Exhibit 10.21
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. and
or their successors and/or their
assigns, hereinafter called the
"Company", OF THE FIRST PART
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LOCAL 7226
hereinafter called the "Union",
OF THE SECOND PART
EFFECTIVE:
From January 1, 1998
To December 31, 2000
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Article Page
1 Purpose of Agreement 1
2 Union Recognition 1
2.04 Contracting out 1
3 No Discrimination 2
4 Management 2
5 Union Security 3
6 Grievances 3
7 Arbitration 5
8 Discharge and Disciplinary Procedure 6
9 Seniority 7
9.02 Probationary Period 7
9.03 Seniority Retention and Accumulation 8
9.04 Loss of Seniority 8
9.05 Seniority List 9
9.06 Transfer to Jobs Outside of Bargaining Unit 9
9.07 Job Postings 10
9.09 Recall Procedure 12
9.10 Temporary Transfer 12
9.11 Lines of Progression 13
10 Lay-off 13
10.01 Lay-off Status Defined 13
10.02 Lay-off Notice 14
11 Leave of Absence 15
11.04 Leave to Attend Union Business 15
11.05 Leave for Union Employment 16
11.06 Failure to Return from Leave 16
12 Safety and Health 17
13 Handicapped Employees 18
14 Union Representatives 18
15 Established Practices 18
16 Bulletin Boards 18
17 Committeemen and Stewards 18
18 Hours of Work 19
18.01 Definition of Day and Work Day 19
18.02 Purpose of Defining Work Day and Work Week 19
18.03 Definition of Work Week 20
18.04 Shift and Work Schedules 20
18.05 Definition of Shifts 20
18.06 Shift Premiums 20
18.07 Lunch Periods 21
19 Overtime 21
19.02 Hours Worked in Excess 21
19.03 Hours Worked on Saturday 21
19.04 Hours Worked on Sunday 21
19.05 Exceptions to Daily Overtime 21
19.06 Lunch Periods 22
19.07 Overtime Lunches 22
19.08 Notice of Overtime 23
20 Statutory Holidays 23
20.02 Holiday Pay Allowance 24
20.03 Pay for Work on Holidays 24
21 Wages 24
21.03 Standard Hourly Wage Scale 25
21.09 Out of Line Differentials 27
21.17 Temporary Transfer 28
21.18 Learner Rates 28
21.28 Trade or Craft and Assigned Maintenance Convention 30
21.29 Incentives 31
21.30 General 31
21.32 Leave of Absence for Union C.W.S. Committee 31
21.33 Pay Days 31
21.34 Reporting Pay 32
21.35 Call Out Pay 32
21.36 Pay for Jury Service 32
21.37 Pay on Day of Injury 32
21.38 Bereavement Pay 33
21.39 Elimination of Bargaining Unit Jobs 33
22 Vacations 34
22.01 Vacation Year 34
22.02 Length of Vacation 34
22.03 Vacation Pay 35
22.07 Vacation Schedules 37
22.08 Christmas Shutdown 38
23 Insurance Benefit Program 38
23.01 Benefits 38
23.02 Pension Plan 39
24 Appendices 39
25 Copies of Agreement 40
25.02 Letters of Understanding and Agreement 40
26 Duration of Agreement 40
Appendices Page
Appendix (A) Cooperative Wage Study 42
Appendix (B) Learner Period Classification Analysis 42
Appendix (C) Schedule of Classifications 43
Appendix (D) Hours of Work Schedule 46
Appendix (E) Insurance Benefit Program 51
Appendix (F) Tradesmen's Tools 62
Appendix (G) Protective Clothing 62
Appendix (H) Lockers 63
Xxxxxxxx (X) Xxxxxxx Xxxx 00
Xxxxxxxx (X) Lines of Progression 67
Appendix (K) Emergency Procedures 71
Appendix (L) Supplementary Unemployment Benefit 77
Letters of Understanding and Agreement
Initiation Fee 94
Pay for Union Business 95
Education Fund 96
Day Shift for Union President 97
Humanities Fund 98
Steelworkers' Savings Plan 99
Severance Adjustment Allowance 100
Group Leader Positions 102
Crew Movement - Oil Country 104
Safety Equipment Trust Fund 106
Safety Monitoring 108
Apprentice Training Agreement 109
Employee Empowerment 122
Signing Bonus 125
Profit Sharing 126
Retiree Bonus Plan 127
Alphabetical Reference Guide Back pages
ARTICLE 1 - PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT
1.01 Whereas the parties agree that it is mutually beneficial and desirable to
arrange and maintain fair and equitable earnings, labour standards, wage rates
and working conditions to obtain efficient operations, to protect the safety and
health of employees and to provide machinery for the adjustment of disputes
which may arise between the parties hereto. THEREFORE, the Company and the Union
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 2 - UNION RECOGNITION
2.01 The Company recognizes the Union as a sole and exclusive bargaining agent
for: all employees of the Company at its Calgary operations excepting office,
clerical and technical staff, plant security officers, office janitors, foremen
and supervisors with authority to hire and/or fire.
2.02 The terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement shall have full force
and effect for all employees in the Bargaining Unit, as described in Article
2.01.
2.03 (a) Persons whose regular jobs are not in the Bargaining Unit shall not
work on any jobs which are included in the Bargaining Unit except for the
purposes of instructions, experimenting, in emergencies when Bargaining Unit
employees are not available. (b) Emergencies when Bargaining Unit employees are
not available, shall be meant to include manpower shortages due to lateness and
unauthorized absenteeism. The Company will make every effort to place a suitable
Bargaining Unit employee in that position as soon as possible.
Contracting Out
2.04 (a) Whenever practicable, the Company will not contract out work normally
performed by members of the Bargaining Unit for which qualified employees are
available. (b) In the application of Article 2.04 (a), the Company and the Union
recognize the need to work toward the efficient utilization of Bargaining Unit
employees so as to minimize the requirement to contract out work and as such the
following has been agreed to: A Contracting Out Committee will be established,
consisting of up to three (3) representatives of the Company and three (3)
representatives appointed by the Union. This Committee shall meet on the 2nd
Tuesday of January, April, June and September, or as may be mutually agreed. All
information will be disclosed by the Company to enable this Committee to make
the necessary recommendations as to which work will be contracted out and which
work will be performed by Bargaining Unit employees. Any and all information
supplied shall be kept in the strictest confidence. Where agreement cannot be
reached by this Committee the Union may file a grievance of a general nature at
Step 3 of the Grievance Procedure. (c) When the Company feels it is necessary
because of equipment, knowledge, skill or time considerations to have other
companies perform such work, it shall be in accordance with, and subject to,
conditions set out in Article 2.04 (a) and (b).
ARTICLE 3 - NO DISCRIMINATION OR HARASSMENT
3.01 The Company and the Union agree that there will be no discrimination
against any employee because of race, creed, colour, sex, national origin, union
membership or union activity, or any other grounds covered by applicable
legislation.
3.02 The Company and the Union agree there will be no harassment of an employee
for any reason.
ARTICLE 4 - MANAGEMENT
4.01 The Union recognizes that it is the function of Management to manage the
affairs of the business, and to direct the working forces of the Company subject
to the terms of this Agreement.
4.02 Such Management function shall be: (a) To determine the products and
schedules of production, the locations of production, and the methods and
sequence of manufacturing processes. (b) To maintain discipline of employees
including the right to make reasonable rules and regulations, provided, however,
that any dispute as to the reasonableness of such rules and regulations or any
dispute involving claims of discrimination against any employee in the
application of such rules and regulations shall be subject to the grievance
procedure of this Agreement. (c) To discharge, suspend or discipline employees
for just and reasonable cause, and also hire, transfer, promote, demote and to
assign employees to shifts with due regard to seniority in Article 9 of this
contract.
4.03 The Company shall not direct the working forces in a discriminatory manner.
ARTICLE 5 - UNION SECURITY
5.01 Effective upon date of hiring, all employees within the Collective
Bargaining Unit covered by the Agreement shall become members and maintain
membership in the Union, as a condition of employment.
5.02 The Company shall deduct from the wages of each employee in the Bargaining
Unit, union dues, initiation fees and assessments in the amount certified by the
Union to the Company to be currently in effect according to the Union
constitution. The total amount so deducted with an itemized statement of same,
in duplicate, shall be forwarded to the Union prior to the end of the month in
which said deductions are made in the manner provided for in Section 5.04
hereof.
5.03 Union members are to be supplied with union deduction totals for income tax
purposes. The Company agrees to show on employees T4 slips the total union
deductions for the previous taxation year.
5.04 Cheques shall be made payable to the United Steelworkers of America. Until
further notice from the Union, all cheques shall be forwarded to the United
Steelworkers of America at the following address:
INTERNATIONAL TREASURER
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
X.X. XXX 0000, XXXXXXX "X"
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
X0X 0X0
and made payable as aforesaid.
5.05 The Company agrees to have all present and future employees covered by this
Agreement, as a condition of continued employment, sign an agreement authorizing
the Company to implement the provisions of this Article, and the Union agrees to
indemnify the Company, and hold it harmless against any claim which may arise in
complying with the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE 6 - GRIEVANCES
6.01 The purpose of this Article is to establish procedures for discussion,
processing and settlement of grievances, as defined in Section 6.02 of this
Article.
6.02 "Grievance" as used in this Agreement is a complaint or request involving
any matter relating to wages, hours or working conditions, including any
question of interpretation or application of, or compliance with, the provisions
of this Agreement, and shall only relate to or concern any grievance which has
arisen or arises subsequent to the date of this Agreement.
6.03 Union Officers, Stewards and Committeemen, with the approval of their
immediate supervisor, shall be permitted to leave their jobs to investigate and
adjust grievances and to attend to their duties under this Agreement.
6.04 Any grievance must be presented within ten (10) working days of its
occurrence or otherwise it shall not be considered. In the case of a grievance
concerning wages, the ten (10) working day period shall date from the date on
which the employee receives his pay cheque.
6.05 The grievance committeeman with or without the aggrieved employee may Step
1 present the grievance to the employee's immediate salaried supervisor. The
supervisor shall make his reply verbally or in writing within two (2) days of
receipt of the grievance. 6.05 Should the grievance committeeman or the employee
be dissatisfied with the Step 2 Company disposition of such complaint or
request, he may refer such matter on a written form to management within three
(3) further working days. Management shall answer the grievance in writing
within three (3) working days or a time mutually agreed upon. 6.05 If no
settlement is reached in Step Two (2), the grievance committee and Step 3
representatives of management will meet within seven (7) working days to discuss
the complaint. The Union's representative may be in attendance at this meeting.
If the grievance is not then settled, then at the request of either party to
this Agreement the grievance may be referred to arbitration. If notice of
arbitration is not given within a further twenty (20) calendar days, unless
further time is mutually agreed upon, the grievance will be deemed to have been
settled.
6.06 The Union and the Company shall have the right to initiate a group
grievance or a grievance of a general nature, at Step Three (3) of the grievance
procedure.
6.07 If the Union does not advance a grievance from Step One (1) to Step Two
(2), or from Step Two (2) to Step Three (3) with-in the agreed time limit, the
grievance shall be considered withdrawn. Failure of the Company to reply to the
grievance at any step shall automatically advance the grievance to the next
step.
ARTICLE 7 - ARBITRATION
7.01 Whenever pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement a reference to
arbitration is involved, the Company or the Union shall, within twenty (20) days
following receipt of a decision in step (3) notify the other party, in writing,
of intent to arbitrate. This notice shall: (a) state the matter at issue and in
what respect the agreement has been violated or misinterpreted by reference to
the specific clause or clauses relied upon. Notwithstanding the above, the board
may take into consideration all matters, clauses and evidence which in its
opinion has a bearing on the grievance or question referred to arbitration, and
(b) state the nature of the relief or remedy sought.
7.02 (a) Single Arbitrator The Company and the Union agree that the following
persons constitute the panel of arbitrators from which will be selected a single
arbitrator for each grievance requiring arbitration under this Agreement: 1.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx 2. Xxx Xxxxxxx 3. Xxxxx Xxxxxx 4. Xxxx Xxxxxxx (b) Selection of
Arbitrator The method of selecting a single arbitrator shall be by rotation,
starting with the order of the names listed above. If the arbitrator so selected
is unable to act, then the arbitrator next on the list of names shall be
selected. Unless otherwise agreed to, a single arbitrator will be appointed for
each grievance or group grievance. No member of the panel of arbitrators may be
removed from the panel unless it is mutually agreed upon by the Company and the
Union. If a member of the panel is unable to continue to act as an arbitrator, a
new member may be appointed; the appointment is to be mutually agreed upon by
the Company and the Union.
