Coastal Region, British Columbia (30 licensed personnel) and Canadian Merchant Service Guild
Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 1, 2013, to Sept. 30, 2020. Signed on Aug. 18, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Oct. 1, 2016: 2%
Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 2%
Effective Oct. 1, 2018: 2% or COLA
Effective Oct. 1, 2019: 2% or COLA
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 14 days or 4% after 1 year, 21 days or 6% after 2 years, 28 days or 8% after 7 years, 35 days or 10% after 15 years, 42 days or 12% after 22 years, additional 2% after 30 years.
Overtime: Double time.
Meal allowance: $44 per day (previously $36 per day), when meals are not provided.
Medical benefits: Employer will pay union $850 per employee per month (previously $826) in lieu of providing health benefits plan. Employer pays 100% of premiums for B.C. Medical Services Plan.
Pension: Employer contributes 8.5% per officer per month, employee contributes 7.5% per month to Canadian Merchant Service Guild Western Branch Pension Plan. Employer will pay 1% contribution per officer per month for retirement benefits.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death of immediate family (spouse, common-law partner, father, mother, spouse or common-law partner of the father, mother, children, children of the spouse or common-law partner, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, grandfather, grandmother, father, mother of the spouse or common-law partner, spouse or common-law partner of father, mother, any relative who resides with the employee).
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay.
Probationary period: 6 months.
Severance: 1 week’s pay for each year.
Safety shoes: $150 per year (previously $125 per year) or $300 every 2 years.
Uniforms/clothing: Officers: 3 sets of shirts, pants dress wear per year; 1 pair of coveralls per year; D.O.T.-approved floater coat or vest once every 3 years. Engineers: 2 pairs of 100% cotton coveralls per year.
Tool allowance: Company will provide all hand tools.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase):
Master: $58.65 rising 2 steps to $61.02
First officer: $48.39 rising 2 steps to $50.35
Second officer: $45.77 rising 2 steps to $47.61
Chief engineer: $53.87 rising 2 steps to $56.05
Second engineer: $48.39 rising 2 steps to $50.35
Third engineer: $45.77 rising 2 steps to $47.61
Editor’s notes: Officer’s accommodation: Each officer will be provided with a single berth cabin, first-class linen, towels, facecloths. Officers will be entitled to the services of the ship’s steward including the supply of fresh linen and towels as required. Officers’ quarters, bathrooms, alleyways, mess rooms to be painted every 2 years. Traveling expenses: When an officer is temporarily dispatched to or discharged from a vessel away from her home port, the company will provide travel insurance of $200,000 for each officer. Employer is responsible for the officer’s transportation, wages, board and lodging until returned to her designated home port. Marine disaster: Maximum $1,500 for loss of clothing, tools, equipment, personal effects through marine mishap, vessel disaster or ship wreck.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Oct. 1, 2016: 2%
Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 2%
Effective Oct. 1, 2018: 2% or COLA
Effective Oct. 1, 2019: 2% or COLA
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 14 days or 4% after 1 year, 21 days or 6% after 2 years, 28 days or 8% after 7 years, 35 days or 10% after 15 years, 42 days or 12% after 22 years, additional 2% after 30 years.
Overtime: Double time.
Meal allowance: $44 per day (previously $36 per day), when meals are not provided.
Medical benefits: Employer will pay union $850 per employee per month (previously $826) in lieu of providing health benefits plan. Employer pays 100% of premiums for B.C. Medical Services Plan.
Pension: Employer contributes 8.5% per officer per month, employee contributes 7.5% per month to Canadian Merchant Service Guild Western Branch Pension Plan. Employer will pay 1% contribution per officer per month for retirement benefits.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death of immediate family (spouse, common-law partner, father, mother, spouse or common-law partner of the father, mother, children, children of the spouse or common-law partner, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, grandfather, grandmother, father, mother of the spouse or common-law partner, spouse or common-law partner of father, mother, any relative who resides with the employee).
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay.
Probationary period: 6 months.
Severance: 1 week’s pay for each year.
Safety shoes: $150 per year (previously $125 per year) or $300 every 2 years.
Uniforms/clothing: Officers: 3 sets of shirts, pants dress wear per year; 1 pair of coveralls per year; D.O.T.-approved floater coat or vest once every 3 years. Engineers: 2 pairs of 100% cotton coveralls per year.
Tool allowance: Company will provide all hand tools.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase):
Master: $58.65 rising 2 steps to $61.02
First officer: $48.39 rising 2 steps to $50.35
Second officer: $45.77 rising 2 steps to $47.61
Chief engineer: $53.87 rising 2 steps to $56.05
Second engineer: $48.39 rising 2 steps to $50.35
Third engineer: $45.77 rising 2 steps to $47.61
Editor’s notes: Officer’s accommodation: Each officer will be provided with a single berth cabin, first-class linen, towels, facecloths. Officers will be entitled to the services of the ship’s steward including the supply of fresh linen and towels as required. Officers’ quarters, bathrooms, alleyways, mess rooms to be painted every 2 years. Traveling expenses: When an officer is temporarily dispatched to or discharged from a vessel away from her home port, the company will provide travel insurance of $200,000 for each officer. Employer is responsible for the officer’s transportation, wages, board and lodging until returned to her designated home port. Marine disaster: Maximum $1,500 for loss of clothing, tools, equipment, personal effects through marine mishap, vessel disaster or ship wreck.
