Hinton, Alta. (350 tradespersons, operators, labourers, apprentices) and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), Local 1656
Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2022. Signed on June 30, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2017: 0%
Effective July 1, 2018: 2%
Effective July 1, 2019: 2%
Effective July 1, 2020: 2%
Effective July 1, 2021: 2%
Shift premium: For employees working 8-hour shifts: $0.20 per hour for employee working 2 shifts (day shift plus night shift or afternoon shift); $0.25 per hour for employee working 3 shifts or steady afternoon and night shift only or steady night shift. For employees working 12-hour shifts: $0.45 per hour for employees working 2 shifts, day shift and night shift. $20 for hot changes (previously 20 minutes’ pay per day at time and one-half times regular wage rate).
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks or 6% after 1 year, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 15 years.
Overtime: For 8-hour shift employees: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week or on Saturday. Double time for all work on Sunday (if Sunday is scheduled day off). May be banked, maximum 96 hours.
Meal allowance: Hot meal and beverage when employee works more than 2 hours beyond normal shift and every additional 4 hours thereafter.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Alberta Health Care coverage.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Basic dental, major restorative: 100% coverage, combined maximum $4,000 per year. Orthodontic: 50% coverage, maximum $2,000 per insured individual.
Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $350 every 24 months per insured family member.
Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $700 per week, maximum 52 weeks.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $1,850 per month, reduced by amount employee receives from WCB.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $100,000.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $50,000.
Pension: Employer will contribute 7% (minimum $5,000 per year), employer will contribute minimum 0.5% into pension plan, which consists of DC plan and group RRSP.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, son, son-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, granddaughter, grandson).
Seniority – recall rights: 6 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay for 8-hour shift employees or 6 hours’ pay for 12-hour shift employees.
Probationary period: 480 hours worked.
Severance: 100 hours’ pay at rate of classification.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide protective clothing for welders whenever such clothing is required (gloves, aprons, arc air hoods). Employer will provide on loan-basis wet suits, rubber gloves, safety glasses, dust masks, ear plugs or muffs, safety belts, by-product and protective footwear.
Tool allowance: Employer will provide all tools such as pick, shovel, saw, axe. Employer will provide drill bits, files, emery cloth, wire brushes, hacksaw blades for journeypersons, uncertified tradespersons. $2.25 per hour for heavy-equipment technicians, millwrights, instrument mechanics, automotive service technician, electricians, apprentices (group 1) on 8-hour shifts; $3 per hour for same on 12-hour shifts. $1.50 per hour for welders, machinists, servicepersons, apprentices (group 2) on 8-hour shifts; $1.90 per hour for same on 12-hour shifts.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 8.2% increase):
Journey tradesperson A: $43.09 rising 4 steps to $46.64
Journey tradesperson B/shovel operator/shovel-operator trainee/control-room operator/control-room operator trainee/blaster: $40.42 rising 4 steps to $43.75
Senior process operator/equipment operator 4/driller/crane operator/pit-backhoe operator: $39.31 rising 4 steps to $42.55
Equipment operator 3/process utility: $38.96 rising 4 steps to $42.17
Equipment operator 2/process operator 3/serviceperson: $38.64 rising 4 steps to $41.82
Equipment operator 1/pit utility: $38.28 rising 4 steps to $41.44
Pumperson/blaster trainee/process operator 2: $37.63 rising 4 steps to $40.73
Wash-bay attendant/tool-crib attendant/process operator 1: $36.62 rising 4 steps to $39.64
Labourer: $34.05 rising 4 steps to $36.86
Apprentices
Four-year program
First-year (0 to 12 months): $35.37 rising 4 steps to $38.29
Second-year (13 to 24 months): $37.09 rising 4 steps to $40.15
Third-year (25 to 36 months): $37.88 rising 4 steps to $41
Fourth-year (37 to 48 months): $39.49 rising 4 steps to $42.75
Three-year program
First-year (0 to 12 months): $35.37 rising 4 steps to $38.29
Second-year (13 to 24 months): $37.23 rising 4 steps to $40.29
Third-year (25 to 36 months): $39.49 rising 4 steps to $42.75
Parts-person (three-year program):
First-year (0 to 12 months): $34.77 rising 4 steps to $37.64
Second-year (13 to 24 months): $35.98 rising 4 steps to $38.94
Third-year (25 to 36 months): $38.12 rising 4 steps to $41.26
Editor’s notes: Safety-equipment allowance: All employees will receive $15 per month. Clothing insurance: Employer will insure employee’s clothing in wash house against loss by fire, maximum $200 per case. Christmas bonus: Employees who have 1 year of service as of Dec. 1 will receive Christmas bonus of $125. Employees with less than 1 year’s service will receive pro-rata payment.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2017: 0%
Effective July 1, 2018: 2%
Effective July 1, 2019: 2%
Effective July 1, 2020: 2%
Effective July 1, 2021: 2%
Shift premium: For employees working 8-hour shifts: $0.20 per hour for employee working 2 shifts (day shift plus night shift or afternoon shift); $0.25 per hour for employee working 3 shifts or steady afternoon and night shift only or steady night shift. For employees working 12-hour shifts: $0.45 per hour for employees working 2 shifts, day shift and night shift. $20 for hot changes (previously 20 minutes’ pay per day at time and one-half times regular wage rate).