7.03 At any stage of the grievance procedure including arbitration the confer
ring parties may have the assistance of the employee or employees concerned and
any necessary witnesses, and all reasonable arrangement will be made to permit
the conferring parties to have access to the plant and to view disputed
operations.
7.04 The arbitrator shall have power to deal with matters involving the
interpretation, application or alleged violation of this Agreement and shall not
rule on any other matter nor shall they have the right to alter, amend, set
aside, add to or delete from any one of the provisions herein contained, nor to
render any decision which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement
or the Statutes of Alberta.
7.05 All time limits specified in Articles 6 and 7 shall be deemed to be
exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and Company recognized holidays and may be
extended by mutual consent of the parties or by the Arbitrator.
7.06 Each of the parties concerned shall pay its own costs and the fees and
expenses of witnesses called by it and its representatives. The fees and
expenses of the Arbitrator, stenographic assistance and rents shall be shared
equally between the parties.
7.07 The parties agree to abide by the provisions of Articles 6 and 7 as the
only means of resolving any difference which may arise during the term of this
Agreement, and all employees shall continue to work as usual and the Company
shall continue its normal operating practices.
ARTICLE 8 - DISCHARGE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE
8.01 Management shall not take disciplinary action without first warning the
employee, unless the circumstances justify immediate suspension or discharge. In
the event of a claim that an employee has been discharged or suspended unjustly
or unreasonably, the grievance shall be filed at Step Three (3) of the grievance
procedure within five (5) working days.
8.02 (a) Warnings shall be given in writing to the employee and a copy shall be
sent by mail to the Union. The Company and the Union agree that disciplinary
penalties shall not be imposed unreasonably or unjustly. In cases where
justified penalties and warnings (excluding dismissals) have been given to an
employee, it is understood and agreed that if an employee is not given a
justified penalty and/or warning within a continuous period of nine (9) months,
his employment record shall be cleared of any deficiencies, and shall not be
used against the employee thereafter. (b) An employee who the Company intends to
suspend shall be retained at or returned to active work until any grievance
contesting such suspension is finally resolved through the grievance procedure.
8.03 If it is determined or agreed at any steps in the grievance procedure or
decided by an arbitrator that an employee has been disciplined or discharged
unjustly, the Management shall put him back on his job with no loss of
seniority, and they shall pay the employee the amount he would have earned had
he been working or by any other arrangement as to compensation, which is just
and equitable in the opinion of the parties or in the opinion of the arbitrator
if the matter is referred to such an arbitrator.
8.04 Any employee who is discharged, laid off or leaves of his own accord shall
be paid all wages due him on the pay day when such wages would normally be due
and payable, unless otherwise mutually agreed between the Company and the Union.
8.05 No employee shall be subject to any disciplinary action by a xxxxxxx or
supervisor without having a Union representative present, where such action is
to be part of an employee's record.
8.06 The Union shall be immediately notified, in writing, as to reasons for the
dismissal of any member of the Bargaining Unit.
ARTICLE 9 - SENIORITY
9.01 (a) The parties recognize that job opportunity and seniority shall increase
in proportion to length of service. It is, therefore, agreed that in all cases
of vacancy, promotion, transfer, lay-off, termination and rehiring after lay-off
or termination, senior employees shall be entitled to preference. (b) In
recognition, however, of the responsibility of Management for the efficient
operation of the plant, it is understood and agreed that in all such cases,
Management shall have the right to pass over any employee, if it is able to
establish with the employee and the Union, that he does not have the ability or
the physical fitness to perform the work with due regard to Article 6 of this
Agreement.
9.02 PROBATIONARY PERIOD - A new employee shall be on probation for a period of
ninety (90) calendar days. Upon completion of the probationary period, an
employee shall acquire seniority status, and shall be credited with service from
his original hiring date. A probationary employee laid off for lack of work
shall, if rehired within a twelve (12) month period, be credited with time
worked prior to lay-off as a probationary employee.
Article 6 shall not apply to probationary employees, except in cases involving
discrimination.
9.03 SENIORITY RETENTION AND ACCUMULATION - Seniority shall be retained and
shall accumulate during: (a) absence from work due to an injury or sickness
covered by the Workers' Compensation Act until certified by the Compensation
Board as being able to return to work in the Bargaining Unit, subject to 9.04(f)
below; (b) authorized leave of absence; (c) lay-off subject to Section 9.04(d);
(d) absence from work due to medically certified illness or injury, subject to
9.04(f) below; (e) while serving in the Armed Forces during period of national
emergency; (f) while serving in the Armed Force reserve for periods of up to one
year.
9.04 LOSS OF SENIORITY - An employee shall lose his seniority standing and his
name shall be removed from all seniority lists for any one of the following
reasons: (a) If an employee quits; (b) If the employee is discharged for proper
cause, and is not reinstated in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement; (c) If the employee is laid off and fails to notify the Company
within five (5) working days of his intention as to whether he intends to return
to work or not, after having been notified to do so by the Company by registered
mail to his last known address, and fails to return to work in ten (10) working
days after receipt of the registered notice, as stated above; copy of such
notice to be sent to the Union. Exceptions to this rule will be extenuating
circumstances. It is the responsibility of laid off employees to keep the
Company informed of their addresses and telephone numbers. (d) on the date on
which the above registered letter has been returned to the Company from the post
office. (e) If he has been on lay-off because of lack of work for a period equal
to his time of seniority or twenty-four (24) months, whichever is greater; (f)
employees who have ceased to receive Disability Benefits from either the Workers
Compensation Board or the Short or Long Term Disability Benefits, under this
Collective Agreement, and are unable to return to active employment in the
Company for medical reasons, or, who have completed job retraining from the
Worker's Compensation Board shall not accumulate further seniority from the date
of such discontinuation of benefits. Employees who are not accumulating
seniority under this article shall not be eligible for further benefits under
this Collective Agreement (including pension and insurance benefit program)
until such time as they are medically fit to return to active employment in the
Company.
9.05 SENIORITY LIST - The Company shall prepare a plant-wide seniority list and
present same to the Union within thirty (30) days of the signing of this
Agreement. Said lists shall commence with the employee with most seniority,
carry on downward to the employee with least seniority, and contain the
following information: (a) employee's starting date; (b) employee's name and
clock number. Additional revised lists will be furnished to the Union as
requested from time to time, and within ten (10) days of said request. The Union
agrees not to make such requests more frequently than once every two (2) months.
Seniority lists shall include all Bargaining Unit employees on the payroll at
the time such seniority list is prepared.
The Company shall also prepare a maintenance department seniority list that
shall include all tradesmen and apprentices, and the starting date on such
seniority list shall be the date upon which the employee enters the maintenance
department.
Employees having the same starting date, on either the plant-wide seniority list
or the maintenance department seniority list shall appear and receive preference
in alphabetical order.
9.06 TRANSFER TO JOBS OUTSIDE OF BARGAINING UNIT -
9.06(a) Employees who are transferred through the Bargaining Unit to any other
part of the Company's service shall hold and continue to accumulate seniority in
the Bargaining Unit for a period of twelve (12) months, during which period the
Company may elect to return the employee to his former position in the
Bargaining Unit, or the employee may opt to return to the position he formerly
held in the Bargaining Unit.
9.06(b) Article 9.06 (a) shall apply provided that: 1. They have completed their
probationary period as regular employees in the Bargaining Unit, and 2. They
exercise their seniority rights or signify their intentions to do so upon the
termination of their jobs outside the Bargaining Unit. 3. They pay all dues
accrued during the transfer period outside of the Bargaining Unit. 4. All back
dues will be calculated and paid to the Union through payroll deduction by the
Company.
9.07 JOB POSTING - When preferential jobs (jobs that are normally a one shift
operation), or jobs above Job Class 4 are available, the following procedures
will govern the assignment of employees to these jobs:
(a) Job vacancy notices will be posted, within five (5) working days, on the
bulletin board for three (3) full working days, but not longer than four (4)
working days. The job requirements and qualifications shall be listed on the job
vacancy notices. The name of the successful bidder will be posted after three
(3) days of removal of notice from the bulletin board unless this time is
extended by mutual agreement. (b) Applications will be made to the Management on
a form supplied by the Company. (c) Any grievance concerning assignments made
under job posting must be filed within five (5) working days after the
assignments are posted. (d) Probationary employees shall be eligible to bid for
posted job vacancies, but the Company may assign such employees to any
vacancies, if the jobs cannot be filled by the bidding procedures. (e) A job
vacancy need not be posted a second time within thirty (30) days, if there are
enough suitable applicants from the first posting to fill the vacancy or
vacancies. (f) An employee may apply for a lower paid job in any department, or
for a job at equal pay in a different department after four (4) working months
in his current job.(g) If an employee has been a successful bidder under the job
posting provision, then he may be ruled ineligible during his next three (3)
working months for a job less than two (2) job classes higher than his
classification at the time. (h) In cases of job vacancies not being posted,
information will be supplied to the Union upon request. Employees who are
absent, while the job is up, can have one of the Union executive committee
members sign his name and the member of the Union executive must place his
initials against the name of the employee. The absent employee must request this
for each job bid from one of the executive committee members. (i) In the event
that an employee selected for the job proves to be unsuitable for the position,
he shall revert to his former position and status in accordance to seniority.
(j) In the event that a xxxxxxx wishes to discuss with an employee his
suitability for a posted job, the employee may be accompanied by a Union
committee member. (k) The Company shall provide the Union with a list of jobs
that each employee has held, or is deemed to have held, under the job posting
provision. This list shall be updated bi-yearly. (l) All requests by employees
to be taken off a bid job must be in writing and shall include an explanation
for such request. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. (m) After five
(5) days of holding a job bid, the successful bidder will receive that rate of
pay or his previous rate of pay, whichever is greater. (n) The successful bidder
must be on the job within ten (10) days of being notified as the successful
bidder. (o) For tradesmen or apprentices bidding on a job posting, other than
Maintenance department job bids which shall be determined by Maintenance
department seniority, their plant seniority shall be the seniority used to
determine their eligibility on any such job vacancy. (p) Employees requesting a
transfer, in the same job classification, between plants when one plant is on a
two shift operation and the other plant is on a three shift operation, shall be
granted such transfer request with due regard to seniority. An employee shall
not make such request more often than once every three months.
9.08 If a temporary shortage of work occurs for a period of five (5) working
days or less, employees affected shall have the option, upon the commencement of
their next regularly scheduled shift, of accepting the lay-off or filling
non-bid jobs in the labour pool, and retaining their rates of pay. (a) Filling
non-bid jobs in the labour pool shall be subject to seniority regulations in the
bumping procedure.
9.09 RECALL PROCEDURE - In the case of recall of employees on lay-off status,
the following procedure shall apply: (a) Senior employees who decline recall to
work which they are informed is temporary, and of limited duration, shall not
thereby forfeit their seniority. They shall not be eligible to displace junior
employees during the estimated period of employment for which they declined
recall, and they shall not be eligible for further temporary recall as above
until they notify the Manager, Human Resources of their subsequent availability
for work. (b) The Union shall be supplied with a list of those employees who the
Company has been unable to contact, or who have refused, for a temporary recall.
The Company and the Union shall coordinate their efforts to contact those
employees.
9.10 TEMPORARY TRANSFER (a) Temporary transfers can be made to jobs under this
Collective Agreement for a maximum of forty-five (45) calendar days to enable
the Company to meet operational requirements, or to hire and/or train employees
and pending assignments made under job posting providing that temporary
transfers will not be used to deny senior employees the right to fill jobs under
the job posting provision. Senior employees shall be entitled to the right of
refusal or acceptance of such temporary transfers. (b) Temporary transfers of
ten (10) working days or less can be made without regard to seniority
regulations in Article (a) above, but not on a continuing basis. When there is a
known vacancy, of one scheduled week or more, senior employees will be used
whenever possible. If the senior employee is not used, he shall receive the
higher of the two rates of pay.(c) The Company shall maintain a list of all
employees who are on temporary transfer. Such list shall be made available for
review by the Union at any time. (d) When an employee is off work due to illness
or accident for more than forty-five (45) days, his job will then be put up for
temporary bid. Upon returning from accident or illness, the individual will
retain his job and bump out the temporary bidder even if the temporary bidder is
senior. However, the temporary bidder shall hold recall rights to the position.
