, instrumentation specialist): $43.22
Maintenance 2 (vibration specialist, journeyman welders, pipefitters, millwrights, mechanic, machinist, crane operator, lube technician): $38.12
Maintenance 3 (insulators, instrumentation technicians, warehousemen): $36.67
Services: $24.08
Editor’s notes: Emergency crew: Each member of the Koch Emergency Services Crew will receive one of the following bonuses: $25 for responding to a fire alarm at the plant other than for a false alarm; $50 if conducting fire suppression or rescue during an emergency; $100 if called out for active duty.
