Edmonton (157 workers, maintenance staff) and Teamsters Local 987
Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2016, to Aug. 31, 2020. Ratified on Jan. 9, 2017. Signed on Sept. 1, 2016.
Shift premium: Feed-plant and warehouse: $1.10 per hour where majority of hours worked is between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1.20 per hour when employee temporarily assigned to work in freezer for 1 hour or more.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 18 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for the first 3 hours, double time thereafter. Double time for all work on employee’s seventh shift.
Meal allowance: $12 meal voucher redeemable in the cafeteria for unplanned overtime assignments of 2 hours or longer right before or right after regular shift.
Bereavement leave: Time off will be granted at discretion of the employer for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse if co-habituating for minimum 1 year, mother, father, child, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, spouse’s grandparents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepfather, stepmother). 1 day for death of grandchild.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Probationary period: 6 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months except in cases involving violence in workplace, harassment or major safety violations.
Safety shoes: 75% of cost, maximum $150.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply snowsuits, gloves and insulated boots to employees required to work in freezer.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.4% increase):
Warehouse
Shipper/receiver/quality control/inventory clerk
Start: $17.89 rising 3 steps to $18.49
Forklift operator/loader
Start: $17.63 rising 3 steps to $18.23
Material handler/warehouse helper
Start: $17.39 rising 3 steps to $17.99
Traffic
Semi-driver
Start: $18.08 rising 3 steps to $18.68
Truck driver/equipment maintenance
Start: $17.63 rising 3 steps to $18.23
Maintenance person
Start: $17.29 rising 3 steps to $17.89
Janitor
Start: $14.59 rising 3 steps to $15.19
Equipment technician: $41.04 rising 3 steps to $43.31
Feed plant
Shipper/receiver
Start: $18.71 rising 3 steps to $19.31
Mixer
Start: $18.63 rising 3 steps to $19.23
Utility person
Start: $21 rising 3 steps to $21.60
Mill hand
Start: $18.89 rising 3 steps to $19.49
Maintenance person
Start: $22.88 rising 3 steps to $23.48
Editor’s notes: Medical exams: Employer will pay cost of medical exams required for traffic department employees, maximum $150 per exam. For employees younger than 45, once every 5 years; for employees older than 45, once every 2 years; for employees older than 55, once per year.
Shift premium: Feed-plant and warehouse: $1.10 per hour where majority of hours worked is between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1.20 per hour when employee temporarily assigned to work in freezer for 1 hour or more.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 18 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for the first 3 hours, double time thereafter. Double time for all work on employee’s seventh shift.
Meal allowance: $12 meal voucher redeemable in the cafeteria for unplanned overtime assignments of 2 hours or longer right before or right after regular shift.
Bereavement leave: Time off will be granted at discretion of the employer for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse if co-habituating for minimum 1 year, mother, father, child, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, spouse’s grandparents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepfather, stepmother). 1 day for death of grandchild.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Probationary period: 6 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months except in cases involving violence in workplace, harassment or major safety violations.
Safety shoes: 75% of cost, maximum $150.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply snowsuits, gloves and insulated boots to employees required to work in freezer.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.4% increase):
Warehouse
Shipper/receiver/quality control/inventory clerk
Start: $17.89 rising 3 steps to $18.49
Forklift operator/loader
Start: $17.63 rising 3 steps to $18.23
Material handler/warehouse helper
Start: $17.39 rising 3 steps to $17.99
Traffic
Semi-driver
Start: $18.08 rising 3 steps to $18.68
Truck driver/equipment maintenance
Start: $17.63 rising 3 steps to $18.23
Maintenance person
Start: $17.29 rising 3 steps to $17.89
Janitor
Start: $14.59 rising 3 steps to $15.19
Equipment technician: $41.04 rising 3 steps to $43.31
Feed plant
Shipper/receiver
Start: $18.71 rising 3 steps to $19.31
Mixer
Start: $18.63 rising 3 steps to $19.23
Utility person
Start: $21 rising 3 steps to $21.60
Mill hand
Start: $18.89 rising 3 steps to $19.49
Maintenance person
Start: $22.88 rising 3 steps to $23.48
Editor’s notes: Medical exams: Employer will pay cost of medical exams required for traffic department employees, maximum $150 per exam. For employees younger than 45, once every 5 years; for employees older than 45, once every 2 years; for employees older than 55, once per year.
