Grande Prairie, Alta. (150 production, cleanup staff, attendants, operators) and Unifor, Local 446
Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2022. Ratified on Dec 10, 2017. Signed on Oct. 1, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Non-trades
Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 1%
Effective Oct. 1, 2018: 1%
Effective Oct. 1, 2019: 1%
Effective Oct. 1, 2020: 1%
Effective Oct. 1, 2021: 2.5%
All other employees (production, maintenance)
Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 1.5%
Effective Oct. 1, 2018: 2%
Effective Oct. 1, 2019: 1.5%
Effective Oct. 1, 2020: 2%
Effective Oct. 1, 2021: 2.5%
Effective date of ratification: $1,000 per employee (paid to active employees on or before Dec. 22, 2017)
On the first pay day, after October 1, 2020: $400 per employee (paid to active employees)
Shift premium: $0.60 per hour to tradespersons (including apprentices) working graveyard shift. $0.60 per hour to maintenance employees working compressed weekend schedule. $1 per hour (previously $0.50 per hour) for certified scalers. $0.22 per hour for chargehands. $0.60 per hour to employees working weekday afternoon shift.
Paid holidays: 10 days, plus 2 floating holidays, 1 of which will be in lieu of Heritage Day.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 5% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 7% after 2 years, 4 weeks or 9% after 7 weeks, 5 weeks or 11% after 15 years, 6 weeks or 13% after 24 years, 7 weeks or 15% after 30 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week, on Sunday, on employee’s designated 2 days of rest. Double time for all work after 11 hours per day, all hours worked on Sunday by employees who have worked 5 shifts during preceding 6 days, all work after 12 hours per day of 12-hour shifts.
Meal allowance: Hot meal or $15 payroll credit when employee is notified during normal shift that they will be required to work 2 or more hours overtime beyond shift.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 80% of approved Alberta schedule for basic; 60% of approved Alberta schedule for prosthetics crowns and bridges; 60% of approved Alberta schedule for orthodontic, maximum $4,000. Participation in plan is condition of employment.
Vision: $400 per member or dependent in any 24-month period for lenses and frames, contact lenses, corrective eye surgery when prescribed by person legally qualified to make such prescription, eye exams.
Weekly indemnity: Coverage of 60% of weekly rate, maximum $1,100 per week.
LTD: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for coverage of 60% of gross monthly earnings, maximum $4,500 per month.
AD&D: $120,000 coverage (previously $110,000).
Life insurance: Coverage is condition of employment for new employees. $120,000 coverage (previously $110,000).
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepparents, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, grandchildren, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, stepchildren, legal guardian).
Seniority – recall rights: 6 months to start; 1 year plus 1 month per year of service, maximum 6 months, after 1 year of service. 180 days if employee has been transferred to staff position.
Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours at time and one-half or work on designated day off, Sunday, statutory holiday, or after having left plant after working regular shift.
Probationary period: 30 working days within 90 calendar days.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months.
Severance: 1 week’s pay per year of service, maximum 30 weeks’ pay.
Safety shoes: $200 per year for CSA-approved safety-toed footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide aprons, hard hats and liners, eye, ear and nose protective equipment, safety pants (yard buckers). Employer will provide rain suits to employees working on hydraulics or water lines.