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks or 6% after 1 year, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 15 years.
Overtime: For 8-hour shift employees: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week or on Saturday. Double time for all work on Sunday (if Sunday is scheduled day off). May be banked, maximum 96 hours.
Meal allowance: Hot meal and beverage when employee works more than 2 hours beyond normal shift and every additional 4 hours thereafter.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Alberta Health Care coverage.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Basic dental, major restorative: 100% coverage, combined maximum $4,000 per year. Orthodontic: 50% coverage, maximum $2,000 per insured individual.
Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $350 every 24 months per insured family member.
Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $700 per week, maximum 52 weeks.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $1,850 per month, reduced by amount employee receives from WCB.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $100,000.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $50,000.
Pension: Employer will contribute 7% (minimum $5,000 per year), employer will contribute minimum 0.5% into pension plan, which consists of DC plan and group RRSP.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, son, son-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, granddaughter, grandson).
Seniority – recall rights: 6 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay for 8-hour shift employees or 6 hours’ pay for 12-hour shift employees.
Probationary period: 480 hours worked.
Severance: 100 hours’ pay at rate of classification.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide protective clothing for welders whenever such clothing is required (gloves, aprons, arc air hoods). Employer will provide on loan-basis wet suits, rubber gloves, safety glasses, dust masks, ear plugs or muffs, safety belts, by-product and protective footwear.
Tool allowance: Employer will provide all tools such as pick, shovel, saw, axe. Employer will provide drill bits, files, emery cloth, wire brushes, hacksaw blades for journeypersons, uncertified tradespersons. $2.25 per hour for heavy-equipment technicians, millwrights, instrument mechanics, automotive service technician, electricians, apprentices (group 1) on 8-hour shifts; $3 per hour for same on 12-hour shifts. $1.50 per hour for welders, machinists, servicepersons, apprentices (group 2) on 8-hour shifts; $1.90 per hour for same on 12-hour shifts.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 8.2% increase):
Journey tradesperson A: $43.09 rising 4 steps to $46.64
Journey tradesperson B/shovel operator/shovel-operator trainee/control-room operator/control-room operator trainee/blaster: $40.42 rising 4 steps to $43.75
Senior process operator/equipment operator 4/driller/crane operator/pit-backhoe operator: $39.31 rising 4 steps to $42.55
Equipment operator 3/process utility: $38.96 rising 4 steps to $42.17
Equipment operator 2/process operator 3/serviceperson: $38.64 rising 4 steps to $41.82
Equipment operator 1/pit utility: $38.28 rising 4 steps to $41.44
Pumperson/blaster trainee/process operator 2: $37.63 rising 4 steps to $40.73
Wash-bay attendant/tool-crib attendant/process operator 1: $36.62 rising 4 steps to $39.64
Labourer: $34.05 rising 4 steps to $36.86
Apprentices
Four-year program
First-year (0 to 12 months): $35.37 rising 4 steps to $38.29
Second-year (13 to 24 months): $37.09 rising 4 steps to $40.15
Third-year (25 to 36 months): $37.88 rising 4 steps to $41
Fourth-year (37 to 48 months): $39.49 rising 4 steps to $42.75
Three-year program
First-year (0 to 12 months): $35.37 rising 4 steps to $38.29
Second-year (13 to 24 months): $37.23 rising 4 steps to $40.29
Third-year (25 to 36 months): $39.49 rising 4 steps to $42.75
Parts-person (three-year program):
First-year (0 to 12 months): $34.77 rising 4 steps to $37.64
Second-year (13 to 24 months): $35.98 rising 4 steps to $38.94
Third-year (25 to 36 months): $38.12 rising 4 steps to $41.26
Editor’s notes: Safety-equipment allowance: All employees will receive $15 per month. Clothing insurance: Employer will insure employee’s clothing in wash house against loss by fire, maximum $200 per case. Christmas bonus: Employees who have 1 year of service as of Dec. 1 will receive Christmas bonus of $125. Employees with less than 1 year’s service will receive pro-rata payment.
