London, Ont. (325 operations staff, maintenance workers, drivers, retail workers) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 2, Branch Local #1
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31. 2022. Ratified on July 18, 2015. Signed on Feb. 10, 2017.
Shift premium: Employees assigned to work with maintenance mechanics will be paid $1-per-hour premium. Employees assigned to work with maintenance mechanics or painters to do routine general maintenance or painting work will receive $1-per-hour premium. Maximum 8 weeks for any premiums. 10% of rate when employee temporarily assigned as group leader. $0.60 per hour for afternoon shifts, $1 per hour for midnight shifts. Position of oiler and utility will be paid as operator rate plus premium of $1 per hour.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 20 years, 7 weeks after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Double time for all hours worked after 11 hours per day. Double time for all hours worked on Sunday or statutory holiday.
Meal allowance: $6 (previously $5) for overtime work after 3 hours.
Dental: 100% for basic services, annual maximum of S1,000 per person. 75% for restorative services, 50% for orthodontia, combined lifetime maximum of $7,000 per person. Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 90% for basic services, annual maximum of $1,000 per person, 50% for restorative services, 50% for orthodontia, combined lifetime maximum of $5,000 per person. Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 80% for basic services, annual maximum of $1,000 per person, 50% for restorative services, 50% for orthodontia combined lifetime maximum of $5,000 per person.
Vision: $250 every 24 months, $250 every 12 months for dependants younger than 18. $1,000 once per lifetime for laser surgery. $180 every 2 years for contact lenses.
Weekly indemnity: 70% of weekly earnings rate payable from first day of disability due to accident or fourth day due to illness, maximum 26 weeks per disability.
Sick leave: 48 hours per year. Unused hours will be paid out at 1.25 times on last payday before Christmas.
LTD: 66% of basic rate beginning when weekly indemnity benefits cease.
AD&D: $95,000 coverage.
Life insurance: $95,000 coverage.
Pension: Employer matches contribution to Canada Pension Plan. Defined benefit plan payments: Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 3%. Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 5%. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 6%. Defined contribution plan payments (seniority achieved on or after June 1, 2008): Between June 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2015: 5% of earnings from company and employee. Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 6% of earnings from company and employee.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (husband, wife, mother, father, stepparent, sister, brother, child, stepchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparents, grandchild). 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 8 hours to serve as pallbearer.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay at overtime rate (time and one-half on Monday to Saturday; double time on Sundays and statutory holidays; triple time and one-half for hours worked on a statutory holiday in excess of 8 hours).
Probationary period: 1,040 hours over 2-year period.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months, 30 months for suspensions.
Severance: 1 week’s pay multiplied by number of years employed. Additional $375 multiplied by number of years employed, maximum 15 years, for those hired before March 21, 1988.
Safety shoes: Employer will provide mandatory safety footwear for all employees.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Operators: $32.59 rising 6 steps to $33.59
Truck drivers (60-kilometre radius): $32.88 rising 6 steps to $33.88
Janitors: $32.55 rising 6 steps to $33.54
Retail store employees: $23.94 rising 6 steps to $25.41
Trades: $38.51 rising 6 steps to $39.68
Employees acquiring seniority after June 1, 2008: $23.94 rising 6 steps to $25.41
Maintenance employees acquiring seniority after July 18, 2015: $29 rising 7 steps to $30.78
Temporary rate: $17.11 rising 7 steps to $17.28
Lump sum: $500 on first pay period after Jan. 1, 2017, 2019, 2021
Editor’s notes: Vacation bonus: Employees with 3 years or more seniority as of May 1 will receive 15% of normal vacation payment (new employees hired after July 18, 2015, will not be eligible). Cost-of-living allowance: Lump-sum payment will be paid for all hours worked on first pay period following publication of the December consumer price index (CPI ) (1971=100) on basis of $0.01 per hour for each 0.3 change in CPI in the year calculated by subtracting CPI for December from CPI for December of previous year after adding 4.5% of that previous year’s December CPI index. Ratification bonus: $650.