9.11 LINES OF PROGRESSION - (a) The lines of progression shall be set forth in
this Agreement, subject to any subsequent changes agreed upon between the
Company and the Union. Such changes to be in writing and signed by both parties.
Any new job established in the line of progression shall become part of the line
of progression. (b) General Terms 1. Plant seniority will be the seniority
considered for applications for bidding into a line of progression. To move up
the line of progression, an employee must have held the next lowest job listed
in that line of progression for a length of time, as defined in such line of
progression. 2. Employees can bid out of the line of progression at any time. 3.
All present employees who have in the past, bid and received any job listed in
the line of progression, will be given credit and will be able to bid into the
next higher job.
See pages 67 - 70 inclusive.
ARTICLE 10 - Lay-off
10.01 Lay-off STATUS DEFINED - Lay-off status under this Agreement provides an
employee with the right to be recalled to work in accordance with Article 9. For
the purpose of this Agreement, "lay-off" means temporary dispensation with the
services of an employee for a period exceeding five (5) working days in any one
(1) calendar month.
10.02 Lay-off Notice (a) Employees laid off because of lack of work, except for
breakdowns or reasons outside the control of the Company, shall be given five
(5) working days of notice. However, this five (5) day notice of lay-off shall
not apply to probationary employees, nor shall it apply to other employees
during the first five (5) consecutive regular working days of recall to work on
a day-to-day basis. Employees who are given five (5) days of notice of lay-off
under this Section, and who are then placed on a day-to-day employment basis
which continues without lay-off for five (5) consecutive regular working days
shall again become entitled to the five (5) day notice of lay-off, as provided
in the first sentence herein. (b) Employees with one (1) or more years of
seniority shall be given ten (10) working days notice of lay-off.
10.03 A senior employee shall have the right to displace a junior employee
provided that: (a) The senior employee has held that job by bid or is considered
to have held the job by bid. (b) The senior employee may bump only into their
most recent job on which they were the successful bidder, or they may elect to
bypass such a job and bump into the next most recent job that he has held by
bid, regardless of the job class of such a job. (c) An employee who does not
have the seniority to hold a bid job as a result of lay-off may bump into the
labour pool, providing he has the seniority to do so. (d) The procedure for
recall to bid jobs shall be in reverse order of the job bumping procedure. (e)
If any employee elects to bypass any job, he shall forfeit his recall rights to
any such job. (f) In the event an employee who has bumped into a former position
proves to be unsuitable for the position, he shall revert to his next former
position and/or status. (g) Maintenance department seniority shall determine who
bumps out of the maintenance department during a reduction in work. The
employee's plant seniority shall determine his bumping rights to any former
positions. (Subject to Article 3.04 of the Apprenticeship Agreement).
ARTICLE 11 - LEAVE OF ABSENCE
11.01 Personal Reasons - An employee will be allowed a thirty (30) day leave of
absence without pay for personal reasons, if: (a) he requests it from Management
in writing; (b) the leave is for a good reason, and does not interfere with
operations, except in emergency situations when leave shall be granted
regardless. (c) In the event that an employee is accused of an offence which
requires a court appearance, he shall be entitled to a leave of absence without
pay to attend court. (d) In the event that the employee is incarcerated while
awaiting a court appearance, and is subsequently found not guilty, the employee
shall be granted a retroactive leave of absence for such period of time.
11.02 A leave of absence will be extended for additional thirty (30) day periods
if there is a good reason, and Management and Union mutually agree. The employee
must request the extension in writing before his thirty (30) day leave is up.
11.03 (a) All requests for leave of absence, of five (5) days or less, under
this Article will be reviewed by Company representatives. The Union will be
notified of all leaves granted under this paragraph. (b) All requests for leave
of absence, of over five (5) days, under this Article will be reviewed by a
Company-Union Committee before the request is authorized or denied. This
committee shall be composed of up to three (3) Union and three (3) Company
representatives.
11.04 Leave to Attend Union Business - An employee who has been elected or
appointed by the Union to attend Union business shall be granted a leave of
absence without pay for this purpose. The Union will inform the Company of the
names of the delegates at least three (3) working days in advance. Alternate
delegates will be selected in the event of sickness or to meet work
requirements.
11.05 Leave for Union Employment - The Company shall grant an employee a leave
of absence for one (1) year to work in an official capacity for the local or
international Union. This leave may be extended for one (1) additional year by
mutual agreement between the Company and Union. There shall be a limit of one
(1) person on such leave at one (1) time. The employee must request the leave in
writing and the Union must approve it.
11.06 Failure to Return from Leave - Any leave of absence will be in writing and
no such leave will affect any employee's seniority rights when used for the
purpose granted provided he shall return to work at the expiration of such
leave. Any employee who fails to report for work upon expiration of his leave of
absence or any extension thereof shall be deemed to have voluntarily ceased
employment with the Company (except by reasons of force majeure).
11.07 (a) The Company shall compensate employees on the Negotiating Committee at
their standard hourly rate for time spent in negotiation meetings with the
Company during regular day shift hours that they would otherwise have worked. 1.
When meeting with Company for 2 hours or more, payment of a full day's pay. 2.
When meeting as a sub committee, payment of a full day's pay. 3. When Company
requests member not return to work, payment of a full day's pay. (b) During
negotiations for a new Collective Agreement, the Company will place employees,
members of the Negotiating Committee, on the day shift when meeting with
Company. (c) The Union Negotiating Committee shall consist of a maximum of five
(5) members of the Bargaining Unit and such Union International Representatives
as required.
11.08 Military Leave to participate in Reserve Force Training or Duty - a
maximum of 12 months leave of absence without pay will be granted to employees
who are members of the Reserve Force and are selected for extended, full-time
service on peacekeeping or other missions. Reservists shall give the Company a
minimum of 12 weeks advanced notice.
ARTICLE 12 - SAFETY AND HEALTH
12.01 The parties hereto recognize the importance of safety provisions in the
plant for the welfare of the employees and for the protection of the Company's
property. The Company agrees to improve and promote safe working conditions in
the plant. A Safety Committee shall be composed of up to three (3) Union and
three (3) Company representatives and it is agreed that the minutes of every
meeting shall be made available to each member of the committee and a copy to
the Compensation Board.
12.02 Pay for Safety Committee Meetings held outside regular working hours shall
be at straight time rates.
12.03 The Company will maintain a first aid station for the emergency treatment
of accidents during working hours, and a log book of all accidents shall be
maintained. Qualified First Aid personnel shall be available on all shifts.
12.04 (a) Any employee working in the immediate vicinity of a serious or fatal
accident may, at the discretion of the senior supervisor on shift, refrain from
working the balance of the shift, without loss of pay. (b) The senior shift
supervisor, in either of the above situations, shall notify the Senior Union
Representative on shift, of his decision.
12.05 (a) Employees who believe that they are being required to work under
conditions which are unsafe or unhealthy beyond the normal hazards inherent in
the operation in question shall have the right to have such conditions
investigated immediately. Upon request by an employee to have his work
conditions investigated, his work station shall be shut down immediately, until
such time that the preliminary investigation is completed. Preliminary
investigations may be conducted by the shift supervisor and any union officer
that is on shift, and their decision shall be binding until a final judgement is
passed down by the Safety Committee. (b) The Company shall, upon request from a
Union Executive or the Health and Safety Committee Coordinator, provide
necessary monitoring of noise and lighting levels. (c) The Union shall be
notified immediately upon initiation of any near miss and/or accident report and
shall have the right to investigate such report.
12.06 Procedures to follow in the event of a serious accident are covered in a
separate appendix.
12.07 Where an employee is employed under the conditions where he might be
injured, and not be able to secure assistance, the employer shall devise some
method of checking on the well-being of the employee at intervals which are
reasonable and practicable under the circumstances.
ARTICLE 13 - HANDICAPPED EMPLOYEES
13.01 In the event of employees sustaining injuries at work, or becoming
affected by occupational diseases during the course of their employment and
becoming physically handicapped, as a result thereof, every effort will be made
by the Company to give the handicapped employee such suitable employment as is
available.
ARTICLE 14 - UNION REPRESENTATIVES
14.01 If an authorized Representative of the International Union who is not
employed by the Company wishes to speak to Local Union representatives in the
plant about a grievance or other official Union business, he shall make
arrangements through the Plant Manager. Such arrangements shall not interfere
with normal plant operations.
ARTICLE 15 - ESTABLISHED PRACTICES
15.01 Any rights and privileges enjoyed by the employees prior to the execution
of this Agreement shall be continued and no change shall be put into effect
unless mutually agreed by the Company and the Union.
ARTICLE 16 - BULLETIN BOARDS
16.01 The Company agrees to provide the Union with bulletin boards in the plant
for the purpose of posting Union notices and official papers. Notices will be
posted only by officers of the Union and will be in keeping with the spirit and
intent of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 17 - COMMITTEEMEN AND STEWARDS
17.01 The Union shall notify the Company in writing, within one (1) week of
their appointment or election, of the names of all Union Officers, Committeemen
and Stewards.
17.02 If a Union Officer or Committeeman is required to leave his job in
connection with his duties under this Agreement, he must obtain permission from
his immediate supervisor before doing so. Such permission will not be
unreasonably withheld and he shall not suffer loss of pay while so engaged
during his working hours.
17.03 Union Officers, Stewards and Committeemen shall not suffer loss of pay for
authorized time spent during working hours in the performance of their duties as
recognized under this Agreement. Matters to be dealt with under the provisions
of this Agreement shall normally be discussed during working hours.
17.04 If a Union Officer or Committeeman is assigned to night shift and his
duties require his presence on day shift, he shall be transferred to the day
shift for the length of time his duties require his presence on the day shift,
providing proper notice is given to the Company. Alternative employees may be
selected by the Union when necessary to meet work requirements or in case of
sickness.
17.05 There shall be a grievance committee selected by the Union. This committee
will be so selected that each department will be represented.
17.06 The duties of officers and committeemen as referred to in this Agreement
shall be deemed to mean carrying out the responsibilities of the committee or
committees they are assigned to as designated on the lists of officers and
committeemen supplied to the Company by the Union. Only those employees included
on such lists to the Company will be recognized as spokesmen for the Union
having duties under this Agreement.
ARTICLE 18 - HOURS OF WORK
18.01 Definition of Day and Work Day - A day is a twenty-four (24) hour period
beginning with the start of the employee's shift. The basic work day is eight
(8) consecutive hours of work in the twenty-four (24) hour period broken only by
the established lunch period.
18.02 Purpose of Defining Work Day and Work Week - The daily and weekly hours of
work outlined in this Article 18 are stated solely for the purpose of
calculating overtime and shall, in no way, be interpreted as a guarantee of work
or pay per day or per week.
18.03 Definition of Work Week - The basic work week is made up of five (5)
consecutive working days Monday through Friday.
18.04 Shift and Work Schedules (a) The daily hours of work shall be outlined in
Appendix (D) page 46. (b) An employee required to change shift shall have eight
(8) hours of rest between shifts. In the event an employee is recalled to work
before such eight (8) hours elapse, he shall be considered as still working on
his previous shift and shall be paid the appropriate rates except on a change
from afternoon to day shift when seven and one-half (7-1/2) hours will
prevail).(c) Shift schedules and hours of work schedules shall be made and
posted in the department no later than Wednesday of the preceding week.
Employees required to change shifts for the convenience of the Company shall not
suffer loss of regular earnings, as a result of such shift changes. The Company
will provide available work or pay for the employee(s) affected by such shift
changes to make up the amount of regular earnings by the end of the following
pay period. Overtime rates as set forth herein shall be paid for work performed
on an employee's scheduled days off.
18.05 Definition of Shifts (a) A shift starting on or after 6:00 a.m., but
before 9:00 a.m. is a day shift. (b) A shift starting on or after 2:00 p.m, but
before 5:00 p.m. is an afternoon shift. (c) A shift starting on or after 10:00
p.m., but before 1:00 a.m. is a night shift.
