Metro Ontario

Provincewide, Ontario (880 mechanics, engineers, receivers, operators, warehouse, maintenance employees) and Unifor, Local 414

Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 25, 2018, to Oct. 23, 2021. Signed on April 6, 2018.
Wage adjustments: 
Effective Feb. 25, 2018: $0.50 per hour
Lump-sum payment: $1,400 for employees who are on payroll on Feb. 25, 2018
Effective Oct. 20, 2019: $0.50 per hour
Lump-sum payment: $1,400 for employees who are on payroll on Oct. 18, 2020
Shift premium: $0.65 per hour for hours worked between beginning of afternoon shift and end of night shift. $0.60 per hour for work in freezer plant. $0.25 per hour for work between midnight Friday and midnight Saturday. $0.60 per hour for work between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday. $3 per hour for all work Saturday and Sunday. $0.50 per hour for lead-hand checkers. $0.50 per hour for lead-hands. 
Paid holidays: 10 days, plus last half of shift immediately prior to Christmas Day, New Year’s Day. After 3 months of service, employees may take personal holiday once per year in month of birthday (except for December birthday, in which case personal holiday must be taken between Nov. 16 and Dec. 15). 
Vacations with pay: 80 hours after 1 year, 120 hours after 5 years, 160 hours after 9 years, 200 hours after 16 years, 240 hours after 23 years. 
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or in excess of regular work week. Time and one-half for all work on day which should have been day off. 
Meal allowance: $3.75 if employee works 10 hours or more.
Dental: Employer will pay $0.41 per hour (previously $0.36 per hour) for all hours worked in distribution centres ($0.01-per-hour increase at call of trustees after Oct. 23, 2019), into Retail Wholesale Canada Multi-Employer Dental Benefit Trust Fund.
Vision: $300 (previously $250) over 2 years for frames, lens, prescription glasses. $200 over 2 years for artificial eyes, visual-training services, non-cosmetic prescriptions contact lens resulting from visual acuity of less than 20/40 or corneal disease. $50 per year for eye examinations. 
LTD: Coverage of 70% of basic earnings, maximum $2,500 per month (previously $2,210 per month).
Pension: Employees hired after May 4, 2014, will contribute 1% on regular hours worked to pension plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of father, mother, child, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepparents, stepchildren, grandparent, grandchild, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, great-grandparents.
Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. 
Call-in pay: Paid at time and one-half. Maximum 2 hours for call-ins before scheduled starting time. For call-ins after shift ends, minimum of 4 hours’ pay at regular rate or time and one-half for number of hours worked, whichever is greater.
Probationary period: 450 hours worked. 
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months.
Safety shoes: $160 over 2 years, after 3 months of service. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $225.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will continue to provide protective clothing. Employer will provide gloves, smocks (to permanent receivers, selectors, checkers handling produce, and to general warehousemen who regularly load at grocery distribution centre). Coveralls will be provided to permanent porters. Protective jacket will be provided every 2 years to employees at perishable products distribution centre.
Tool allowance: Employer will replace tools broken or worn out by maintenance department employees while performing regular maintenance duties at distribution centres.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $0.50-per-hour increase):
General progression rates for employees hired after May 4, 2014
Start rate: $16.75 rising 1 step to $17.25
After 1,100 hours worked: $17.50 rising 1 step to $18
After 2,200 hours worked: $18.25 rising 1 step to $18.75
After 3,300 hours worked: $19 rising 1 step to $19.50
After 4,400 hours worked: $19.75 rising 1 step to $20.25
After 5,500 hours worked: $20.50 rising 1 step to $21 
After 6,600 hours worked: $21.25 rising 1 step to $21.75
General warehouseman: $26.21 rising 1 step to $26.71
Porter: $26.21 rising 1 step to $26.71
Selector: $26.36 rising 1 step to $26.86
Forklift operator: $26.46 rising 1 step to $26.96
Checker: $26.47 rising 1 step to $26.97
Receiver: $26.54 rising 1 step to $27.04
Banana handler: $27.04 rising 1 step to $27.54 
Maintenance department 
Building maintenance 
Start: $20.36 rising 1 step to $20.86
6 months: $25.41 rising 1 step to $25.91
12 months: $26.71 rising 1 step to $27.21
Maintenance mechanic
Start: $20.36 rising 1 step to $20.86
6 months: $25.41 rising 1 step to $25.91
12 months: $26.71 rising 1 step to $27.21
Stationary engineer
Start: $20.36 rising 1 step to $20.86
6 months: $25.41 rising 1 step to $25.91
12 months: $26.71 rising 1 step to $27.21
Mechanic, first-class: $26.91 rising 1 step to $27.41
Senior stationary engineer: $26.91 rising 1 step to $27.41
Editor’s notes: December bonus: After 12 months of service, on Dec. 1 of each year, employees will receive bonus of 1 week’s pay. Education fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per regular hour worked to education trust fund for life of collective agreement. Social justice fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per regular hour worked to Unifor Social Justice Fund. 
 

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