Windsor, Ont. (40 ramp attendants, operations, maintenance employees, accountants, clerks, cafe/lounge workers) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), UCTE, Local 00012
Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020. Signed on July 1, 2017.
Shift premium: $2.50 per hour (previously $1.41 per hour) for each hour worked as mandatory foreman for that shift. $175 biweekly allowance for airport operations specialist training officer once qualified.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 27 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for work after regularly scheduled hours, double time after 4 hours of overtime. Time and one-half for work on days of rest, double time after 8 hours of overtime.
Meal allowance: $17, except where free meal is provided, for employee who works 4 or more consecutive hours of overtime on regular working day. Additional $17 for each subsequent 4-hour period of overtime.
Medical benefits: Green Shield Canada plan.
Sick leave: 5.625 hours for each month in which employee received pay for at least 75 hours, maximum 520 hours accumulation.
LTD: La Capitale Insurance and Financial Services plan.
Life insurance: La Capitale Insurance and Financial Services plan.
Pension: Employees automatically become members of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Plan, which is DB plan, on date of hire.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law partner, same-sex partner, father-in-law, mother-in-law, child, stepchild, ward, parent, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law; child, parent, brother, sister, grandparent of employee’s spouse or common-law partner, other relative permanently residing in employee’s household).
Call-in pay: 4 hours at applicable overtime rate for each call-in, maximum 10 hours’ pay at applicable overtime rate per 10-hour period or applicable rate of overtime for all time worked, whichever is greater.
Probationary period: Full winter season’s operations or 6 months service, whichever is greater for operations staff; 6 months for all other newly hired employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for level 1 disciplinary action (formal letter of reprimand, notice on file of verbal warning but no suspension); 24 months for level 2 disciplinary action (suspension without pay for up to 5 days); 48 months for level 3 disciplinary action (suspension without pay in excess of 5 days).
Severance: After 12 months of employment, 2 weeks’ pay for first year of employment; 1 week’s pay for each additional year.
Safety shoes: $175 per year for approved safety footwear. $50 per year to café, lounge employees for non-slip safety shoes.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply employees with uniforms, required clothing, when employees are required to wear uniforms.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Operations
Airport-maintenance specialist (AMS)
Trainee: $18.50 rising 3 steps to $19.25
Certified: $21.97 rising 3 steps to $22.86
Advanced: $25.04 rising 3 steps to $26.05
Supervisor: $25.74 rising 3 steps to $26.79
Coordinator: $26.37 rising 3 steps to $27.44
Airport-operations specialist (AOS)
Advanced: $25.97 rising 3 steps to $27.02
Specialist: $27.10 rising 3 steps to $28.21
Manager of operations: $33.71 rising 3 steps to $37.36
Ground handlers
Ramp attendant: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $15.30
Manager of ground handling: $28.21 rising 3 steps to $28.78
General labour: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $15.30
Student: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $15.30
Finance
General ledger accountant: $28.21 rising 3 steps to $28.78
A/P-A/R clerk: $24.11 rising 3 steps to $25.10
Revenue clerk: $19.19 rising 3 steps to $19.98
Administration
Cafe/lounge attendant: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $15.30
Lounge/cafe supervisor: $22.42 rising 3 steps to $26.17
Editor’s notes: Training: Subject to budgetary restraints, employer will pay for 1 training course (maximum 3 days) for all members of union-management committee each year. Cost of training, including fees and travel costs, will not exceed $3,000 per year without consent of employer. Standby pay: One-half hour’s pay at straight time for each 4 consecutive hours on standby. Supplemental benefit: If employee is temporarily laid off, employee will receive 90% of salary for first 2 weeks of layoff; 35% of salary, maximum length of 15 weeks, dependent upon how long employee is temporarily laid off. Parking: Employer will provide parking to all employees at no cost.
Shift premium: $2.50 per hour (previously $1.41 per hour) for each hour worked as mandatory foreman for that shift. $175 biweekly allowance for airport operations specialist training officer once qualified.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 27 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for work after regularly scheduled hours, double time after 4 hours of overtime. Time and one-half for work on days of rest, double time after 8 hours of overtime.
Meal allowance: $17, except where free meal is provided, for employee who works 4 or more consecutive hours of overtime on regular working day. Additional $17 for each subsequent 4-hour period of overtime.
Medical benefits: Green Shield Canada plan.
Sick leave: 5.625 hours for each month in which employee received pay for at least 75 hours, maximum 520 hours accumulation.
LTD: La Capitale Insurance and Financial Services plan.
Life insurance: La Capitale Insurance and Financial Services plan.
Pension: Employees automatically become members of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Plan, which is DB plan, on date of hire.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law partner, same-sex partner, father-in-law, mother-in-law, child, stepchild, ward, parent, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law; child, parent, brother, sister, grandparent of employee’s spouse or common-law partner, other relative permanently residing in employee’s household).
Call-in pay: 4 hours at applicable overtime rate for each call-in, maximum 10 hours’ pay at applicable overtime rate per 10-hour period or applicable rate of overtime for all time worked, whichever is greater.
Probationary period: Full winter season’s operations or 6 months service, whichever is greater for operations staff; 6 months for all other newly hired employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for level 1 disciplinary action (formal letter of reprimand, notice on file of verbal warning but no suspension); 24 months for level 2 disciplinary action (suspension without pay for up to 5 days); 48 months for level 3 disciplinary action (suspension without pay in excess of 5 days).
Severance: After 12 months of employment, 2 weeks’ pay for first year of employment; 1 week’s pay for each additional year.
Safety shoes: $175 per year for approved safety footwear. $50 per year to café, lounge employees for non-slip safety shoes.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply employees with uniforms, required clothing, when employees are required to wear uniforms.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Operations
Airport-maintenance specialist (AMS)
Trainee: $18.50 rising 3 steps to $19.25
Certified: $21.97 rising 3 steps to $22.86
Advanced: $25.04 rising 3 steps to $26.05
Supervisor: $25.74 rising 3 steps to $26.79
Coordinator: $26.37 rising 3 steps to $27.44
Airport-operations specialist (AOS)
Advanced: $25.97 rising 3 steps to $27.02
Specialist: $27.10 rising 3 steps to $28.21
Manager of operations: $33.71 rising 3 steps to $37.36
Ground handlers
Ramp attendant: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $15.30
Manager of ground handling: $28.21 rising 3 steps to $28.78
General labour: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $15.30
Student: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $15.30
Finance
General ledger accountant: $28.21 rising 3 steps to $28.78
A/P-A/R clerk: $24.11 rising 3 steps to $25.10
Revenue clerk: $19.19 rising 3 steps to $19.98
Administration
Cafe/lounge attendant: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $15.30
Lounge/cafe supervisor: $22.42 rising 3 steps to $26.17
Editor’s notes: Training: Subject to budgetary restraints, employer will pay for 1 training course (maximum 3 days) for all members of union-management committee each year. Cost of training, including fees and travel costs, will not exceed $3,000 per year without consent of employer. Standby pay: One-half hour’s pay at straight time for each 4 consecutive hours on standby. Supplemental benefit: If employee is temporarily laid off, employee will receive 90% of salary for first 2 weeks of layoff; 35% of salary, maximum length of 15 weeks, dependent upon how long employee is temporarily laid off. Parking: Employer will provide parking to all employees at no cost.