18.06 Shift Premiums Effective January 1, 1998, shift premiums shall be: (a) A
shift premium of twenty-five cents ($.25) additional to the standard hourly rate
shall be paid each employee for hours worked on afternoon shift. (b) A shift
premium of fifty cents ($.50) additional to the standard hourly rate shall be
paid each employee for hours worked on night shift. (c) The shift premiums
outlined in (a) and (b) above shall be paid during overtime hours at the rates
outlined, but shall not be included in the standard hourly rate for computing
overtime pay.
18.07 Lunch Periods Employees shall be granted a lunch period in each shift as
provided in Appendix (D) pages 46 - 50 inclusive.
ARTICLE 19 - OVERTIME
19.01 There shall be no pyramiding of time in the calculation of weekly overtime
by including any hours for which daily overtime has already been paid.
19.02 (a) Hours Worked in Excess of Eight (8) The Company shall pay an employee
two (2) times his regular straight time hourly rate for all hours he is required
to work over eight (8) hours a day. (b) Hours Worked in Excess of Twelve (12)
The Company shall pay an employee three (3) times his regular straight time
hourly rate for all hours he is required to work over twelve (12) hours a day.
19.03 Hours Worked on Saturday The Company shall pay two (2) times the
employee's regular straight time hourly rate for the first twelve (12) hours of
work, and three (3) times his regular straight time hourly rate thereafter.
19.04 Hours Worked on Sunday The Company shall pay two (2) times the employee's
regular straight time hourly rate for the first twelve (12) hours of work, and
three (3) times his regular straight time hourly rate thereafter.
19.05 Exceptions to Daily Overtime When a employee is permitted by the Company
to change from one shift to another at his own request, and a new shift starts
within the same twenty-four (24) hour period as his preceding shift, overtime
resulting from such shift changes will not be paid as provided in Sections 19.02
and 19.03. The starting time of the new shift will start a new twenty-four (24)
hour period for the purpose of determining overtime, but Sections 19.02 and
19.03 shall not apply when an employee whose request for a shift change has been
granted reverts to his previous shift schedule.
19.06 Lunch Periods Regular lunch periods shall start four (4) hours after the
start of the employee's shift. Employees shall not be required to work more than
five (5) consecutive hours after the starting of the shift without receiving
their normal lunch break. Lunch periods shall be uninterrupted. Employees
required to work without a lunch break after a maximum of five (5) consecutive
hours from the start of their shift shall be given a twenty (20) minute lunch
break and shall be paid one-half (1/2) hour at two (2) times their regular
straight time hourly rate.
19.07 (a) Overtime Lunches Employees required to work overtime shall be given a
thirty (30) minute paid lunch break after having worked six (6) consecutive
hours or, in any case, after having worked ten (10) consecutive hours of actual
work, and every four (4) hours thereafter, provided that in each case it is
necessary to resume overtime work involving a paid lunch break as above, the
Company will provide a lunch if the employee(s) concerned were not notified on
the previous work day about the overtime work.(b) Weekend Lunch Breaks All
employees working overtime on weekends shall work an eight (8) hour shift,
inclusive of a paid lunch break. (c) Lateness and Overtime (1)Late starting up
to six (6) minutes shall not be deductible.(2)Lateness in excess of six (6)
minutes shall be calculated and deductible to the nearest tenth (10th) of an
hour, with a minimum deduction of two-tenths (2/10) of an hour. Approved
overtime shall be applied and calculated on the following basis: (1)Up to and
including six (6) minutes shall be disregarded when no further overtime is
worked. (2)Six (6) minutes and over shall be calculated to the nearest tenth
(10th) of an hour with a minimum of two-tenths (2/10) of an hour. NOTE: This
section does not provide for lateness or overtime on a continuous basis.
19.08 Notice of Overtime The Company will provide at least one (1) hour of
notice of overtime before the end of the shift, except in the case of overtime
work resulting from equipment breakdown or from production requirements beyond
the control of the Company which occur within the hour prior to the normal shift
finishing time.
19.09 The employee(s) shall have the right to refuse any unscheduled overtime.
Notice of scheduled overtime work required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday shall be given by noon of the previous day. All overtime on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday shall be voluntary.
19.10 (a) Overtime will be distributed as evenly as possible among those
employees normally performing the work available. Employees who have refused
overtime will be credited as having worked this overtime for even distribution
purposes. (b) Normally performing the work shall be meant to be the specific
mill or work area affected. (c) Effective on ratification of this contract, the
agreed upon record of overtime distribution shall commence on January 1st of
each calendar year, and shall not exceed a twelve (12) month period.
ARTICLE 20 - STATUTORY HOLIDAYS
20.01 The following shall be recognized as paid holidays under this Agreement
subject to Section 20.02:
New Year's Day First Monday in August
Family Day Labour Day
Good Friday Thanksgiving Day
Empire Day Remembrance Day
Dominion Day Christmas Day
Stampede Day Boxing Day
regardless of the day upon which they are observed or celebrated. If any of the
above holidays fall on Saturday or Sunday, the preceding Friday or the following
Monday will be considered the holiday.
20.02 Holiday Pay Allowance An employee shall receive a holiday pay allowance of
eight (8) hours pay for any of the above-named holidays at his average regular
straight time hourly rate for the last complete pay period prior to the holiday,
provided that:
(a) If he is a probationary employee, he has completed thirty (30) consecutive
calendar days of employment prior to the holiday, except that if he does
complete the thirty (30) day period, he shall receive pay for any holidays which
occurred during such period, and (b) he has worked eight (8) hours in the week
preceding the holiday, unless he is absent because of vacation, death in the
immediate family, illness, jury duty, or within fourteen (14) calendar days
prior to the holiday, he commences a leave of absence or is laid off, but (c) an
employee may not qualify for any further paid holidays under item (b) above
until he returns to work. (d) Disciplinary action may be taken in instances
where employees fail to work the day before or the day after a plant holiday,
except where permission was previously obtained or the employee had a
justifiable reason for being absent.
20.03 Pay for Work on Holiday An employee required to work on a holiday named in
Section 20.01 shall be paid two (2) times his regular straight time hourly rate
for all work performed in addition to any holiday pay allowance under Holiday
Pay Allowance.
20.04 In the event that one or more of the above-named holidays occurs during
the employee's vacation, he shall be paid for such holiday(s), and the
additional days will be added to his vacation time.
20.05 The observance of the above holidays may be transferred by mutual
agreement to other days than the date proclaimed or provided above.
ARTICLE 21 - WAGES
21.01 (a) The Co-Operative Wage Study (C.W.S.) Manual for job description,
classification and wage administration, dated August 1, 1971 (herein referred to
as "the Manual") is incorporated into this Agreement as APPENDIX (A) page 42,
and its provisions shall apply as if set forth in full herein. (b) Job
classifications shall be as set forth in APPENDIX (C) attached hereto, and
forming part of this Agreement. See pages 43 - 45 inclusive.
21.02 Each employee's job shall be described and classified, and a rate of pay
applied to such employee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
21.03 Standard Hourly Wage Scale (a) The standard hourly wage scale shall be as
follows:
Job Class
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Jan 1/98
$19.36
$19.61
$19.86
$20.11
$20.36
$20.61
$20.86
$21.11
$21.36
$21.61
$21.86
$22.11
$22.36
$22.61
$22.86
$23.11
$23.36
$23.61
$23.86
$24.11
$24.36
$24.61
$24.86
$25.11
$25.36
$25.61
$25.86
Jan 1/99
$19.86
$20.11
$20.36
$20.61
$20.86
$21.11
$21.36
$21.61
$21.86
$22.11
$22.36
$22.61
$22.86
$23.11
$23.36
$23.61
$23.86
$24.11
$24.36
$24.61
$24.86
$25.11
$25.36
$25.61
$25.86
$26.11
$26.36
Jan 1/2000
$20.36
$20.61
$20.86
$21.11
$21.36
$21.61
$21.86
$22.11
$22.36
$22.61
$22.86
$23.11
$23.36
$23.61
$23.86
$24.11
$24.36
$24.61
$24.86
$25.11
$25.36
$25.61
$25.86
$26.11
$26.36
$26.61
$26.86
(b) All employees with a start date after the signing date of this Collective
Agreement, that start at Job Class 4 or less, shall have a two dollar ($2.00)
reduction from their rate of pay during the probationary period. In the event
that probationary employees are promoted to a job that is at a Job Class higher
than Job Class 4, such employees shall be paid the rate for the job they are
doing with no reductions. This article will not apply to tradespersons.
21.04 Effective on the dates specified in Section 21.03, all employees shall
have their rates of pay adjusted as follows: (a) If the employee is not
receiving an out-of-line differential prior to the dates specified in Section
21.03, the rate of pay of such employee shall be adjusted to conform to the
standard hourly rate for that employee's job, as provided in Section 21.03. (b)
If the employee is receiving an out-of-line differential prior to the dates
specified in Section 21.03, the rate of pay of such employee shall be increased
by the amount by which the rate for Job Class I has been increased, as provided
in Section 21.03 and the following shall govern: (1)If the employee's new rate
resulting from such increase is greater than the standard hourly rate for the
job as provided in Section 21.03, the amount by which such employee's new rate
is greater than the rate provided in Section 21.03 shall become such employee's
new out-of-line differential (which shall replace the former out-of-line
differential) and shall apply in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. (2)If the employee's new rate resulting from such increase is equal
to or less than the standard hourly rate for the job, as provided in Section
21.03, the rate of pay of such employee shall be adjusted to conform to the
standard hourly rate for the job, as provided in Section 21.03, and the former
out-of-line differential shall be terminated.
21.05 As of the date the Standard Hourly Wage Scale becomes effective, the
standard hourly rate for each job class shall be the standard hourly rate for
all jobs classified within such job class and shall so continue for the duration
of the Standard Hourly Wage Scale and shall be applied to any employee in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
21.06 Each standard hourly rate established under Section 21.03 shall be: (a)
The established rate of pay for all hours paid for on a non-incentive job; and
(b) the established hourly base rate and minimum guaranteed rate of pay under
any incentive applied to the job in accordance with the provisions of this
Article.
21.07 Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement, the established rate of
pay for each production or maintenance job, other than a trade or craft or
apprentice job, shall apply to any employee during such time as the employee is
required to perform such job.
21.08 Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement, the established rate of
pay for a trade or craft or apprentice job shall apply to any employee during
the time such employee is assigned to the respective rate classifications in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
21.09 Out of Line Differentials The Company shall furnish to the Union a list
agreed to by the Company and the Union of employees who are to be paid
"out-of-line differentials". Such list shall contain the following information:
(a) Name of incumbent to whom such "out-of-line differential" is to be paid. (b)
Job title of job on which out-of-line differential is to be paid. (c) Job
classification of such job. (d) Standard hourly rate of such jobs. (e) Amount of
out-of-line differential. (f) Date such out-of-line differential became
effective.
21.10 Except as such out-of-line differential may be changed by the means
hereinafter provided, any employee included in the list referred to in Section
21.09 shall continue to be paid such out-of-line differential during such time
as the employee continues to occupy the job for which the differential was
established.
21.11 If an employee with an out-of-line differential is transferred or assigned
to a job having a higher standard hourly rate, then the differential shall be
reduced by the amount of the increase in the standard hourly rate.
21.12 If, as a result of lay-off and the exercise of seniority rights, an
employee with an out-of-line differential is moved to a job having a lower
standard hourly rate, then the out-of-line differential shall be cancelled.
21.13 If such employee referred to in Sections 21.11 and 21.12 shall be returned
to the job for which the out-of-line differential was established, the
out-of-line differential shall be reinstated, except as it may have been reduced
or eliminated by other means.
21.14 When an employee would, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, be
entitled to receive his regular rate, he shall also receive any out-of-line
differential to which he is entitled.
21.15 In addition to the means herein provided, increases in the increment
between job classes shall be used to reduce or eliminate out-of-line
differentials.
21.16 Except for the application of the out-of-line differentials as called for
herein, the terms of this Agreement governing transfers shall apply.
21.17 Temporary Transfer - An employee who is temporarily transferred from his
regular job shall be paid the standard hourly rate of the job to which he has
been transferred, provided such rate is not less than that of his regular job.
If the rate of the job to which he is temporarily transferred, but not as a
result of a lay-off, is less than the rate of his regular job, he shall be paid
the rate of his regular job during the period of such temporary transfer.
