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Edmonton (19 truck drivers) and the Teamsters Local 362

Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2019.

Wage adjustments:
Effective upon ratification: 25¢
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 40¢
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 50¢
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 35¢

Shift premium: 75¢ per hour for shifts commencing between 1:59 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 75¢ per hour for lead hand.

Paid holidays: 10 days. 8 hours’ pay at regular rate, plus shift premium and lead hand rate when an employee is required to work on a statutory holiday.

Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start (pro rata), 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 15 years. Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 6 weeks after 25 years. An employee who accepts gainful employment while on vacation without express permission may be terminated.

Overtime: Time and one-half for the first 2 hours of overtime, double time for any hours worked thereafter. No employee required to work more than 8 hours of overtime per week and every effort will be made to give employee at least 2 hours’ notice that they are required for duty. Overtime may be banked as time off in lieu of compensation, up to 40 hours accrued per year.

Medical benefits: Prairie Teamsters Health and Welfare Plan. No other details available.

Pension: $3 per hour for all hours worked contributed by employer to Teamsters Prairie Provinces Pension Plan effective upon ratification. $3.25 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2016. Employees become eligible for pension plan after 1 year.

Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an immediate family member. That includes employee’s spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepsons, stepdaughters, grandfather, grandmother, or employee’s spouse’s grandfather or grandmother. 1 additional day for travel if funeral is out of town, more than 600 miles round trip.

Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. 18 months for employees with at least 5 years of seniority.

Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ work guaranteed or 2 hours’ pay at double time.

Probationary period: 3 months.

Safety shoes: $150 per year for CSA-approved boots.

Uniforms/clothing: Any required uniform to be supplied by employer. Employee must furnish at own expense appropriate clothing (shoes, gloves and winter protective wear) in order to perform the job efficiently and safely. Gloves, rubber or leather aprons and coveralls or smocks provided for employees handling fish, meat, frozen butter, hides, creosoted commodities, spun glass, lamp black, barbed wire, acids, dirty oil drums, or ore concentrates in bulk. Protective clothing for employees that may be exposed to hazardous material when handling noxious or toxic chemicals. Hearing protection to be made available to all employees.

Sample rates of pay, current:
Dockmen, full-time: $22.30 per hour
Dockmen, part-time: $18.55

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