Red Deer, Alta. (60 journalists, clerical staff, technical staff) and the Media and Communications Workers of Alberta Local 30400
Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2016, to Aug. 31, 2019. Ratified on Jan. 29, 2017. Signed on Jan. 29, 2017.
Shift premium: $2.10 per hour for working night shift.
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus birthday off.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 16 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first hour, double time thereafter. May be banked, maximum 5 days, and taken as time off.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of Alberta Health Care Insurance costs and 75% of employer health and welfare plan.
Vision: $325 every 2 years.
STD: 80% or 66 2/3% of pay based on employee’s years of service, maximum 17-week benefit period.
Pension: Employer will contribute 4.25% per shift per employee to CWA/ITU Pension Plan (Canada).
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parents, spouse, common-law spouse, children, brothers, sisters, grandchildren, grandparents, spouse’s parents, stepparents, stepchildren). 2 additional days for travel if required. 1 day for death in extended family (nieces, nephews, stepbrothers, stepsisters, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, uncles, aunts).
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay at overtime rate.
Probationary period: 3 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months.
Severance: 2 weeks’ per year of service (minimum 3 weeks’ pay), maximum 48 weeks.
Safety shoes: $110 every 18 months for employees in mailroom.
Mileage: $0.46 cents per kilometre.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Clerk 5: $16.78 rising 4 steps to $23.27
News 4 (assistant city editor/sports editor): $23.75 rising 5 steps to $35.34
News 3 (copy editors): $22.17 rising 5 steps to $32.97
News 2/3 (editor/reporter): $21.53 rising 5 steps to $32.03
News 2 (reporters/photographers): $21.09 rising 5 steps to $31.39
News 1 (editorial assistant): $14.68 rising 4 steps to $20.40
Clerk 2: $11.88 rising 3 steps to $15.28
News 4 (assistant city editor/sports editor): $23.85 rising 5 steps to $32.51
News 3 (copy editors): $20.40 rising 5 steps to $30.33
News 2/3 (editor/reporter): $19.80 rising 5 steps to $29.47
News 2 (reporters/photographers): $19.40 rising 5 steps to $28.88
News 1 (editorial assistant): $14.68 rising 4 steps to $20.40
Clerk 5 (ad services coordinator): $16.75 rising 4 steps to $23.27
Inside sales representative: $16.79 rising 4 steps to $23.29
Advertising special section/print coordinator: $16.75 rising 4 steps to $23.27
Advertising 2 (classified ad –takers): $14.41 rising 4 steps to $20.04
Advertising 1 (adv. services clerks): $12.66 rising 4 steps to $17.56
District managers: $21.27 rising 4 steps to $29.57
Circulation services coordinator: $21.27 rising 4 steps to $29.57
Carrier supervisor: $14.67 rising 4 steps to $20.39
Clerk 4: $14.67 rising steps to $20.39
Clerk 2: $11.88 rising 2 steps to $15.28
Clerk 1: $10.58 rising 2 steps to $13.19
Runner: $10.58 rising 2 steps to $13.19
Mailroom supervisor: $19 rising 4 steps to $26.37
Assistant supervisor/mailroom clerk 4: $14.67 rising 4 steps to $20.39
Mailroom clerk 2: $11.88 rising 2 steps to $15.28
Mailroom maintenance: $17 rising 4 steps to $21.53
Mailer/shipper/receiver: $15.81 rising 4 steps to $19.21
Mailer/equipment maintenance: $13.12 rising 4 steps to $16.62
Pressroom helper: $12.66 rising 4 steps to $15.81
Senior artists: $17.80 rising 5 steps to $26.47
Artists: $16.19 rising 4 steps to $22.51
Copy typists: $14.41 rising 4 steps to $20.04
Accountant/office supervisor: $20.92 rising 5 steps to $31.16
Credit supervisor: $17.80 rising 5 steps to $26.47
Receptionist: $14.41 rising 4 steps to $20.04
Clerk 2 (junior computer operator): $11.88 rising 2 steps to $15.28
Clerk 1 (clerk typist, collection clerk, night-watch person): $10.57 rising 2 steps to $13.20
Systems administrator/internet site administrator: $15.82 rising 5 steps to $31.27
Computer technician: $18.23 rising 5 steps to $31.27
Accountant: $15.50 rising 5 steps to $23.05
Clerk 4 (classified A/R clerk/accounting clerk): $14.67 rising 4 steps to $20.39
Clerk 5 (adv. admin. assistant): $16.75 rising 4 steps to $23.27
Advertising 5 (major account executive/major account rep.): $22.17 rising 5 steps to $32.97
Advertising 2 (classified display clerk): $14.41 rising 4 steps to $20.04
Ad taker coordinator: $15.70 rising 4 steps to $21.38
Clerk 4: $14.67 rising 4 steps to $20.40
Clerk 2 (adv services clerk/runner): $11.88 rising 2 steps to $15.28
Librarian: $16.24 rising 4 steps to $22.61
Pre-press supervisor: $31.28
Journeyman: $28.77
Editor’s notes: Parking: Employer will provide adequate parking for all employees who are required to use vehicle in course of employment. Auto allowance: Minimum $30 per month to employees required to have vehicles available for business purposes. Employee discounts: Employees may place free personal classified advertisements. Each employee is limited to maximum of 1 free classified advertisement per day: each advertisement must not exceed 28 words; each advertisement may be placed for maximum of 3 days; policy does not apply to employment, business services, financial and public notices; ads may be placed in personal classification for special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries. Cellphone allowance: $25 per month to each employee required to have cellphone. $75 per month to each out-of-town salesperson.
