Sarens Canada

Leduc, Alta. (9 operators, drivers, labourers) and Teamsters Canada, Local 362

Renewal agreement: Effective Dec. 21, 2017, to June 30, 2020. Signed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Paid holidays: 11 days. 
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks or 6% to start, 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 15 years. 
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 9 hours per day or 45 hours per week. Time and one-half for all work on Saturday and Sunday. 
Meal allowance: $30 if employee works more than 12 unplanned hours per day.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Prairie Teamsters Health and Welfare Plan.
Pension: Employer will contribute $4.50 per hour (previously $6 per hour) to Teamsters Prairie Provinces Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family. 1 additional day for travel more than 400 kilometres from base terminal of employment.
Seniority – recall rights: 180 days.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay at overtime rate, but after completion of duty, employee may book off with a minimum 2 hours’ pay.
Probationary period: 90 days. 
Safety shoes: $275 per year. 
Mileage: $0.51 per kilometre when employee is required to use own vehicle for business purposes.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Supervisor: $44.34
Lead-hand: $41.16
Trailer-operators
Senior trailer-operator: $40.84
Trailer-operator: $40.22
Junior trailer-operator: $34.22
Trailer-operator trainee: $27.12
SPMT/SPT operators
Senior SPMT/SPT operator: $40.80
SPMT/SPT operator: $40.22
Junior SPMT/SPT operator: $34.22
SPMT/SPT operator trainees: $27.12
Drivers
Prime mover: $40.80
Pull-truck: $40.22
Pull-truck trainee: $34.22
Push-truck: $27.12
Picker-truck journeyman: $40.22
Picker-truck non-journeyman: $34.12
Rigger: $27.12
Pilot-car driver: $25.25
Labourers
Senior labourer: $27.12
Labourer: $24.40
Junior labourer: $21.69
Foreman: $29.92
Yard
Yard-rate: $28
Trailer-configuration rate: $34
Editor’s notes: Subsistence allowance: Each employee who is away from place of domicile will receive one of the following: Subsistence allowance at a flat-rate of $150 per night when required to sleep in truck; camp facilities, in which case employee will not receive any subsistence pay; room and board to be supplied at no cost to employee; room and $60 per day (previously $57.50 per day). Industry fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per hour for which wages are payable hereunder, for each employee and dependent contractor to Teamsters union/industry advancement fund.
 

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