Tool allowance: Employer will provide insurance, with $50 deductible, for damage or loss caused by fire, flood or theft.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Group 0
Cleanup: $28.91 rising 4 steps to $30.52
Group 1
Paperwrap attendant: $29.30 rising 4 steps to $31.72
Strip attendant: $29.30 rising 4 steps to $31.72
Group 3
Firewatch/cleanup: $29.79 rising 4 steps to $32.26
Group 4
Sorter attendant SM: $30.02 rising 4 steps to $32.49
Chip classifier/cleanup: $30.02 rising 4 steps to $32.49
Group 6
Tilt hoist op/trimmer: $30.53 rising 4 steps to $33.05
Stacker operator SM: $30.53 rising 4 steps to $33.05
Lug loader: $30.53 rising 4 steps to $33.05
Group 7
Strapper/endpress: $30.79 rising 4 steps to $33.33
Stacker operator PM: $30.79 rising 4 steps to $33.33
Group 8
Reman edger optimizer: $31.01 rising 4 steps to $33.56
Trimmer optimizer/unscrambler: $31.01 rising 4 steps to $33.56
Tilt hoist/planer feeder: $31.01 rising 4 steps to $33.56
Group 9
Forklift op - PM outfeed: $32.46 rising 4 steps to $35.14
Forklift op - SM outfeed: $32.46 rising 4 steps to $35.14
Forklift op - PM infeed: $32.46 rising 4 steps to $35.14
Planer utility: $32.46 rising 4 steps to $35.14
Group 10
Single band resaw SM: $32.72 rising 4 steps to $35.41
Group 12
Forklift op - shipping: $33.25 rising 4 steps to $36
Kiln-forklift operator 1: $33.25 rising 4 steps to $36
Group 13
Debarker operator: $33.48 rising 4 steps to $36.23
Weekend/cleanup
Chargehand: $33.48 rising 4 steps to $36.23
Group 14
Log-yard cleanup: $33.75 rising 4 steps to $36.54
Log scaler: $33.75 rising 4 steps to $36.54
Group 15
Kiln-forklift operator 2: $34 rising 4 steps to $36.80
Group 16
Log-loader operator: $34.27 rising 4 steps to $37.09
Group 17
Highdecker/988: $34.50 rising 4 steps to $37.34
Group 18
20” CNS operator: $34.77 rising 4 steps to $37.64
Group 24
Planer quality control: $36.30 rising 4 steps to $39.30
Group 26
28” CNS operator: $36.11 rising 4 steps to $39.08
Miscellaneous
Mill handyman: $38.50 rising 4 steps to $41.68
Oiler: $32.79 rising 4 steps to $35.50
Editor’s notes: Prescription safety glasses: Employer will provide 1 pair of safety prescription eyewear during term of agreement per employee provided lenses and frames meet current CSA standards for safety eyewear. Paid education leave: Employer will pay $0.03 per hour per employee into Unifor paid education leave program.
Wage adjustments:
Non-trades
Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 1%
Effective Oct. 1, 2018: 1%
Effective Oct. 1, 2019: 1%
Effective Oct. 1, 2020: 1%
Effective Oct. 1, 2021: 2.5%
All other employees (production, maintenance)
Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 1.5%
Effective Oct. 1, 2018: 2%
Effective Oct. 1, 2019: 1.5%
Effective Oct. 1, 2020: 2%
Effective Oct. 1, 2021: 2.5%
Effective date of ratification: $1,000 per employee (paid to active employees on or before Dec. 22, 2017)
On the first pay day, after October 1, 2020: $400 per employee (paid to active employees)
Shift premium: $0.60 per hour to tradespersons (including apprentices) working graveyard shift. $0.60 per hour to maintenance employees working compressed weekend schedule. $1 per hour (previously $0.50 per hour) for certified scalers. $0.22 per hour for chargehands. $0.60 per hour to employees working weekday afternoon shift.
Paid holidays: 10 days, plus 2 floating holidays, 1 of which will be in lieu of Heritage Day.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 5% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 7% after 2 years, 4 weeks or 9% after 7 weeks, 5 weeks or 11% after 15 years, 6 weeks or 13% after 24 years, 7 weeks or 15% after 30 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week, on Sunday, on employee’s designated 2 days of rest. Double time for all work after 11 hours per day, all hours worked on Sunday by employees who have worked 5 shifts during preceding 6 days, all work after 12 hours per day of 12-hour shifts.
Meal allowance: Hot meal or $15 payroll credit when employee is notified during normal shift that they will be required to work 2 or more hours overtime beyond shift.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 80% of approved Alberta schedule for basic; 60% of approved Alberta schedule for prosthetics crowns and bridges; 60% of approved Alberta schedule for orthodontic, maximum $4,000. Participation in plan is condition of employment.
Vision: $400 per member or dependent in any 24-month period for lenses and frames, contact lenses, corrective eye surgery when prescribed by person legally qualified to make such prescription, eye exams.
