Provincewide, Manitoba (900 carpenters) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC), Local 343
Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2016, to April 30, 2020. Signed on April 28, 2016.
Shift premium: 0.142 of regular rate for any work between midnight and 6 a.m. 1.142 times the regular straight time for graveyard premium hours. 4% of certified journeyman rate when working on swing stages or bosun chairs. Carpenter foremen: 18% above journeyman rate. $2 per hour for lead-hand journeyman carpenter.
Paid holidays: 10 days plus civic holiday within municipality.
Vacations with pay: 6% of employee’s standard hourly rate for each hour worked, whichever is more favorable to employee.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first 10 hours, double time thereafter. Double time after first 8 hours on Saturday.
Meal allowance: Meal or $15 when working more than 2 hours of overtime and every 4 hours thereafter.
Medical benefits: Employer contributes $0.83 per hour, employee contributes $0.33 per hour to Local Union 343 Welfare Trust Fund (Manitoba).
Pension: Employer will contribute $3.69 per hour per employee, employee will contribute $1.16 per hour to Carpentry Trade Pension Trust Fund (Manitoba). Effective May 1, 2018: Employee contributes $1.21 per hour. Effective May 1, 2019: Employee contributes $1.31 per hour.
Bereavement leave: 7 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in law, daughter-in law).
Seniority – recall rights: 180 days.
Tool allowance: Employer will be responsible for compensation for tools destroyed by fire or lost by breaking and entering from storage place provided by employer. Power tools, including bits and attachments, mitre boxes, special augers and bits and any devices such as powder-actuated tools, will be supplied by employer. If any power wood-working machines or power wood-working tools are used, they will be supplied by employer.
Mileage: $46.8 per kilometre.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 9% increase):
Certified-carpenter (journeyman carpenter): $35.48 rising 3 steps to $38.58
Journeyman: $34.58 rising 3 steps to $37.68
Fourth yr apprent (90%): $31.12 rising 3 steps to $33.91
Third yr apprent (75%): $25.94 rising 3 steps to $28.26
Second yr apprent (65%): $22.48 rising 3 steps to $24.49
First yr apprent (55%): $19.02 rising 3 steps to $20.72
Lead hand: $37.48 rising 3 steps to $40.58
Foreman (118%): $41.70 rising 3 steps to $45.36
Editor’s notes: Transportation costs: If shift ends after public transit system ceases to run and if employee has no transportation available then employer will supply transportation home or fair and reasonable means will be provided. Training fund: Employer will contribute $0.45 per hour, employee will contribute $0.05 per hour to Carpentry Trade Improvement Trust Fund.
Shift premium: 0.142 of regular rate for any work between midnight and 6 a.m. 1.142 times the regular straight time for graveyard premium hours. 4% of certified journeyman rate when working on swing stages or bosun chairs. Carpenter foremen: 18% above journeyman rate. $2 per hour for lead-hand journeyman carpenter.
Paid holidays: 10 days plus civic holiday within municipality.
Vacations with pay: 6% of employee’s standard hourly rate for each hour worked, whichever is more favorable to employee.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first 10 hours, double time thereafter. Double time after first 8 hours on Saturday.
Meal allowance: Meal or $15 when working more than 2 hours of overtime and every 4 hours thereafter.
Medical benefits: Employer contributes $0.83 per hour, employee contributes $0.33 per hour to Local Union 343 Welfare Trust Fund (Manitoba).
Pension: Employer will contribute $3.69 per hour per employee, employee will contribute $1.16 per hour to Carpentry Trade Pension Trust Fund (Manitoba). Effective May 1, 2018: Employee contributes $1.21 per hour. Effective May 1, 2019: Employee contributes $1.31 per hour.
Bereavement leave: 7 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in law, daughter-in law).
Seniority – recall rights: 180 days.
Tool allowance: Employer will be responsible for compensation for tools destroyed by fire or lost by breaking and entering from storage place provided by employer. Power tools, including bits and attachments, mitre boxes, special augers and bits and any devices such as powder-actuated tools, will be supplied by employer. If any power wood-working machines or power wood-working tools are used, they will be supplied by employer.
Mileage: $46.8 per kilometre.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 9% increase):
Certified-carpenter (journeyman carpenter): $35.48 rising 3 steps to $38.58
Journeyman: $34.58 rising 3 steps to $37.68
Fourth yr apprent (90%): $31.12 rising 3 steps to $33.91
Third yr apprent (75%): $25.94 rising 3 steps to $28.26
Second yr apprent (65%): $22.48 rising 3 steps to $24.49
First yr apprent (55%): $19.02 rising 3 steps to $20.72
Lead hand: $37.48 rising 3 steps to $40.58
Foreman (118%): $41.70 rising 3 steps to $45.36
Editor’s notes: Transportation costs: If shift ends after public transit system ceases to run and if employee has no transportation available then employer will supply transportation home or fair and reasonable means will be provided. Training fund: Employer will contribute $0.45 per hour, employee will contribute $0.05 per hour to Carpentry Trade Improvement Trust Fund.
