Woodstock, Ont. (120 operators, millwrights, electricians) and Unifor, Local 636
Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 11, 2017, to Feb. 7, 2020. Signed on Feb. 11, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective first year: $0.20 per hour
Effective second year: $0.20 per hour
Shift premium: $0.65 per hour and midnight shift $0.80 per hour for hours worked on regularly scheduled shifts and for hours worked on scheduled Saturday and Sunday shifts. Lead-hands of skilled-trades employees: $0.15 per hour when working with supervisor at work, $0.75 per hour when working without supervisor at work. $0.25 per hour over regular rates for lead-hands.
Paid holidays: 14 days in 2018 – 2019, 15 days in 2019 – 2020.
Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 2 weeks or 5% after 3 years (1 week optional), 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 3 weeks or 7% after 10 years (1 week optional), 4 weeks or 8% after 15 years, 4 weeks or 9% after 20 years (1 week optional), 5 weeks or 10% after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week and all work on Saturdays. Double time for all work on Sundays.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, sons, stepsons, daughters, stepdaughters. 3 days for death of grandfather, grandmother, father, stepfather, mother, stepmother, brother, half-brother, stepbrother, sister, half-sister, stepsister, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, brother or sisters of spouse, mother or father of spouse. 1 day for death of brother’s wife, sister’s husband, wife of spouse’s brother, husband of spouse’s sister.
Seniority – recall rights: 36 months.
Call-in pay: 4 hours’ straight time or actual time worked at applicable rate.
Probationary period: 90 days worked or 720 hours worked, whichever occurs first, within 12-consecutive months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months, 12 months for derogatory notations given as result of absenteeism.
Safety shoes: $140 per year.
Tool allowance: Employer will provide theft-insurance policy to cover recognized tools for skilled-trades employees, lifetime maximum $5,000 with no deductible.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $0.40-per-hour increase):
Direct classifications
Cell operator: $23.36 rising 1 step to $23.76
Indirect classifications
Janitor: $22.77 rising 1 step to $23.17
Lift-truck operator: $22.92 rising 1 step to $23.32
Material control clerk (stockroom): $23.02 rising 1 step to $23.42
Material handler: $23.07 rising 1 step to $23.47
Setup person: $23.46 rising 1 step to $23.86
Millwright/machine repair: $28.60 rising 1 step to $29
Electrician: $28.60 rising 1 step to $29
Gauge room: $25.56 rising 1 step to $25.96
$500 ratification signing bonus
Editor’s notes: Birthday/service anniversary option: Employees will be provided with birthday and service anniversary option during each year of agreement and will be paid 8 hours for each day. May be taken as time off with pay or — at employee’s option — may be worked thus providing employee with extra 8 hours’ pay for day. Education fund: Employer will pay $0.01 per hour per employee for all hours worked into Unifor Leadership Training Program to provide paid education leave.
Wage adjustments:
Effective first year: $0.20 per hour
Effective second year: $0.20 per hour
Shift premium: $0.65 per hour and midnight shift $0.80 per hour for hours worked on regularly scheduled shifts and for hours worked on scheduled Saturday and Sunday shifts. Lead-hands of skilled-trades employees: $0.15 per hour when working with supervisor at work, $0.75 per hour when working without supervisor at work. $0.25 per hour over regular rates for lead-hands.
Paid holidays: 14 days in 2018 – 2019, 15 days in 2019 – 2020.
Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 2 weeks or 5% after 3 years (1 week optional), 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 3 weeks or 7% after 10 years (1 week optional), 4 weeks or 8% after 15 years, 4 weeks or 9% after 20 years (1 week optional), 5 weeks or 10% after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week and all work on Saturdays. Double time for all work on Sundays.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, sons, stepsons, daughters, stepdaughters. 3 days for death of grandfather, grandmother, father, stepfather, mother, stepmother, brother, half-brother, stepbrother, sister, half-sister, stepsister, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, brother or sisters of spouse, mother or father of spouse. 1 day for death of brother’s wife, sister’s husband, wife of spouse’s brother, husband of spouse’s sister.
Seniority – recall rights: 36 months.
Call-in pay: 4 hours’ straight time or actual time worked at applicable rate.
Probationary period: 90 days worked or 720 hours worked, whichever occurs first, within 12-consecutive months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months, 12 months for derogatory notations given as result of absenteeism.
Safety shoes: $140 per year.
Tool allowance: Employer will provide theft-insurance policy to cover recognized tools for skilled-trades employees, lifetime maximum $5,000 with no deductible.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $0.40-per-hour increase):
Direct classifications
Cell operator: $23.36 rising 1 step to $23.76
Indirect classifications
Janitor: $22.77 rising 1 step to $23.17
Lift-truck operator: $22.92 rising 1 step to $23.32
Material control clerk (stockroom): $23.02 rising 1 step to $23.42
Material handler: $23.07 rising 1 step to $23.47
Setup person: $23.46 rising 1 step to $23.86
Millwright/machine repair: $28.60 rising 1 step to $29
Electrician: $28.60 rising 1 step to $29
Gauge room: $25.56 rising 1 step to $25.96
$500 ratification signing bonus
Editor’s notes: Birthday/service anniversary option: Employees will be provided with birthday and service anniversary option during each year of agreement and will be paid 8 hours for each day. May be taken as time off with pay or — at employee’s option — may be worked thus providing employee with extra 8 hours’ pay for day. Education fund: Employer will pay $0.01 per hour per employee for all hours worked into Unifor Leadership Training Program to provide paid education leave.