Shift premium: Employees assigned to work with maintenance mechanics will be paid $1-per-hour premium. Employees assigned to work with maintenance mechanics or painters to do routine general maintenance or painting work will receive $1-per-hour premium. Maximum 8 weeks for any premiums. 10% of rate when employee temporarily assigned as group leader. $0.60 per hour for afternoon shifts, $1 per hour for midnight shifts. Position of oiler and utility will be paid as operator rate plus premium of $1 per hour.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 20 years, 7 weeks after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Double time for all hours worked after 11 hours per day. Double time for all hours worked on Sunday or statutory holiday.
Meal allowance: $6 (previously $5) for overtime work after 3 hours.
Dental: 100% for basic services, annual maximum of S1,000 per person. 75% for restorative services, 50% for orthodontia, combined lifetime maximum of $7,000 per person. Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 90% for basic services, annual maximum of $1,000 per person, 50% for restorative services, 50% for orthodontia, combined lifetime maximum of $5,000 per person. Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 80% for basic services, annual maximum of $1,000 per person, 50% for restorative services, 50% for orthodontia combined lifetime maximum of $5,000 per person.
Vision: $250 every 24 months, $250 every 12 months for dependants younger than 18. $1,000 once per lifetime for laser surgery. $180 every 2 years for contact lenses.
Weekly indemnity: 70% of weekly earnings rate payable from first day of disability due to accident or fourth day due to illness, maximum 26 weeks per disability.
Sick leave: 48 hours per year. Unused hours will be paid out at 1.25 times on last payday before Christmas.
LTD: 66% of basic rate beginning when weekly indemnity benefits cease.
AD&D: $95,000 coverage.
Life insurance: $95,000 coverage.
Pension: Employer matches contribution to Canada Pension Plan. Defined benefit plan payments: Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 3%. Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 5%. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 6%. Defined contribution plan payments (seniority achieved on or after June 1, 2008): Between June 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2015: 5% of earnings from company and employee. Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 6% of earnings from company and employee.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (husband, wife, mother, father, stepparent, sister, brother, child, stepchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparents, grandchild). 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 8 hours to serve as pallbearer.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay at overtime rate (time and one-half on Monday to Saturday; double time on Sundays and statutory holidays; triple time and one-half for hours worked on a statutory holiday in excess of 8 hours).
Probationary period: 1,040 hours over 2-year period.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months, 30 months for suspensions.
Severance: 1 week’s pay multiplied by number of years employed. Additional $375 multiplied by number of years employed, maximum 15 years, for those hired before March 21, 1988.
Safety shoes: Employer will provide mandatory safety footwear for all employees.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Operators: $32.59 rising 6 steps to $33.59
Truck drivers (60-kilometre radius): $32.88 rising 6 steps to $33.88
Janitors: $32.55 rising 6 steps to $33.54
Retail store employees: $23.94 rising 6 steps to $25.41
Trades: $38.51 rising 6 steps to $39.68
Employees acquiring seniority after June 1, 2008: $23.94 rising 6 steps to $25.41
Maintenance employees acquiring seniority after July 18, 2015: $29 rising 7 steps to $30.78
Temporary rate: $17.11 rising 7 steps to $17.28
Lump sum: $500 on first pay period after Jan. 1, 2017, 2019, 2021
Editor’s notes: Vacation bonus: Employees with 3 years or more seniority as of May 1 will receive 15% of normal vacation payment (new employees hired after July 18, 2015, will not be eligible). Cost-of-living allowance: Lump-sum payment will be paid for all hours worked on first pay period following publication of the December consumer price index (CPI ) (1971=100) on basis of $0.01 per hour for each 0.3 change in CPI in the year calculated by subtracting CPI for December from CPI for December of previous year after adding 4.5% of that previous year’s December CPI index. Ratification bonus: $650.