Shift premium: $2.10 per hour for working night shift.
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus birthday off.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 16 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first hour, double time thereafter. May be banked, maximum 5 days, and taken as time off.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of Alberta Health Care Insurance costs and 75% of employer health and welfare plan.
Vision: $325 every 2 years.
STD: 80% or 66 2/3% of pay based on employee’s years of service, maximum 17-week benefit period.
Pension: Employer will contribute 4.25% per shift per employee to CWA/ITU Pension Plan (Canada).
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parents, spouse, common-law spouse, children, brothers, sisters, grandchildren, grandparents, spouse’s parents, stepparents, stepchildren). 2 additional days for travel if required. 1 day for death in extended family (nieces, nephews, stepbrothers, stepsisters, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, uncles, aunts).
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay at overtime rate.
Probationary period: 3 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months.
Severance: 2 weeks’ per year of service (minimum 3 weeks’ pay), maximum 48 weeks.
Safety shoes: $110 every 18 months for employees in mailroom.
Mileage: $0.46 cents per kilometre.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Clerk 5: $16.78 rising 4 steps to $23.27
News 4 (assistant city editor/sports editor): $23.75 rising 5 steps to $35.34
News 3 (copy editors): $22.17 rising 5 steps to $32.97
News 2/3 (editor/reporter): $21.53 rising 5 steps to $32.03
News 2 (reporters/photographers): $21.09 rising 5 steps to $31.39
News 1 (editorial assistant): $14.68 rising 4 steps to $20.40
Clerk 2: $11.88 rising 3 steps to $15.28
News 4 (assistant city editor/sports editor): $23.85 rising 5 steps to $32.51
News 3 (copy editors): $20.40 rising 5 steps to $30.33
News 2/3 (editor/reporter): $19.80 rising 5 steps to $29.47
News 2 (reporters/photographers): $19.40 rising 5 steps to $28.88
News 1 (editorial assistant): $14.68 rising 4 steps to $20.40
Clerk 5 (ad services coordinator): $16.75 rising 4 steps to $23.27
Inside sales representative: $16.79 rising 4 steps to $23.29
Advertising special section/print coordinator: $16.75 rising 4 steps to $23.27
Advertising 2 (classified ad –takers): $14.41 rising 4 steps to $20.04
Advertising 1 (adv. services clerks): $12.66 rising 4 steps to $17.56
District managers: $21.27 rising 4 steps to $29.57
Circulation services coordinator: $21.27 rising 4 steps to $29.57
Carrier supervisor: $14.67 rising 4 steps to $20.39
Clerk 4: $14.67 rising steps to $20.39
Clerk 2: $11.88 rising 2 steps to $15.28
Clerk 1: $10.58 rising 2 steps to $13.19
Runner: $10.58 rising 2 steps to $13.19
Mailroom supervisor: $19 rising 4 steps to $26.37
Assistant supervisor/mailroom clerk 4: $14.67 rising 4 steps to $20.39
Mailroom clerk 2: $11.88 rising 2 steps to $15.28
Mailroom maintenance: $17 rising 4 steps to $21.53
Mailer/shipper/receiver: $15.81 rising 4 steps to $19.21
Mailer/equipment maintenance: $13.12 rising 4 steps to $16.62
Pressroom helper: $12.66 rising 4 steps to $15.81
Senior artists: $17.80 rising 5 steps to $26.47
Artists: $16.19 rising 4 steps to $22.51
Copy typists: $14.41 rising 4 steps to $20.04
Accountant/office supervisor: $20.92 rising 5 steps to $31.16
Credit supervisor: $17.80 rising 5 steps to $26.47
Receptionist: $14.41 rising 4 steps to $20.04
Clerk 2 (junior computer operator): $11.88 rising 2 steps to $15.28
Clerk 1 (clerk typist, collection clerk, night-watch person): $10.57 rising 2 steps to $13.20
Systems administrator/internet site administrator: $15.82 rising 5 steps to $31.27
Computer technician: $18.23 rising 5 steps to $31.27
Accountant: $15.50 rising 5 steps to $23.05
Clerk 4 (classified A/R clerk/accounting clerk): $14.67 rising 4 steps to $20.39
Clerk 5 (adv. admin. assistant): $16.75 rising 4 steps to $23.27
Advertising 5 (major account executive/major account rep.): $22.17 rising 5 steps to $32.97
Advertising 2 (classified display clerk): $14.41 rising 4 steps to $20.04
Ad taker coordinator: $15.70 rising 4 steps to $21.38
Clerk 4: $14.67 rising 4 steps to $20.40
Clerk 2 (adv services clerk/runner): $11.88 rising 2 steps to $15.28
Librarian: $16.24 rising 4 steps to $22.61
Pre-press supervisor: $31.28
Journeyman: $28.77
Editor’s notes: Parking: Employer will provide adequate parking for all employees who are required to use vehicle in course of employment. Auto allowance: Minimum $30 per month to employees required to have vehicles available for business purposes. Employee discounts: Employees may place free personal classified advertisements. Each employee is limited to maximum of 1 free classified advertisement per day: each advertisement must not exceed 28 words; each advertisement may be placed for maximum of 3 days; policy does not apply to employment, business services, financial and public notices; ads may be placed in personal classification for special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries. Cellphone allowance: $25 per month to each employee required to have cellphone. $75 per month to each out-of-town salesperson.
