Provincewide, Ontario (650 technicians, maintenance, drivers, construction, administrative employees) and Unifor, Local 975
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2019. Ratified on July 26, 2017. Signed on July 13, 2017.
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Vacations with pay: 15 days to start, 20 days after 10 years, 25 days after 20 years, 30 days after 30 years. Maximum 2 weeks may be carried over. Additional 8 floater days (previously 7 floater days), plus 1 more effective Jan. 1, 2019.
Meal allowance: Employees who work 3 or more hours will be paid amount equal to 35% of operations technician 1 rate for meal and each successive 4 hours for meal. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $13.91.
STD: Less than 1 year of service: Full pay for 6 weeks, 60% pay after 20 weeks. 1 year to 5 years of service: Full pay for 6 weeks, 60% pay after 20 weeks. 5 years to 10 years of service: Full pay for 13 weeks, 60% after 13 weeks. 10 years of service: Full pay for 26 weeks.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (brother, sister, spouse, parents, parent-in-law, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, other relative living in home of employee). 1 day for death of aunts, uncles, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.
Seniority – recall rights: 24 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours’ pay.
Probationary period: 3 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay per year of service, maximum 52, minimum 6 weeks. Employees who are 50 or more at time of layoff, will be entitled to additional 8 weeks of pay.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide service for cleaning or repairing uniforms or employer will provide clothing cleaning allowance of $2.50 per week. Employer will also make washer and dryer available at each depot.
Tool allowance: Employees will be supplied with replacement of necessary tools, worn out, broken or lost doing company work. $600 per year (previously $500 per year) for auto mechanic/heavy-equipment tool allowance.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3% increase):
Construction and maintenance
Lead-hand: $40 rising 2 steps to $41.21
Operations technician 1: $38.57 rising 2 steps to $39.74
Operations technician 2: $35.70 rising 2 steps to $36.78
Gas-tech welder: $39.35 rising 2 steps to $40.54
Gas-tech 1/machine operator: $38.57 rising 2 steps to $39.74
Gas-technician – first-class: $36.49 rising 2 steps to $37.60
Gas-technician – second-class: $32.92 rising 2 steps to $33.91
Gas-distribution fitter: $32.73 rising 2 steps to $33.72
Utility fitter 1: $37.49 rising 2 steps to $38.62
Utility fitter 2: $35.48 rising 2 steps to $36.55
Utility fitter 3: $32.92 rising 2 steps to $33.91
Fitter-in-training: $31.31 rising 2 steps to $32.26
Tractor-trailer driver: $38.27 rising 2 steps to $39.42
Machine operator: $38.27 rising 2 steps to $39.42
Truck driver: $32.05 rising 2 steps to $33.02
Leak surveyor: $32.92 rising 2 steps to $33.91
Yard/stockkeeper: $32.92 rising 2 steps to $33.91
Labourer entry-level: $27.98 rising 2 steps to $28.83
Labourer: $30.53 rising 2 steps to $31.45
Student: $20.07 rising 2 steps to $20.68
Field measurement hand step 1: $29.39 rising 2 steps to $30.28
Field measurement hand step 5: $37.25 rising 2 steps to $38.38
Pipeline welder: $37.83 rising 2 steps to $38.98
Material and logistics
Special repairer: $37.26 rising 2 steps to $38.39
First-class repairer after 12 months: $34.10 rising 2 steps to $35.13
Second-class repairer after 6 months: $32.30 rising 2 steps to $33.27
Special repairer reclamation: $37.26 rising 2 steps to $38.39
Stock keeper: $32.89 rising 2 steps to $33.88
Appliance adjuster and tester: $32.21 rising 2 steps to $33.18
Appliance repairer: $34.47 rising 2 steps to $35.51
Control repairer: $35.35 rising 2 steps to $36.42
Shipper/receiver: $32.89 rising 2 steps to $33.88
Facilities management
Utility-hand: $32.21 rising 2 steps to $33.18
Plant maintenance operator: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Carpenter: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Painter: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Plumber: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Electrician: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Utility-hand horticulturist: $34.72 rising 2 steps to $35.77
Utility-hand stations: $34.72 rising 2 steps to $35.77
Building maintenance technician: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Fleet services
Auto mechanic: $37.49 rising 2 steps to $38.62
Tire-hand: $35.35 rising 2 steps to $36.42
Garage attendant: $31.15 rising 2 steps to $32.09
Automotive stock keeper: $32.89 rising 2 steps to $33.88
Utility hand: $32.21 rising 2 steps to $33.18
Heavy-equipment mechanic: $38.27 rising 2 steps to $39.42
Editor’s notes: Marriage leave: 3 paid days off, provided employee has completed 3 months of service. Overnight expenses: Employer will compensate employee who stays out of town on company business $80 (previously $75) per overnight stay. Standby pay: 150% of one hour of operations technician rate for each 24-hour period of standby coverage. 300% of one hour of operations technician rate for each 24-hour period of standby coverage on public holidays. Justice fund: Employer will contribute $27,040 per year to Unifor Social Justice Fund.
