Via Rail Canada

Montreal | (2,400 on-board employees) and Unifor, Local 100 and 4000

Via Rail Canada
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Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2024. Signed on July 12, 2022.

Wage adjustments:

Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 5.5%

Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 3.5%

Effective Jan. 1, 2024: 3.5%

Paid holidays: 15 days (St. Jean Baptiste day in Quebec; Remembrance Day in remaining regions).

Vacations with pay: 1 day per 18 days worked, maximum 14 days, to start, 1 day per 12 days worked, maximum 21 days, after 3 years, 1 day per 9 days worked, maximum 28 days after 9 years, 1 day per 7 days worked, maximum 35 days after 19 years, 1 days per 6 days worked, maximum 42 days, after 26 years. Employee who, due to sickness or injury, is unable to take or complete annual vacation in that year may carry forward vacation to following year.

Bereavement leave: 5 days and unpaid leave, maximum 5 days, for death in family (parents, child (including still-born child), spouse, common-law partner).

Seniority – recall rights: 24 months.

Probationary period: 80 days of actual work.

Safety shoes: $150 payable in second pay period of September each year.

Uniforms/clothing: $33.75 per month cleaning and maintenance allowance.

Mileage: $0.40 per kilometre.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2.5% increase):

Service manager (transcontinental): $44.73 rising 1 step to $45.85

Service manager (corridor and remote): $40.73 rising 1 step to $41.75

Service coordinator: $37.98 rising 1 step to $38.93

Chef: $38.23 rising 1 step to $39.19

Assistant service coordinator: $35.45 rising 1 step to $36.34

Activity coordinator: $35.45 rising 1 step to $36.34

Learning coordinator: $35.45 rising 1 step to $36.34

Cook: $32.89 rising 1 step to $33.71

Senior service attendant: $32.70 rising 1 step to $34.02

Editor’s notes: Meal allowance: $8 for breakfast; $10 for luncheon; $13 for dinner in lieu of free meals to employees. Personal grooming allowance: $16 for chefs and cooks.

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