21.18 Trade or Craft and Assigned Maintenance Convention - In addition to the
provisions of the Manual for describing and classifying trade or craft and
assigned maintenance jobs the following shall apply: (a) The description and
Classification shall be carried out in accordance with the Manual. (b) The job
classification of trade or craft jobs, having been classified as in Paragraph
(a), above, shall be increased by two job classes and the two job classes shall
be incorporated into the total classification of the job. (c) The job
classification of assigned maintenance jobs, having been classified at job class
eleven or higher as in Paragraph (a), above, shall be incorporated into the
total classification of the job. (d) Where a change in an existing job requires
a new description and classification for a job on which this convention has
already been applied, such job shall be reclassified in the same manner as that
followed prior to the application of this convention and the provisions of
Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), above, shall apply.
21.19 Incentives - Should the Company desire to install incentives to cover any
jobs, the following shall govern: (a) The standard hourly rates for the
respective jobs shall be the base rates and minimum hourly guaranteed rates for
such incentives. (b) The Company shall first discuss with and explain to the
Union the development of any incentive plan, and reach mutual agreement with the
Union regarding such incentive plan before such incentive plan is installed.
21.20 General - Any mathematical or clerical errors made in the preparation,
establishment or application of job descriptions, classifications or standard
hourly rates shall be corrected to conform to the provisions of this Agreement.
21.21 Except as otherwise provided, no basis shall exist for an employee covered
by this Agreement to allege that a wage rate inequity exists.
21.22 Leave of Absence for Union C.W.S. Committee - The Company agrees to grant
leave of absence from their regular work to three employees who shall be
selected by the Union to act on its C.W.S. Committee. Employees so selected
shall: (a) Accumulate any seniority to which they normally would be entitled;
(b) Receive their regular rate of pay from the Company, as based upon a normal
work week; and (c) Return to their regular employment when their work on the
C.W.S. Committee is completed.
21.23 Pay Days - Employees shall be paid on Company time every second Wednesday.
Employees on night shift shall be paid on the following scheduled work day.
Employees will be paid on the day preceding when the regular pay day falls on a
statutory holiday. The regular pay day shall be extended by twenty-four (24)
hours, if in the event of a mechanical breakdown, the pay cheques are
unavailable on the regularly scheduled pay day. (a) This article may be amended
during the term of this Agreement, if mutually agreed between the Company and
the Union, to allow for a different regular pay day and/or pay method, such as a
direct deposit system.
21.24 Reporting Pay
(1) In cases where an employee is not notified of an emergency breakdown before
leaving home, and said employee reports for his regular shift, he will receive a
minimum of four (4) hours straight time pay, and shall be required to perform
any work which may be assigned. (2) To receive reporting pay as in 21.34 (1),
employees must have reported current addresses and telephone numbers to the
Company.(3) After the shift has started, Section 21.34 (1) shall not apply in
cases where a major breakdown occurs as a result of fire, flood, or frost
because of failure of a utility company to deliver gas or electric power, due to
a breakdown outside of the Company's premises. Under this circumstance an
employee may, at the discretion of the Company, be dismissed for the day and
paid for the actual time worked or for four (4) hours pay, whichever is the
greater, but the employee must accept assigned work.
21.25 Call-out Pay - An employee who has left the premises after completion of
his scheduled shift and who is recalled for work with less than eight (8) hours
of notice shall be paid two (2) times his regular straight-time hourly rate, for
all hours worked on such callout up to the starting time of his scheduled shift
but, in any event, for not less than two (2) hours at double his regular
straight-time hourly rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing however, if any
employee receives eight (8) hours of notice in advance of the time that he is
required to report to work, or seven and one-half (7-1/2) hours in the case of a
change from afternoon to dayshift, then the starting time of his new work period
will start a new twenty-four (24) hour period for the purpose of determining
overtime.
21.26 Pay for Jury Service - The Company shall pay an employee who is required
for jury service or who is subpoenaed as a witness, for each day of service, the
difference between his average straight-time hourly rate for the number of hours
he normally works on his regular shift, and the payment he receives for jury
service. The employee will present proof of service and the amount of pay
received.
21.27 Pay on Day of Injury - An employee hurt in an industrial accident shall be
paid for the time lost on the day he was injured at his regular daily earnings
including any overtime premium and applicable shift differential, but the
employee must return to work unless directed otherwise by the doctor. The
Company will provide necessary transportation for injured workmen on day of
injury. The Company shall not be responsible for the payment of time or
transportation compensated for by the Worker's Compensation Board.
21.28 Bereavement Pay (a) In the case of a death in the immediate family of an
employee, the Company shall grant three (3) days leave of absence with pay.
"Immediate family" shall be meant to include mother, father, mother-in-law,
father-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in law, sister-in-law, wife, husband,
children, grandchildren, grandparents and grandparents of spouse. Any such leave
of absence must be arranged with the employee's xxxxxxx, if possible, or another
Company representative. This provision shall apply if the employee attends the
funeral, or is required to take an active part in the estate arrangements of the
deceased. (b) All requests for extended leaves of absence under this article, or
a grievance under this article will be reviewed by a Company-Union Committee.
This Committee shall be composed of up to three (3) Union and three (3) Company
representatives. (c) Probationary employees who have not completed thirty (30)
consecutive days of employment prior to their commencement of the bereavement
leave shall be eligible for bereavement pay upon their completion of thirty (30)
consecutive days of employment.
21.29 Elimination of Bargaining Unit Jobs Should the Company declare that it has
eliminated any job listed in Appendix (C), Schedule of Job Classifications, or
eliminate any job meant to be included in such appendix, the Company shall
inform the Union which job is to be eliminated and any employee who is currently
in such job classification shall: 1. Revert to his former position and status as
defined under Article 10.03. 2. Maintain the rate of pay of the eliminated job
classification for a period of one (1) year, unless the rate of pay of his
former position and status is higher, then no rate retention shall apply. 3.
Should an employee successfully bid on another job classification while on rate
retention, then such rate retention shall be cancelled. 4. An employee who is
receiving rate retention but who is then bumped due to lay-off shall lose such
rate retention. However, when such employee is returned to the job
classification on which he was receiving rate retention, the rate retention
shall be reinstated.
ARTICLE 22 - VACATIONS
22.01 Vacation Year - Each current vacation year will be defined as the period
from May 1 of the previous year to April 30 of the current year for calculation
of vacation pay and length of vacation. (a) For the purpose of computing
vacation, seniority shall mean the total period of service since the employee's
seniority date, excluding periods of time during which the employee does not
return to work from lay-off, after being notified to do so as per Article 9.04.
(b) Employees on a Prudential Steel related Workers' Compensation claim, or
Prudential weekly indemnity, at time of recall above, shall continue to
accumulate vacation seniority until such time as they are declared fit to return
to work.
22.02 Length of Vacation (a) Employees who have less than one (1) year of
seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to one (1) day of vacation for each
month of seniority, to a maximum of ten (10) days. (b) Employees who have one
(1) but less than two (2) years of seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to
two (2) weeks vacation. (c) Employees who have two (2) years but less than eight
(8) years of seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to three (3) weeks
vacation. (d) Employees who have eight (8) years but less than twelve (12) years
of seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to four (4) weeks vacation. (e)
Employees who have twelve (12) years but less than twenty-five (25) years of
seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to five (5) weeks vacation. (f)
Employees who have twenty-five (25) or more years of seniority as at May 1 shall
be entitled to six (6) weeks vacation.
22.03 Vacation PayNOTE: W.C.B. weekly indemnity benefits and not pension awards
shall be considered in calculating vacation pay. (a) Employees with less than
one (1) year of seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to four percent (4%) of
all monies received from the Company, Workers Compensation Board benefits and
the Prudential Steel weekly indemnity benefits while in the employ of the
Company. (b) Employees who have one (1) year but less than two (2) years of
seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to vacation pay of: (1)Employees with
1,900 or more credited hours shall be entitled to eighty (80) times the
employee's average hourly rate during the vacation year, or four percent (4%) of
gross pay, whichever is greater. OR
(2)Employees with less than 1,900 credited hours shall be entitled to four
percent (4%) of all monies received from the Company, Workers Compensation Board
benefits and the Prudential Steel weekly indemnity benefits while in the employ
of the Company. (c) Employees who have two (2) but less than eight (8) years of
seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to vacation pay of: (1)Employees with
1,900 or more credited hours shall be entitled to one hundred and twenty (120)
times the employee's average hourly rate during the vacation year or seven
percent (7%) of gross pay, whichever is greater. OR (2)Employees with less than
1,900 credited hours shall be entitled to seven percent (7%) of all monies
received from the Company, Workers Compensation Board benefits and the
Prudential Steel weekly indemnity benefits while in the employ of the Company.
(d) Employees who have eight (8) years but less than twelve (12) years of
seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to vacation pay of: (1)Employees with
1,900 or more credited hours shall be entitled to one hundred and sixty (160)
times the employee's average hourly rate during the vacation year, or nine
percent (9%) of gross pay, whichever is greater. OR (2)Employees with less than
1,900 credited hours shall be entitled to nine percent (9%) of all monies
received from the Company, Workers Compensation Board benefits and the
Prudential Steel weekly indemnity benefits while in the employ of the Company.
(e) Employees who have twelve (12) but less than twenty-five (25) years or more
years of seniority as at May 1 shall be entitled to vacation pay of:
(1)Employees with 1,900 or more credited hours shall be entitled to two hundred
(200) times the employee's average hourly rate during the vacation year, or
eleven percent (11%) of gross pay, whichever is greater. OR (2)Employees with
less than 1,900 credited hours shall be entitled to eleven percent (11%) of all
monies received from the Company, Workers Compensation Board benefits and the
Prudential Steel weekly indemnity benefits while in the employ of the Company.
(f) Employees who have twenty-five (25) or more years of seniority as at May 1
shall be entitled to vacation pay of: (1)Employees with 1900 or more credited
hours shall be entitled to two hundred and forty(240) times the employee's
average hourly rate during the vacation year, or thirteen per cent (13%) of
gross pay, whichever is greater. OR (2)Employees with less than 1,900 credited
hours shall be entitled to thirteen per cent (13%) of all monies received from
the Company. Workers' Compensation Board benefits and Prudential Steel weekly
indemnity benefits, while in the employ of the Company. (g) For the purpose of
calculating vacation pay, "credited hours" shall be meant to include: (1)Hours
for which wages are received from the Company including vacation hours and
statutory holidays. (2)Hours the employee would normally have received while
receiving weekly indemnity benefits from the Workers' Compensation Board, or the
Company's Insurance Welfare Program, while in the employ of the Company.
(3)Hours the employee would normally have received while on temporary Union
business (not Union employment).
22.04 Estimated vacation pay will be made two (2) weeks prior to start of a
vacation and may be taken in a minimum of one (1) week periods upon written
request from the employee. Request for the above must be received by the payroll
department three (3) weeks prior to start of a vacation.
22.05 As the vacation plan was introduced to provide an opportunity for rest and
recreation, no payment will be made in lieu of vacation, except as provided for
at termination of employment. Vacations cannot be accumulated from one year to
another.
22.06 Should an employee's service be terminated at any time for any reason
whatsoever, he will be entitled to payment for vacation due him, as provided in
22.03.
22.07 Vacation Schedules (a) The Company, may at its discretion, institute a
system of staggered vacations in any year, and in such event, the employees will
be given sixty (60) days notice of such decision. If staggered vacations are
instituted, all employees who are entitled to vacations at May 1, will if at all
possible, be given their vacation during the summer months. Preference for
vacation shall be in accordance with seniority. (b) If the Company decides to
close the Plant for three (3) consecutive weeks during the months of July or
August, the Company shall post sixty (60) days advance notice on the Shop
Bulletin Board announcing the date on which the Annual Vacation close-down will
start. Preference for any work available during this period shall be given, in
order of seniority, to those who normally perform such work, except for work
available in the job classification of Material Handler or Sweeper, which shall
be offered to all employees, based on plant seniority, but that the rate of pay
shall be the rate of pay of the work performed. (c) Employees eligible for a
fourth week of vacation, shall be scheduled giving senior employees preference.
(d) Employees entitled to more than three (3) weeks vacation may be scheduled
for: (1)Three (3) weeks during the months of May to October, inclusive, and the
remaining vacation between November 1 and April 30 of the vacation year, or
(2)Such employees who desire more than three (3) weeks vacation in one (1)
unbroken period must make such request sixty (60) days prior to commencement of
the employee's vacation. The granting of such requests will be subject to
production requirements and preference shall be in accordance with seniority.