Weekly indemnity: Coverage of 60% of weekly rate, maximum $1,100 per week.
LTD: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for coverage of 60% of gross monthly earnings, maximum $4,500 per month.
AD&D: $120,000 coverage (previously $110,000).
Life insurance: Coverage is condition of employment for new employees. $120,000 coverage (previously $110,000).
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepparents, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, grandchildren, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, stepchildren, legal guardian).
Seniority – recall rights: 6 months to start; 1 year plus 1 month per year of service, maximum 6 months, after 1 year of service. 180 days if employee has been transferred to staff position.
Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours at time and one-half or work on designated day off, Sunday, statutory holiday, or after having left plant after working regular shift.
Probationary period: 30 working days within 90 calendar days.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months.
Severance: 1 week’s pay per year of service, maximum 30 weeks’ pay.
Safety shoes: $200 per year for CSA-approved safety-toed footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide aprons, hard hats and liners, eye, ear and nose protective equipment, safety pants (yard buckers). Employer will provide rain suits to employees working on hydraulics or water lines.
Tool allowance: Employer will provide insurance, with $50 deductible, for damage or loss caused by fire, flood or theft.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Group 0
Cleanup: $28.91 rising 4 steps to $30.52
Group 1
Paperwrap attendant: $29.30 rising 4 steps to $31.72
Strip attendant: $29.30 rising 4 steps to $31.72
Group 3
Firewatch/cleanup: $29.79 rising 4 steps to $32.26
Group 4
Sorter attendant SM: $30.02 rising 4 steps to $32.49
Chip classifier/cleanup: $30.02 rising 4 steps to $32.49
Group 6
Tilt hoist op/trimmer: $30.53 rising 4 steps to $33.05
Stacker operator SM: $30.53 rising 4 steps to $33.05
Lug loader: $30.53 rising 4 steps to $33.05
Group 7
Strapper/endpress: $30.79 rising 4 steps to $33.33
Stacker operator PM: $30.79 rising 4 steps to $33.33
Group 8
Reman edger optimizer: $31.01 rising 4 steps to $33.56
Trimmer optimizer/unscrambler: $31.01 rising 4 steps to $33.56
Tilt hoist/planer feeder: $31.01 rising 4 steps to $33.56
Group 9
Forklift op - PM outfeed: $32.46 rising 4 steps to $35.14
Forklift op - SM outfeed: $32.46 rising 4 steps to $35.14
Forklift op - PM infeed: $32.46 rising 4 steps to $35.14
Planer utility: $32.46 rising 4 steps to $35.14
Group 10
Single band resaw SM: $32.72 rising 4 steps to $35.41
Group 12
Forklift op - shipping: $33.25 rising 4 steps to $36
Kiln-forklift operator 1: $33.25 rising 4 steps to $36
Group 13
Debarker operator: $33.48 rising 4 steps to $36.23
Weekend/cleanup
Chargehand: $33.48 rising 4 steps to $36.23
Group 14
Log-yard cleanup: $33.75 rising 4 steps to $36.54
Log scaler: $33.75 rising 4 steps to $36.54
Group 15
Kiln-forklift operator 2: $34 rising 4 steps to $36.80
Group 16
Log-loader operator: $34.27 rising 4 steps to $37.09
Group 17
Highdecker/988: $34.50 rising 4 steps to $37.34
Group 18
20” CNS operator: $34.77 rising 4 steps to $37.64
Group 24
Planer quality control: $36.30 rising 4 steps to $39.30
Group 26
28” CNS operator: $36.11 rising 4 steps to $39.08
Miscellaneous
Mill handyman: $38.50 rising 4 steps to $41.68
Oiler: $32.79 rising 4 steps to $35.50
Editor’s notes: Prescription safety glasses: Employer will provide 1 pair of safety prescription eyewear during term of agreement per employee provided lenses and frames meet current CSA standards for safety eyewear. Paid education leave: Employer will pay $0.03 per hour per employee into Unifor paid education leave program.
