{"id":476,"date":"2022-09-30T19:34:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T02:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:56:23","slug":"article-vii-wages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/?page_id=476","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE VII – WAGES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Section 1:  Wage Scale<\/strong><\/p>\n

The wage scale for the term of this Agreement will be as per the Rates of Pay section of this Agreement.<\/p>\n

Lump sum payment of $5,000 for year 1 (option to put into an RRSP as per company policy)<\/p>\n

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  • 4% effective May 1, 2025<\/li>\n
  • 4% effective May 1, 2026<\/li>\n
  • 3% effective May 1, 2027<\/li>\n
  • 2.5% effective May 1, 2028<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Provide a trades adjustment (excluding Shift Engineers) as follows:<\/p>\n

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    • $2.00 per hour, effective May 1, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Provide Shift Engineers adjustment as follows:<\/p>\n

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      • $3.00 per hour, effective May 1, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Note: Trades adjustment applied first before percentage (part of the pattern).<\/p>\n

        Section 2:  Shift Differential<\/strong><\/p>\n

        (a)<\/strong> Where tour work is scheduled 8-4, 4-12 and 12-8, the following shift differentials will be paid in addition to the hourly rate on all work performed:<\/p>\n

                                                                    (% of Base Rate)<\/p>\n

              8:00 am to 4:00 pm                         2.00%<\/p>\n

              4:00 pm to 12:00 am                       3.55%<\/p>\n

              12:00 am to 8:00 am                       4.50%<\/p>\n

        (b) 7-1\/2 Hour Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

        A special differential of seven (7) cents per hour will be applied to those employees on a 3-shift, 7-1\/2 hour day, 5-days per week schedule, while on this schedule.<\/p>\n

        Such differentials shall be paid in addition to an employee\u2019s regular rate of compensation but are not to be added to the wage rates for the purpose of calculating overtime.<\/p>\n

        Section 3:  Continuous Operating Premium<\/strong><\/p>\n

        (a) Tour Workers<\/strong> following compressed work week schedules shall be paid the following shift differential in addition to the hourly rate for all work performed as follows:<\/p>\n

                                         (% of Base Rate)<\/p>\n

              8:00am to 8:00pm                      2.50%<\/p>\n

              8:00pm to 8:00am                      4.25%<\/p>\n

        (b) Tour Workers<\/strong> not employed on a 20 or 21 shifts per week schedule:<\/p>\n

                                         (% of Base Rate)<\/p>\n

              4:00pm to 12:00am                   2.25%<\/p>\n

              12:00am to 8:00am                   3.25%<\/p>\n

        (c) Day Workers<\/strong> scheduled in advance to work on other than their normal day shift will receive shift differential in addition to the hourly rate for all work performed as follows:<\/p>\n

                                         (% of Base Rate)<\/p>\n

              4:00 pm to 12:00 am                  2.25%<\/p>\n

              12:00 am to 8:00 am                 3.25%<\/p>\n

        Note:  Day Workers normally scheduled in excess of eight (8) hours in a day will receive the appropriate shift differential for all hours in excess of eight (8) hours as outlined above.<\/p>\n

        (d) All Employees<\/strong><\/p>\n

              The Company shall not include the shift differential in any employee\u2019s wage rate for the calculation of overtime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Section 1:  Wage Scale The wage scale for the term of this Agreement will be as per the Rates of Pay section of this Agreement. Lump sum payment of $5,000 for year 1 (option to put into an RRSP as per company policy) 4% effective May 1, 2025 4% effective May 1, 2026 3% effective […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-476","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":884,"href":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions\/884"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unifor456.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}