22.08 Christmas Shutdown If the Company decides to close the plant for up to
five (5) working days, not including statutory holidays, during the Christmas
holiday season, the Company shall post thirty (30) days notice on the Shop
Bulletin Board announcing the dates on which such shutdown shall be. Preference
for any work available during this period shall be given, in order of seniority,
to those who normally perform such work, except for work available in the job
classification of Material Handler or Sweeper, which shall be offered to all
employees, based on plant seniority, but that the rate of pay shall be the rate
of pay of the work performed.
ARTICLE 23 - INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM
23.01 Benefits The Insurance Benefit Program as described in Appendix (E) will
continue during the term of this agreement.
23.02 Pension Plan The present Pension Plan, described in Appendix (i), will be
continued during the term of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 24 - APPENDICES
24.01 Attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement are the following
appendices: Appendix (A) - Co-operative Wage Study (C.W.S.) Manual for Job
Description, Classification and Wage Administration dated January 1, 1971.
Appendix (B) - Learner Period Classification Analysis. Appendix (C) - Schedule
of Classifications. Appendix (D) - Hours of Work Schedules. Appendix (E) -
Insurance Benefit Program. Appendix (F) - Tradesmen's Tools. Appendix (G) -
Protective Clothing. Appendix (H) - Lockers. Appendix (i) - Pension Plan.
Appendix (J) - Lines of Progression. Appendix (K) - Supplemental Unemployment
Benefit Plan
ARTICLE 25 - COPIES OF AGREEMENT
25.01 Copies of this Agreement are to be made available to all employees in the
Bargaining Unit. Union officers and stewards will distribute copies of the
Agreement in their respective departments. All costs to be shared equally
between the Company and the Union.
25.02 Letters of Understanding and Agreement (a) Form part of Collective
Agreement: The Company and the Union agree that any and all Letters of
Understanding and Memorandums of Agreement made between the parties, shall be
considered as part of the Collective Agreement. (b) Copies to Union: The Company
agrees to supply the Union with signed copies of all Letters of Agreement,
Memorandums of Agreement and Appendices, which form part of the current
Collective Agreement. (c) Renewal: All Agreements, Letters of Understanding or
Memorandums of Agreement issued prior to the signing of this Collective
Agreement, and not renewed, shall become null and void after signing of this
Collective Agreement.
ARTICLE 26 - DURATION OF AGREEMENT
26.01 This Agreement shall be effective from January 1, 1998 to and including
December 31, 2000 and thereafter from year to year, unless written notice of
intent to terminate and/or amend the Agreement at the expiration of the above
period is given by either party during the period beginning on October 1, and
ending December 1 in any year after 1999.
26.02 Within thirty (30) days after receipt of any notice given pursuant to this
Article by either party, the parties to this Agreement shall commence
negotiations. During the period of negotiations, this Agreement shall continue
in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement the
day of , 2001.
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
X.X. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
X.X. XxXxxxxx X.X. Xxxxxx
X.X. Xxx X.X. Xxxxxx
X.X. Xxxxxx N.A. Braybrook
X. Xxxxxxx X.X. Xxxxxxx
K.G. Xxxxxxxx T.N. Xxxxxxx
X.X. MacKenzie
A P P E N D I X ( A )
Co-operative Wage Study (C.W.S.) Manual for Job Description, Classification and
Wage Administration dated August 1, 1971.
A P P E N D I X ( B )
LEARNER PERIOD CLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS
Schedule of Apprenticeship Training with
Convention Additive of 2.0
6 Month Training
Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
TRADE TITLES
APPRENTICE JOB CLASSES
Electrician 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 19 21
Heavy Duty Mechanic 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 19 21
Machinist 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 19 20
Millwright 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 19 20
Welder - Maintenance 8 9 11 13 14 16 20
Welder - Fabrication 8 9 11 13 14 16 18
A P P E N D I X ( C )
SCHEDULE OF JOB CLASSIFICATIONS
JOB CLASS JOB TITLE
1 Sweeper
4 Material Handler
5 Drift Operator
6 Stenciller
6 Tallyman
7 Scale Operator
7 Fin Grinder
7 Bundling Station Operator
7 Truck Driver - Maintenance
8 Ironworker Operator
8 Upset Inspector
8 Punch Press Operator
8 Spray Painter
8 Grooving Operator
8 Auxiliary Saw Operator
8 End Cropper Operator
8 Beveller Operator
8 Hydrostatic Tester Operator
8 Gantry Operator
8 Strapping Machine Operator
9 Overhead Crane Operator
9 Overhead Crane Lift-Truck Operator
9 Saw Sharpener Operator
9 Flying Cutoff Operator
9 Radial Drill Operator
9 Bandsaw Operator
10 Bucking Machine Operator
10 Thread End Inspector
10 HSS Gantry Crane Operator (Xxxxx)
10 Pipe Inspector
10 Uncoiler Operator
11 Yard Machine Operator
11 Yard Tractor Operator
11 SRT Operator
12 Upsetter Operator
12 Uncoiler-Xxxxxx Operator
12 Mobile Crane Operator
12 Threading Machine Operator
13 Ultrasonic Inspector
14 Laboratory Operator
14 Yard Group Leader
14 Threading Line Group Leader
15 Assistant Mill Operator
15 Inspection & Ultrasonic Group
Leader
16 Lab Group leader - Laboratory
17 Building Maintenance Man
18 Welder Fabrication
20 Millwright
20 Machinist
20 Maintenance Welder
20 Fabrication Group Leader
21 Heavy Duty Mechanic
21 Electrician-Xxxxxxx
21 Mill Operator
22
Machinist
Group
Leader
23 Heavy Duty Mechanic Group Leader
23 Electrical Group Leader
23 Mill Line Group Leader
25 Senior Heavy Duty Mechanic Group
A P P E N D I X (D)
HOURS OF WORK SCHEDULE
D1 - One Shift Operation
SCHEDULE
NO. REGULAR TIME LUNCH
REGULAR TIME
1A 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 10:30
a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
1B 6:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11:00
a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
1C 6:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30
a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
1D 6:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11:00
a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
1E 6:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30
a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
1F 6:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00
noon 12:00 noon - 3:00 p.m.
1G 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30
a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
1H 7:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00
noon 12:00 noon - 3:30 p.m.
1I 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 12:30
p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
1J 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00
noon 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
1K 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 12:30
p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
1L 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 1:00
p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
1M 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 12:30
p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1N 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 1:00
p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1O 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 1:30
p.m.
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
PL (Paid Lunch)
D2 - Two Shift Operation
SCHEDULE
NO. REGULAR TIME LUNCH
REGULAR TIME
2A 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 10:30
a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. - 6:50
p.m. 6:50 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. PL
2B 6:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11:00
a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 7:20
p.m. 7:20 p.m. - 10:30 x.x. XX
0X 6:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30
a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 7:50
p.m. 7:50 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. PL
2D 6:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11:00
a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 7:20
p.m. 7:20 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. PL
2E 6:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30
a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 7:50
p.m. 7:50 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. PL
2F 6:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00
noon 12:00 noon - 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 8:20
p.m. 8:20 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. PL
2G 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11;30
a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 7:50
p.m. 7:50 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. PL
2H 7:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00
noon 12:00 noon - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 8:20
p.m. 8:20 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. PL
2I 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 12:30
p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. - 8:50
p.m. 8:50 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. PL
2J 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00
noon 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 8:20
p.m. 8:20 p.m. - MIDNIGHT PL
2K 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 12:30
p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. - 8:50
p.m. 8:50 p.m. - MIDNIGHT PL
2L 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 1:00
p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. - 9:20
p.m. 9:20 p.m. - MIDNIGHT PL
2M 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 12:30
p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. - 8:50
p.m. 8:50 p.m. - 0:30 a.m. PL
2N 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 1:00
p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. - 9:20
p.m. 9:20 p.m. - 9:30 a.m. PL
2O 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 1:30
p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. - 9:50
p.m. 9:50 p.m. - 0:30 a.m. PL
PL (Paid Lunch)
D3 - Two Shift Operation with a Partial Crew on Night Shift
SCHEDULE
NO. REGULAR TIME LUNCH
REGULAR TIME
3A 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 10:30
a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. - 6:50
p.m. 6:50 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. PL
10:30 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. 2:30 a.m. -
2:50a.m. 2:50 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. PL
3B 6:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11:00
a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 7:20
p.m. 7:20 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. PL
10:30 p.m. - 3:00 a.m. 3:00 a.m. - 3:20
a.m. 3:20 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. PL
3C 6:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30
a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 7:50
p.m. 7:50 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. PL
10:30 p.m. - 3;30 a.m. 3:30 a.m. - 3:50
a.m. 3:50 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. PL
3D 6:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11:00
a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 7:20
p.m. 7:20 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. PL
11:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m. 3:00 a.m. - 3:20
a.m. 3:20 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. PL
3E 6:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30
a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 7:50
p.m. 7:50 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. PL
11:00 p.m. - 3:30 a.m. 3:30 a.m. - 3:50
a.m. 3:50 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. PL
3F 6:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00
noon 12:00 noon - 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 8:20
pm. 8:20 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. PL
11:00 p.m. - 4:00 a.m. 4:00 a.m. - 4:20
a.m. 4:20 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. PL
3G 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30
a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - 7:50
p.m. 7:50 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. PL
11:30 p.m. - 3:30 a.m. 3:30 a.m. - 3:50
a.m. 3:50 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. PL
3H 7:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00
noon 12:00 noon - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 8:20
p.m. 8:20 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. PL
11:30 p.m. - 4:00 a.m. 4:00 a.m. - 4:20
a.m. 4:20 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. PL
3I 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 0:30
p.m. 0:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. - 8:50
p.m. 8:50 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. PL
11:30 p.m. - 4:30 a.m. 4:30 a.m. - 4:50
a.m. 4:50 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. PL
PL (Paid Lunch)
D3 - Two Shift Operation with a Partial Crew on Night Shift
SCHEDULE
NO. REGULAR TIME LUNCH
REGULAR TIME
3J 7:30 a.m. - 11;30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00
noon 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 8:20
p.m. 8:20 p.m. - MIDNIGHT PL
MIDNIGHT - 4:00 a.m. 4:00 a.m. - 4:20
a.m. 4:20 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. PL
3K 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 0:30
p.m. 0:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. - 8:50
p.m. 8:50 p.m. - MIDNIGHT PL
MIDNIGHT - 4:30 a.m. 4:30 a.m. - 4:50
a.m. 4:50a.m. - 8:00 a.m. PL
3L 7:30 a.m. - 0:30 p.m. 0:30 p.m. - 1:00
p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. - 9:20
p.m. 9:20 p.m. - MIDNIGHT PL
MIDNIGHT - 5:00 a.m. 5:00 a.m. - 5:20
a.m. 5:20 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. PL
3M 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 12:30
p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. - 8:50
p.m. 8:50 p.m. - 0:30 a.m. PL
0:30 a.m. - 4:30 a.m. 4:30 a.m. - 4:50
a.m. 4:50 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. PL
3N 8:00 a.m. - 0:30 p.m. 0:30 p.m. - 1:00
p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. - 9:20
p.m. 9:20 p.m. - 0:30 a.m. PL
0:30 a.m. - 5:00 a.m. 5:00 a.m. - 5:20
a.m. 5:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. PL
3O 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 1:30
p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. - 9:50
p.m. 9:50 p.m. - 0:30 a.m. PL
0:30 a.m. - 5:30 a.m. 5:30 a.m. - 5:50
a.m. 5:50 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. PL
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PL (Paid Lunch)
D4 - Three Shift Operation
SCHEDULE
NO. REGULAR TIME LUNCH
REGULAR TIME
4A 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 10:20
a.m. 10:20 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. PL
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 6:20
p.m. 6:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. PL
10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. 2:00 a.m. - 2:20
a.m. 2:20 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. PL
4B 6:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 10:50
a.m. 10:50 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. PL
2:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. - 6:50
p.m. 6:50 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. PL
10:00 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. 2:30 a.m. - 2:50
a.m. 2:50 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. PL
4C 6:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 11:20
a.m. 11:20 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. PL
2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 7:20
p.m. 7:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. PL
10:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m. 3:00 a.m. - 3:20
a.m. 3:20 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. PL
4D 6:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 10:50
a.m. 10:50 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. PL
2:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. - 6:50
p.m. 6:50 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. PL
10:30 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. 2:30 a.m. - 2:50
a.m. 2:50 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. PL
A P P E N D I X ( E )
INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM
Eligibility
Coverage of all benefits, with the exception of, weekly indemnity and
restorative dental coverage, will commence the first of the month following the
date of employment. Weekly Indemnity and restorative dental coverage will
commence after your probationary period which is 90 calendar days. For employees
who are recalled, after lay-off, all benefits shall commence on the first day of
the month following return to work.
