Fleischmann’s Yeast Calgary

Calgary (22 production employees, millwrights, electricians, engineers) and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 955

Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2022. Ratified on April 30, 2018. Signed on June 22, 2018.
Shift premium: $0.75 per hour for afternoon shift; $1.20 per hour for night shift. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: $0.85 per hour for afternoon shift; $1.45 per hour for night shift.
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floating holiday. 
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years (for employees attaining seniority before May 1, 2018), 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 15 years. 
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after daily schedule of hours. Double time after 10 hours per day. Time and one-half for first 10 hours on Saturday. Double time for all work on Sunday. 
Meal allowance: $15 after more than 2 hours of overtime in conjunction with regular shift. 
Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Employer pays maximum $92 for family coverage, $46 for single coverage for Alberta Health Care Insurance premiums.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parent, spouse, child, grandchild, grandparent, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law). 1 day for death of spouse’s brother, sister. 1 additional week, without pay, if funeral is outside of Calgary. 
Seniority – recall rights: One-half of employee’s length of service or 6 months, whichever is less; 12 months after 5 years of service. 
Call-in pay: Minimum of 4 hours’ pay at regular hourly rate or applicable premium rate for time worked, whichever is greater.
Probationary period: 18 consecutive weeks of employment.
Severance: 1 1/2 weeks per year of service, maximum 40 weeks, after 1 year of service. 
Safety shoes: $155 for approved pair of safety shoes or boots. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $175.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide and launder work clothing for all employees (cotton-based for maintenance and engineers). Protective cold-weather clothing will be held in plant store room and may be drawn by employees assigned to work in cold areas or outdoors in cold weather.
Tool allowance: $500 per year for employees who are classified as tradespersons, including engineers.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Yeast manufacturing plant
(Primary) process-relief operator: $37.91 rising 4 steps to $41.03
Fermenter operator: $37.34 rising 4 steps to $40.42
R.V.F. operator/sanitation: $35.18 rising 4 steps to $37.89
(Secondary) process-relief operator: $35.35 rising 4 steps to $38.27
Palletizer: $28.80 rising 4 steps to $31.02
Relief-expediter bulk cream: $28.80 rising 4 steps to $31.02
5-pound-block machine operator: $32.08 rising 4 steps to $34.55
1-pound-block machine operator: $28.80 rising 4 steps to $31.02
Packers: $26.18 rising 4 steps to $28.19
Maintenance
Lead-hand: $43.12 rising 4 steps to $46.68
Journeyman millwright: $42.95 rising 4 steps to $46.49
Journeyman electrician: $43.67 rising 4 steps to $47.27
Mechanic/relief engineer: $40.19 rising 4 steps to $43.50
Relief chief power engineer: $43.12 rising 4 steps to $46.68
Power engineer: $39.56 rising 4 steps to $42.82
General
Expediter (bulk): $35.18 rising 4 steps to $37.89
Expediter (finished goods): $35.18 rising 4 steps to $37.89
Production dept. relief: $26.18 rising 4 steps to $28.19
Editor’s notes: Safety glasses: $300 for prescription safety glasses to all employees who require regular prescription glasses, once every 3 years. First-aid certificates: Employees classified as engineers, relief engineers, chief engineers will obtain and maintain current first-aid certificate and training in H2S Alive. Employees classified as fermenter operator will obtain and maintain current first-aid certificate. Attendance bonus: Full-time employees will accumulate 1 3/4 days (may be used to cover for illness) for each quarter per year for not being absent from work, maximum 5 days. Any subsequent days will be paid out as cash bonus.
 

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