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Vacations with pay: 15 days to start, 20 days after 10 years, 25 days after 20 years, 30 days after 30 years. Maximum 2 weeks may be carried over. Additional 8 floater days (previously 7 floater days), plus 1 more effective Jan. 1, 2019.
Meal allowance: Employees who work 3 or more hours will be paid amount equal to 35% of operations technician 1 rate for meal and each successive 4 hours for meal. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $13.91.
STD: Less than 1 year of service: Full pay for 6 weeks, 60% pay after 20 weeks. 1 year to 5 years of service: Full pay for 6 weeks, 60% pay after 20 weeks. 5 years to 10 years of service: Full pay for 13 weeks, 60% after 13 weeks. 10 years of service: Full pay for 26 weeks.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (brother, sister, spouse, parents, parent-in-law, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, other relative living in home of employee). 1 day for death of aunts, uncles, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.
Seniority – recall rights: 24 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours’ pay.
Probationary period: 3 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay per year of service, maximum 52, minimum 6 weeks. Employees who are 50 or more at time of layoff, will be entitled to additional 8 weeks of pay.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide service for cleaning or repairing uniforms or employer will provide clothing cleaning allowance of $2.50 per week. Employer will also make washer and dryer available at each depot.
Tool allowance: Employees will be supplied with replacement of necessary tools, worn out, broken or lost doing company work. $600 per year (previously $500 per year) for auto mechanic/heavy-equipment tool allowance.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3% increase):
Construction and maintenance
Lead-hand: $40 rising 2 steps to $41.21
Operations technician 1: $38.57 rising 2 steps to $39.74
Operations technician 2: $35.70 rising 2 steps to $36.78
Gas-tech welder: $39.35 rising 2 steps to $40.54
Gas-tech 1/machine operator: $38.57 rising 2 steps to $39.74
Gas-technician – first-class: $36.49 rising 2 steps to $37.60
Gas-technician – second-class: $32.92 rising 2 steps to $33.91
Gas-distribution fitter: $32.73 rising 2 steps to $33.72
Utility fitter 1: $37.49 rising 2 steps to $38.62
Utility fitter 2: $35.48 rising 2 steps to $36.55
Utility fitter 3: $32.92 rising 2 steps to $33.91
Fitter-in-training: $31.31 rising 2 steps to $32.26
Tractor-trailer driver: $38.27 rising 2 steps to $39.42
Machine operator: $38.27 rising 2 steps to $39.42
Truck driver: $32.05 rising 2 steps to $33.02
Leak surveyor: $32.92 rising 2 steps to $33.91
Yard/stockkeeper: $32.92 rising 2 steps to $33.91
Labourer entry-level: $27.98 rising 2 steps to $28.83
Labourer: $30.53 rising 2 steps to $31.45
Student: $20.07 rising 2 steps to $20.68
Field measurement hand step 1: $29.39 rising 2 steps to $30.28
Field measurement hand step 5: $37.25 rising 2 steps to $38.38
Pipeline welder: $37.83 rising 2 steps to $38.98
Material and logistics
Special repairer: $37.26 rising 2 steps to $38.39
First-class repairer after 12 months: $34.10 rising 2 steps to $35.13
Second-class repairer after 6 months: $32.30 rising 2 steps to $33.27
Special repairer reclamation: $37.26 rising 2 steps to $38.39
Stock keeper: $32.89 rising 2 steps to $33.88
Appliance adjuster and tester: $32.21 rising 2 steps to $33.18
Appliance repairer: $34.47 rising 2 steps to $35.51
Control repairer: $35.35 rising 2 steps to $36.42
Shipper/receiver: $32.89 rising 2 steps to $33.88
Facilities management
Utility-hand: $32.21 rising 2 steps to $33.18
Plant maintenance operator: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Carpenter: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Painter: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Plumber: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Electrician: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Utility-hand horticulturist: $34.72 rising 2 steps to $35.77
Utility-hand stations: $34.72 rising 2 steps to $35.77
Building maintenance technician: $37.48 rising 2 steps to $38.61
Fleet services
Auto mechanic: $37.49 rising 2 steps to $38.62
Tire-hand: $35.35 rising 2 steps to $36.42
Garage attendant: $31.15 rising 2 steps to $32.09
Automotive stock keeper: $32.89 rising 2 steps to $33.88
Utility hand: $32.21 rising 2 steps to $33.18
Heavy-equipment mechanic: $38.27 rising 2 steps to $39.42
Editor’s notes: Marriage leave: 3 paid days off, provided employee has completed 3 months of service. Overnight expenses: Employer will compensate employee who stays out of town on company business $80 (previously $75) per overnight stay. Standby pay: 150% of one hour of operations technician rate for each 24-hour period of standby coverage. 300% of one hour of operations technician rate for each 24-hour period of standby coverage on public holidays. Justice fund: Employer will contribute $27,040 per year to Unifor Social Justice Fund.