Dependents
Dependents are defined as:
- the spouse of an employee. Spouse includes the person to whom the employee is
legally married, or was legally married and is now legally responsible, or a
person of the opposite sex with whom the employee is living as husband or wife.
In no event will more than one person be eligible for insurance as an employee's
spouse. - unmarried children under 21 years of age who are dependent on the
employee for support. This includes natural or legally adopted children who may
or may not be living in the employee's household. Also covered are step children
or any children related to the employee by blood or marriage provided they live
in the employee's household and the employee is financially and legally
responsible for them. - a mentally retarded or physically handicapped child over
the age of 21 and who had the condition and was insured as the employee's
dependent immediately before the age of 21. - unmarried children over 21 years
of age and in fulltime attendance at a school or university and who are
dependent upon the employee for support.
Cost of the Plan
The Company pays the entire cost of the group benefits described in this
agreement.
Claims All claims must be submitted through your administrator. Do not send them
directly to the insurance company as this will only delay your payment. It is
the employee's responsibility to supply any information necessary to
substantiate a claim. Unless otherwise specified the company will reimburse the
cost for required medical forms, under the insurance benefit program, to a
maximum of $35 per form. Life Insurance Your group life policy provides coverage
for yourself and your dependents. Employee coverage $50,000 Dependent's
Insurance - Spouse $10,000 - each child $ 5,000 Coverage - 24 hour basis, on and
off the job, valid anywhere in the world, subject to policy exclusions.
Beneficiary In the event of a death from any cause while the insurance is in
force, the amount of life insurance is payable to your estate, or to the person
you have named as beneficiary. You may change the beneficiary by applying to the
Administrator, subject to any legal requirements affecting such right.
Disability If you become unable to engage in any gainful employment due to
sickness or injury, your life insurance will continue during the time you are
disabled. Proof of your total disability will be required from time to time.
Conversion At termination of employment you may convert your life insurance
regardless of health, to an individual policy at rates dictated by the insurance
company depending on your age at time of application. You have 31 days following
termination to elect this option, otherwise the option is invalid. It should be
emphasized that you are not offered any special rate, therefore, for your own
protection, you should check the rates of other insurance companies.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE
If one of the following losses should occur within one year following an
accident, payment will be made as follows:
FOR DEATH
- The principal sum which is
$50,000
FOR DISMEMBERMENT
For the loss of or the loss of the use of:
- both hands The Principal Sum
- both feet The Principal Sum
- the sight of both eyes The Principal Sum
- one hand and one foot The Principal Sum
- one hand and the sight of one eye The Principal Sum
- one foot and the sight of one eye The Principal Sum
- speech and hearing in both ears The Principal Sum
- quadriplegia The Principal Sum
- paraplegia The Principal Sum
- hemiplegia The Principal Sum
- loss of one arm 3/4 of The Principal Sum
- loss of one leg 3/4 of The Principal Sum
- loss of one hand 1/2 of The Principal Sum
- loss of one foot 1/2 of The Principal Sum
- loss of the entire sight of one eye 1/2 of The Principal Sum
- hearing in both ears 1/2 of The Principal Sum
- loss of speech 1/2 of The Principal Sum
- loss of thumb and index finger 1/4 of The Principal Sum
- loss of hearing in one ear 1/6 of The Principal Sum
Of the losses not covered by this plan, the more important ones are:
- suicide or self destruction or any attempt thereat
- war, hostilities or riots
- travel or flight in any aircraft other than as a conventional
passenger.
If a claim is established for total disability, the insurance will be continued
for the duration of total disability but not beyond your 65th birthday. Written
notice of your claim must be received within 30 days and written proof of loss
must be received within 90 days after the loss. The beneficiary named under your
life insurance policy will be the same on this policy, unless stated otherwise.
DISABILITY INCOME PLAN
You will be considered totally disabled if you are prevented by illness or
injury from engaging in any gainful occupation for which you are reasonably
suited by prior training, education or experience. You must be under the care of
a duly qualified physician or surgeon licensed to practice medicine. Proof of
disability will be required from time to time. Forms will be issued to you for
completion by yourself and the attending physician. On termination of
employment, disability coverage will cease as of that date.
Weekly Indemnity Benefits
Benefits will be provided for a maximum 52 week period in conjunction with
Employment Canada. The first 26 weeks of disablement is covered by the plan, a
maximum of 15 weeks is covered by Employment Canada (at UIC rates) and the
subsequent 11 weeks are covered by the plan. Benefits will be paid by the plan
from the first day of an accident or hospitalization and from the fourth day of
illness, as per schedule below: Effective January 1, 1998 $550 per week
Long Term Disability
Long term disability benefits will commence after weekly indemnity benefits
expire. Your long term disability benefit is payable until age 65 or until you
return to active employment in the company, terminate employment or die. The
long term disability benefits are as follows: Effective January 1, 1998 $1,000
per month If you return to active full-time employment after receiving LTD
benefits and again become disabled due to the same disability within 6 months,
LTD benefits will begin immediately without any waiting period. If a subsequent
disability arises from causes entirely unrelated to a previous disability and
you have been back to work on a full-time basis for at least one month, a new
waiting period will be established.
Benefits will not be payable for disability caused by pregnancy, intentional
self-inflicted injuries, by war, riot or civil commotion, or by sickness or
injury resulting from employment for wage or profit other than by Prudential
Steel Ltd.
To assure prompt payment:
- obtain forms from the administrator of the plan one month before the end of
your waiting period. - complete your portion of the forms. - have your physician
complete forms where applicable. - submit required forms promptly to the
administrator of the plan, under no circumstances later than 90 days after the
end of your waiting period.
ALBERTA HEALTH CARE
Basic health benefits are provided through Alberta Health Care. This plan covers
standard hospital accommodations and doctors charges up to the approved fee
schedule for office, home and hospital visits. This plan also covers hospital
services such as operating room, laboratory examinations, drugs administered in
hospital, diagnostic and therapeutic treatments, X-rays and the services of some
paramedical practitioners such as chiropractors, naturopaths, etc. Your Alberta
Health Care number is required at time of employment in order to place you on
our group account. If you are new in the province, or an employee previously
registered as a dependent on your parents registration, a registration form will
have to be completed. Hospital expenses incurred outside of Canada will have to
be paid directly by you. Your receipts will then be submitted to Alberta Health
care for payment, and any unpaid amount can be submitted to London Life for
reimbursement. The legislation creating medicare prohibits insuring excess
physicians' fees, commonly known as extra billing and hospital user fees.
Consequently, our supplementary plans cannot insure these charges. Income tax
regulations require that the Company report, as part of your income each year,
the premiums paid on your behalf for Alberta Health Care.
MAJOR MEDICAL
Your major medical plan will pay reasonable charges for the following if
medically necessary:
- by a licensed hospital, limited to semi-private accommodations including
out-patient charges, in Canada, and for a temporary period outside Canada in the
case of a resident of Canada who requires hospitalization due to an emergency
while travelling or on vacation or because treatment is not available in Canada.
In all cases, charges by a chronic or convalescent hospital for a covered person
65 years of age or over, shall be excluded. - for services rendered outside the
province of residence of the covered person, and excludes such services rendered
outside Canada except when such services are required due to an emergency while
travelling or on vacation or when treatment is not available in Canada, by a
physician, legally licensed to practice medicine, in excess of the charges
allowed under the health insurance plan of the province of residence of the
covered person. The maximum amount payable by the company for such services
shall not exceed the amount specified in the fee schedule of the province of
residence of the covered person except in the case of an emergency while the
covered person is travelling or on vacation or when treatment is not available
in Canada when the amount payable shall be unlimited.
- for 90% of drugs and medicines which require the written prescription of a
physician or dentist for purchase, excluding the following: (a) food and dietary
supplements (b) cosmetic or hygienic products (c) experimental drugs and
medicines (d) drugs and medicines not considered by the Canadian Medical
Association to be therapeutically useful - for services of a chiropractor,
osteopath, naturopath, podiatrist, physiotherapist, speech therapist and masseur
but not to exceed $15.00 per visit, subject to a maximum of 20 visits for each
type of such practitioner per calendar year for each covered person and for
services of a psychologist not to exceed $1,000.00 for each covered person per
calendar year. Charges for services by any of the above practitioners who are
members of the College of Physicians and Surgeons are paid by the provincial
health insurance plan. - for X-rays by a chiropractor not to exceed $45.00 for
each covered person per calendar year. - for surgery performed by a podiatrist
not to exceed $200.00 for each covered person per calendar year. - for visual
motor therapy by an optometrist not to exceed $10.00 per half-hour. - for
services of a dentist for the excision of cysts and tumours and for treatment
due to accidental injury to natural teeth from an external blow, excluding
biting accidents, provided treatment is received within 12 months of the
accident. - for ambulance service to the nearest hospital where treatment is
available. - for private duty nursing service in the home of the covered person,
and in hospital outside Canada if the covered person is a resident of Canada, by
a registered graduate nurse not ordinarily resident in the home and not related
to the covered person, provided such service can be performed only by a
registered graduate nurse and not by a person of lesser qualifications, and was
certified as medically necessary by the attending physician. For any in-home
private duty nursing services only 75% of the charges incurred shall be included
as a covered expense and the total amount payable for such charges shall not
exceed $5,000.00 for each covered person per calendar year. - for an artificial
eye, arm, hand, leg, foot, breast or orthopaedic braces, including repairs and
adjustments or replacement if repair is not possible, or to accommodate a
growing child. - for xxxxx socks, limited to six pair a year, for each covered
person. - for glasses or contact lenses following a cataract operation limited
to $100.00 for each eye once only. - for oxygen and its administration. - for
rental of a standard wheelchair, crutches, hospital bed or iron lung recommended
and approved by a physician legally licensed to practise medicine. - for the
following items if recommended and approved by a physician legally licensed to
practice medicine; elastic stockings, limited to two pair per calendar year for
each covered person, traction appliance, spinal and abdominal medical supports,
varco traction kits, belts and similar appliances, neck braces, cervical
collars, ileostomy or colostomy kits. - for orthopaedic shoes custom built, the
charge reduced by the cost of ordinary shoes, and orthopaedic modifications to
shoes are recommended and approved by a physician legally licensed to practise
medicine or by a podiatrist. - hearing aids (no maximum coverage within reason,
but not including experimental hearing aids) once every three (3) years. -
Limitations & Exclusions - No payment shall be made for: - any covered expenses
incurred by a dependent during a period of hospital confinement which began
before the date such dependent became insured hereunder. This limitation shall
not apply to a child who became insured as a dependent at birth. - medical or
other expenses in connection with periodic health check-ups or examinations,
travel for health, dental or services other than those covered under this plan,
or cosmetic surgery. - any injury or sickness for which a covered person is
entitled to indemnity or compensation under any Workers' Compensation Act or
comparable legislative or insurance provision. - any expenses for which a
covered person is not required to pay, or for any expense to which the employee
is entitled to reimbursement under any non-contractual arrangement, or under the
health insurance plan of the province in which the covered person resides,
whether or not such covered person is insured thereunder. - any charges which
are not permitted to be insured. - any injury or disease which resulted from an
act of war or hostilities of any kind. - any deterrent or similar fee charged by
a hospital other than a chronic care co-payment fee for a covered person under
65 years of age.
Claims
Written notice and satisfactory proof of the incurring of an expense for which
benefits are claimed hereunder must be received by the Administrator not later
than 90 days following the end of the calendar year in which the expense was
incurred.
DENTAL
AS THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF DENTAL WORK REQUIRED AND COVERED IS THE
DETERMINATION OF THE INSURANCE CARRIER, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PRE-DETERMINATION
BE COMPLETED ON ANY DENTAL WORK IN EXCESS OF $300. The Health Guard Dental
Benefits pays up to: 100% of the reasonable charges for basic dental services,
and 50% of the reasonable charges for orthodontic and restoration services; as
provided by your dentist or licensed dental technician.
