General Presidents’ Maintenance Agreement — Suncor And Nexen Long Lake Site

Fort McMurray, Alta. (3,000 service and maintenance employees) and the Labourers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)

Renewal agreement: Effective April 3, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2017. Signed on April 3, 2016.

Shift premium:
$1 per hour for foremen with industrial construction crew supervisor status. $1.50, effective May 7, 2017.

Paid holidays:
11 days.

Vacations with pay:
6% to start, 7% after 3 years, 8% after 7 years, 9% after 10 years and 10% after 12 years.

Overtime:
20 hours of overtime per week maximum. Time and one-half for first 4 hours of overtime Monday through Friday (previously 2 hours) and double time for all hours thereafter. Double time for all hours worked Sundays and statutory holidays.

Meal allowance:
1 meal if working overtime in excess of 10 hours.

Bereavement leave:
3 days for immediate family, including spouse, child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling when employee has over 3 years of service.

Call-in pay:
2 hours’ pay if employee called in and no work available. Minimum 4 hours’ pay minimum if employee called in after regular shift.

Safety shoes:
$150.

Uniforms/clothing:
2 pairs of coveralls per year.

Mileage
: $220 each way in total (previously $216).

Sample rates of pay
:
Boilermakers, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 2% increase):
Journeyman: $44.06
Push: $47.21
Foreman: $49.56
General foreman: $51.56
Boilermakers, Fort McMurray only (current, after 2% increase):
Journeyman: $44.81
Push: $47.96
Foreman: $50.31
General foreman: $52.31
Carpenters, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $41.18
Foreman: $45.68
General foreman: $47.68
Carpenters, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $41.93
Foreman: $46.43
General foreman: $48.43
Cement masons, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $41.31
Foreman: $45.81
Cement masons, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $42.06
Foreman: $46.56
Plasterers, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $41.67
Foreman: $45.84
Plasterers, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $42.42
Foreman: $46.66
Electricians, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $46.43
Push: $50.14
Foreman: $54.32
General foreman: $58.04
Boilermakers, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $47.18
Push: $50.95
Foreman: $55.20
General foreman: $58.98
Insulators, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $41.93
Foreman: $47.02
Insulators, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $42.68
Foreman: $47.77
Iron workers (structural), excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1.5% increase):
Journeyman: $42.10
Foreman: $47.60
Iron workers (structural), Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $42.85
Foreman: $48.35
Iron workers (rebar), excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $38.77
Push: $40.71
Foreman: $42.65
Iron workers (rebar), Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $39.52
Push: $41.50
Foreman: $43.47
Labourers, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1.5% increase):
Journeyman: $34.99
Foreman: $38.49
Labourers, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $35.74
Foreman: $39.31
Millwrights, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $44.75
Foreman: $50.25
General foreman: $52.25
Millwrights, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $45.50
Foreman: $51
General foreman: $53
Operating engineers, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $44.03
Foreman: $49.28
General foreman: $51.03
Operating engineers, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $44.78
Foreman: $50.03
General foreman: $51.78
Painters, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $42.58
Foreman: $48.97
General foreman: $51.10
Painters, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $43.33
Foreman: $49.58
General foreman: $51.66
Pipefitters, excluding Fort McMurray, Local 488 (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $45.04
Foreman: $50.54
General foreman: $52.54
Pipefitters, excluding Fort McMurray, Local 496 (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $45.51
Foreman: $51.01
General foreman: $53.01
Pipefitters, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $45.79
Foreman: $51.29
General foreman: $53.29
HVAC & refrigeration, excluding Fort McMurray (current):
Journeyman: $48.36
Foreman: $53.20
HVAC & refrigeration, Fort McMurray only (current):
Journeyman: $48.36
Foreman: $53.20
Sheet metal workers, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $44.96
Foreman: $48.96
General foreman: $49.96
Sheet metal workers, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1.4% increase):
Journeyman: $45.71
Foreman: $49.71
General foreman: $50.71
Teamsters, excluding Fort McMurray (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $39.01
Push: $43.76
Foreman: $44.26
Teamsters, Fort McMurray only (current, after 1% increase):
Journeyman: $39.76
Push: $44.51
Foreman: $45.01

Editor’s notes:
Meal break: 30-minute paid break but no pay for noon break on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Stand-by duty: 2 hours’ pay at double time. Relocation expenses: $1,000 to offset cost of car allowance from Edmonton to Fort McMurray, 2 days' lodging, 2 days of meals for employee and dependants, 2 days’ pay. Employer will also cover cost to ship up to 5,000 lbs of furniture and personal belongings or $650 to rent a trailer.  Specialty welders: $175 payment for each specialty ticket the employer requires the employee to test/re-qualify for (previously $150).

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