Toronto (320 production, maintenance employees) and the Canadian Union of Brewery and General Workers, Local 325/National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on Feb. 17, 2017.
Shift premium: $0.70 per hour for work on afternoon shift. $1.30 per hour for work on midnight shift.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 1 week to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 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. Employees hired after Jan. 1, 2010, will not be eligible for 7 weeks of vacation. Vacation bonus: On May 1 of each year, employees who have 3 years or more of seniority will be paid bonus of 20% of normal vacation payment.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours on 1 shift, double time after 11 hours. For retail-store employees, time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week or on Sunday.
Meal allowance: $10 for working 3 hours after regular shifts or for employees called at home on day of overtime required.
Dental: Maximum reimbursement for basic services: $1,000 per year. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $1,350 per year. Combined lifetime maximum for restorative, orthodontic services: $7,000.
Vision: $250 per person per 24-month period. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $400 per person per 24-month period.
Paramedical: $300 per year each for chiropractor, massage therapist.
Weekly indemnity: 70% of wages during 26-week period.
Sick leave: 6 days per year. Unused portion will be paid out on first payday of December.
LTD: 66 2/3% of wages during first 78 weeks of plan.
AD&D: Coverage of $95,000.
Life insurance: Coverage of $95,000.
Pension: DB plan for employees who participated in plan prior to Jan. 1, 2010. DC plan for employees who participated in plan after Jan. 1, 2010. Employer, employee will contribute 5% (previously 4%) of base wages into plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (same-sex partner, parents, brothers, sisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, grandchildren).
Seniority - recall rights: 30 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay at appropriate overtime rate.
Probationary period: 90 working days.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for written warnings or reprimands; 30 months for suspensions.
Safety shoes: $150 will be paid by Feb. 1 each year to all regular employees not issued rubber boots as regular footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: Employees will be provided with rubber boots, aprons, protective clothing where necessary. $250 per year in lieu of employer laundering 1 set of uniform per week.
Tool allowance: $395 per year for regular tradesman to replace worn or broken tools or to upgrade tools. $115 per year for apprentices upon ratification of second year of program.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase):
Packaging employee: $34.65 rising 3 steps to $35.35
Brewing employee: $34.65 rising 3 steps to $35.35
Warehouse employee: $34.65 rising 3 steps to $35.35
Maintenance tradesperson: $40.55 rising 3 steps to $41.37
Oilers and battery changers: $35.68 rising 3 steps to $36.40
Temporary employees: $16.61 rising 3 steps to $16.94
Probationary employee: $16.61 rising 3 steps to $16.94
Maintenance probationary: $27.88 rising 3 steps to $28.44
Maintenance temporary: $25.73 rising 3 steps to $26.25
Packaging, brewing, warehouse employees hired after Jan. 1, 2010
First 52 weeks: $21.09 rising 3 steps to $22.71
Second 52 weeks: $22.15 rising 3 steps to $23.85
Third 52 weeks: $23.21 rising 3 steps to $24.99
Fourth 52 weeks: $24.26 rising 3 steps to $26.13
Fifth 52 weeks: $25.32 rising 3 steps to $27.27
Sixth 52 weeks: $26.37 rising 3 steps to $28.40
Seventh 52 weeks: $27.43 rising 3 steps to $29.54
$1,000 lump sum for all full-time, permanent employees upon ratification
Editor’s notes: Hearing-aid benefit: $500 maximum for hearing aids in any 3-year period. Covered expenses include cost installation, repair and maintenance, batteries for hearing aid or aids.
Shift premium: $0.70 per hour for work on afternoon shift. $1.30 per hour for work on midnight shift.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 1 week to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 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. Employees hired after Jan. 1, 2010, will not be eligible for 7 weeks of vacation. Vacation bonus: On May 1 of each year, employees who have 3 years or more of seniority will be paid bonus of 20% of normal vacation payment.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours on 1 shift, double time after 11 hours. For retail-store employees, time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week or on Sunday.
Meal allowance: $10 for working 3 hours after regular shifts or for employees called at home on day of overtime required.
Dental: Maximum reimbursement for basic services: $1,000 per year. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $1,350 per year. Combined lifetime maximum for restorative, orthodontic services: $7,000.
Vision: $250 per person per 24-month period. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $400 per person per 24-month period.
Paramedical: $300 per year each for chiropractor, massage therapist.
Weekly indemnity: 70% of wages during 26-week period.
Sick leave: 6 days per year. Unused portion will be paid out on first payday of December.
LTD: 66 2/3% of wages during first 78 weeks of plan.
AD&D: Coverage of $95,000.
Life insurance: Coverage of $95,000.
Pension: DB plan for employees who participated in plan prior to Jan. 1, 2010. DC plan for employees who participated in plan after Jan. 1, 2010. Employer, employee will contribute 5% (previously 4%) of base wages into plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (same-sex partner, parents, brothers, sisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, grandchildren).
Seniority - recall rights: 30 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay at appropriate overtime rate.
Probationary period: 90 working days.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for written warnings or reprimands; 30 months for suspensions.
Safety shoes: $150 will be paid by Feb. 1 each year to all regular employees not issued rubber boots as regular footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: Employees will be provided with rubber boots, aprons, protective clothing where necessary. $250 per year in lieu of employer laundering 1 set of uniform per week.
Tool allowance: $395 per year for regular tradesman to replace worn or broken tools or to upgrade tools. $115 per year for apprentices upon ratification of second year of program.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase):
Packaging employee: $34.65 rising 3 steps to $35.35
Brewing employee: $34.65 rising 3 steps to $35.35
Warehouse employee: $34.65 rising 3 steps to $35.35
Maintenance tradesperson: $40.55 rising 3 steps to $41.37
Oilers and battery changers: $35.68 rising 3 steps to $36.40
Temporary employees: $16.61 rising 3 steps to $16.94
Probationary employee: $16.61 rising 3 steps to $16.94
Maintenance probationary: $27.88 rising 3 steps to $28.44
Maintenance temporary: $25.73 rising 3 steps to $26.25
Packaging, brewing, warehouse employees hired after Jan. 1, 2010
First 52 weeks: $21.09 rising 3 steps to $22.71
Second 52 weeks: $22.15 rising 3 steps to $23.85
Third 52 weeks: $23.21 rising 3 steps to $24.99
Fourth 52 weeks: $24.26 rising 3 steps to $26.13
Fifth 52 weeks: $25.32 rising 3 steps to $27.27
Sixth 52 weeks: $26.37 rising 3 steps to $28.40
Seventh 52 weeks: $27.43 rising 3 steps to $29.54
$1,000 lump sum for all full-time, permanent employees upon ratification
Editor’s notes: Hearing-aid benefit: $500 maximum for hearing aids in any 3-year period. Covered expenses include cost installation, repair and maintenance, batteries for hearing aid or aids.