Covered expenses include:
BASIC 100%
- routine examinations (not more than one examination every six months) - x-rays
- fillings other than inlays and crowns - extractions - oral surgery which
includes procedures such as excision of cysts and tumours - cleaning and scaling
- fluoride treatments - periodontal care (treatment of gums) excluding
periodontal prothesis (splinting) and orthodontic treatment (repositioning) -
endodontics, e.g. root canal therapy - space maintainers and regainers for
missing primary teeth - rebasing and relining of dentures
ORTHODONTIC 50%
- orthodontic treatment (repositioning) and appliances up to a maximum of $2,500
per covered person per lifetime.
RESTORATIVE 50%
- inlays and onlays - crowns and bridges, limited to once in every five years -
pontics (false tooth) - dentures (not duplicate set), limited to one set every
five years - bridge and denture repair - limited to a maximum of $5,000 per
covered person per year
Payment shall not exceed a portion of the amount shown in the fee schedule of
the dental association of your province of residence when treatment was
provided.
Limitations and Exclusions - No payment shall be made for:
- expenses payable under any other provision of this policy. - expenses incurred
for cosmetic purposes except covered dental expenses for treatment required for
correction of damage caused by accidental injury. - expenses for services
received because of dental injury for which a covered person is entitled to
indemnity or compensation under any Workers' Compensation Act or comparable
legislative or insurance provision. - expenses for services received for which a
covered person is not required to pay, including any expenses reimbursed,
assumed or allowed under any non-contractual plan, scheme or arrangement. -
expenses in respect of any dental injury which has resulted from an act of war
or hostilities of any kind. - expenses for services for which coverage is
provided for the covered person under any other insurance plan or policy, to the
extent of such coverage.
Claims
Dental claim forms for each family member must be completed by the dentist and
you. The form should then be submitted to the administrator of the plan. Written
notice of any expense incurred on account of which benefits are payable
hereunder must be given to the Company within 30 days from the date such expense
was incurred. Written proof satisfactory to the Company of any expense on
account of which benefits are claimed must be furnished to the Company within 90
days from the date such expense was incurred.
Vision Care
(a) Safety
One pair of safety prescription glasses per year will be supplied to those who
require them for their work.
This plan covers approved safety frames, lenses and dispensing fees to a maximum
of $85.00 for single vision and $100.00 for bifocal lenses. The supplier of the
safety glasses shall be appointed by the Company.
(b) Family
One pair of prescription glasses or contact lens per family member once every
two years to a maximum of $250 per family member every two years. The
administrator will supply you with the necessary forms, prices, choice of
frames, and instructions, if required, on purchasing the glasses.
Eye Examination
Eye examinations not covered by Alberta Health Care will be covered to a maximum
of $55.00 per examination and shall be limited to one examination per covered
person per year.
A P P E N D I X ( F )
TRADESMEN'S TOOLS
(a) Employee-owned hand tools which are broken in the performance of work for
the Company shall be replaced by the Company upon presentation of the broken
tool to the Maintenance Xxxxxxx or the Electrical Xxxxxxx, as applicable, by the
employee within the next working day following date of breakage, if, in the
opinion of the Maintenance Xxxxxxx or the Electrical Xxxxxxx, as the case may
be, the tool was required for performance of work for the Company and the work
was performed in a careful and workmanlike manner including the use of the
proper tool for the job.
(b) In addition to (a) above, a cash tool allowance as set out below, will be
paid on completion of one (1) year of service and will be paid on the pay day
immediately following May 31 of each year. For employees working less than a
full year amounts will be pro-rated as at May 31.
1. Machinists $100.00 2. Millwrights $100.00 3. Electricians $ 50.00 4.
Maintenance Welder $ 50.00 5. Fab. Welder $ 50.00 6. H.D. Mechanic $100.00 (c)
Each tradesman must supply his own hand tools as per each department's listed
requirement.
A P P E N D I X ( G )
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
The Company will supply the following protective clothing under conditions as
shown:
1. For employees whose regular job is on the inside and who are requested to
work outside during their regular shift, without having been notified of such
before leaving for work when outside temperatures are +30 F or lower.
The Company will provide:
(a) A winter lining for the safety helmet.
(b) A pair of working gloves.
(c) A heavy duty parka.
(d) A heavy duty pair of pants.
(e) A pair of winter boots.
This clothing must be turned in as soon as the employee is no longer needed
outside.
2. For employees whose regular job is on the inside and who are requested to
work outside during their regular shift, without having been notified of such
before leaving for work when it is raining. The Company will provide: (a) A
waterproof coat or suit. (b) A pair of overshoes. This clothing must be turned
in as soon as it stops raining or whenever the employee is no longer needed
outside.
3. For regular outside employees who are required to work outside while it is
raining. The Company will provide: (a) A waterproof coat or suit. This clothing
must be turned in as soon as it stops raining. None of the aforementioned
clothing can be taken outside the Company premises.
A P P E N D I X ( H )
LOCKERS
Full size lockers will be provided for all employees.
A P P E N D I X ( i )
PENSION PLAN
U.S.W.A., L.U. 7226 and Prudential Steel Ltd.
The Company to amend the Pension Plan effective January 1, 1998 to incorporate
the following features which shall be made part of the renewed Collective
Agreement.
1. Eligibility
All employees who are covered by the Collective Agreement have completed one (1)
year of service to become members with service credited from date of hiring
2. Funding
Non-contributory; Company to bear entire cost.
3. Normal (Unreduced Pension Benefits)
Employees will be eligible for an unreduced basic pension at age 65 or after 30
years of xxxxxxx.Xx addition to the basic pension described above, active
employees with at least 30 years of service will be eligible for a pension
supplement payable until the retiree's 65th birthday.
4. Monthly Pensions Payable
Effective January 1, 1998, the basic pension benefit will be equal to $45 per
month times years of service with a maximum credit of 35 years of service.
Effective January 1, 1998, there shall be a basic pension benefit equal to $48
per month times years of service, with a maximum credit of 35 years of service,
for those employees who retire between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2000.
Effective January 1, 2001, the basic pension shall be equal to $45 per month as
listed above. Effective January 1, 1998, the pension supplement will be equal to
$20 per month times years of service with a maximum credit of 30 years of
service.
5. Reduced Early Retirement Pension
(a) Basic Pension At the employee's sole discretion, after age 55, and with 10
or more years of service, but less than 30 years of service, the employee may
retire with a basic pension reduced by 1/2 of 1% for each month that the
retirement date precedes his 65th birthday. (b) Supplemental Pension At the
employee's sole discretion, after age 55, and with 10 or more years of service,
but less than 30 years of service, the employee may retire with a supplemental
pension reduced by 1/2 of 1% for each month that the retirement date precedes
his 65th birthday.
6. Vesting
Employees shall be fully vested in accrued basic pension benefits after 5 years
of continuous service. Employees terminating with vested basic pension rights
are entitled to a deferred vested pension payable at age 65.
7. Survivor Pension
The surviving spouse of an employee who dies after becoming eligible for any
form of basic pension benefit under this Plan (whether he is retired or still
employed by the employer), shall receive a monthly pension for life equal to 60%
of the basic pension, which the deceased spouse was receiving, or would have
been entitled to receive, assuming the date of his death had been his normal
retirement date for the purpose of this Plan.
8. Credited Service
There will be two types of credited service for the purpose of calculating
benefits under the Plan: (a) Past Services: All service with the Company up to
the effective date of this Plan. (b) Current Service: Service after the
effective date of this Plan to be calculated in years and tenths of years, as
follows: - Any year in which an employee receives 1,900 credited hours or more
shall constitute one year of credited service. - Where an employee has fewer
than 1,900 credited hours to his credit during a year he shall be credited with
1/10 year of service for each 190 credited hours. Credited hours shall be meant
to include:
1. Hours for which wages are received from the Company including vacation hours
and statutory holidays. 2. Hours the employee would normally have received while
receiving weekly indemnity benefits of the Workers' Compensation Board, or the
Company's Insurance Welfare Program, while in the employ of the Company. 3.
Hours the employee would normally have received while on temporary Union
business (not Union Employment).
9. Pension Committee
The Union shall appoint a Pension Committee. It is agreed that the Union Pension
Committee shall be supplied with: - Pension Plan statistics; - Periodic
financial and actuarial reports on the Plan; - Verification of service credits.
The Pension Agreement will provide for final settlement by an arbitrator, if
necessary, if disputes arise within the Pension Plan.
APPENDIX (J) X DESIGNATES 30 DAYS
LINES OF PROGRESSION 2X DESIGNATES 60 DAYS
PRODUCTION 3X DESIGNATES 90 DAYS
APPENDIX (J) X DESIGNATES 30 DAYS
LINES OF PROGRESSION 2X DESIGNATES 60 DAYS
QUALITY CONTROL 3X DESIGNATES 90 DAYS
APPENDIX (J) X DESIGNATES 30 DAYS
LINES OF PROGRESSION 2X DESIGNATES 60 DAYS
YARD 3X DESIGNATES 90 DAYS
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APPENDIX (J) X DESIGNATES 30 DAYS
LINES OF PROGRESSION 2X DESIGNATES 60 DAYS
OIL COUNTRY GOODS 3X DESIGNATES 90 DAYS
APPENDIX K
Emergency Procedures
ALL SUPERVISORS AND/OR LEADHANDS
- Proceed to designated building evacuation area.
- Confirm that all your personnel are at the evacuation area and notify the area
evacuation officer as to whether or not all your personnel are at the evacuation
area and who is missing, if any.
APPENDIX L
SUPPLEMENTAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PLAN
ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS
1. "Accounting Period" means a calendar month.
2. "Bargaining Unit" means the unit or units of employees covered by the
Collective Agreement.
3. "Regular Benefit" means such weekly benefit as is payable under Article VII
of the Plan to an eligible employee for a week of layoff in which he performed
no work for the Company, and received no Jury Duty, Bereavement or similar pay
from the Company.
4. "Board" means the Board of Administration provided for in Article IX hereof.
5. "Break in Seniority" means any break in or loss of seniority pursuant to the
terms of the Collective Agreement.
6. "Collective Agreement" means the currently effective Collective Agreement
between the Company and the Union.
7. "Company" means Prudential Steel Ltd.
8. "Compensated or Available Hours" for a week shall be the sum of: (a) all
basic shift hours for which an employee receives pay from the Company; (b) all
hours scheduled or made available to the Employee by the Company but not worked
by the Employee, after reasonable notice has been given to the Employee
(including any period on leave of absence); (c) all hours not worked by the
Employee which are attributed to absenteeism of other employees; (d) all hours
represented by vacation pay, paid pursuant to the Collective Agreement, on the
basis that 40 hours, or such fewer hours for which vacation pay was received,
shall be applicable to the first vacation week to which the Employee is entitled
under the Collective Agreement and the remainder of such vacation hours, if any,
shall be applied to any additional week of Company designated vacation received
by the Employee. 9. "Credit Unit" means a unit credited to an Employee under the
plan.
10. "Employee" means an employee in the Bargaining Unit covered by the Plan. Use
of the masculine gender in this Plan shall be deemed to also include the
feminine.
11. "Employee in Active Service" means an employee who has performed any work
for which he has drawn pay in any pay period.
12. "Fund" or "Trust Fund" means the trust fund established under Article II of
the Plan from which Benefits may be payable to Employees.
13. "Hours Credited" means: (i) paid clock hours actually worked by employees
(ii) paid hours of vacation taken but not in excess of 40 hours per week of such
vacation (iii) paid holidays not worked; paid call-in hours not worked (iv) paid
hours not worked on the day of an injury on the job (v) paid hours not worked
while serving on jury duty (vi) regular shift hours not worked while absent due
to sickness or accident for which the employee has been compensated under the
Workmen's Compensation Act or the Weekly Indemnity Plan (vii) regular shift
hours not worked by an employee while on Union business. (It is understood that
there shall be no duplication of hours counted under the foregoing provisions).
14. "Plan" means the Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan as set forth in this
Agreement.
15. "Plant" means any of the company's operations.
16. "Regular Shift Hours Worked" means hours actually worked by employees.
17. "Seniority" means seniority status under the terms of the Collective
Agreement. 18. "Standard Hourly Rate" means the rate assigned in the Collective
Agreement to the job classification in which the employee is working, (i) in the
case of a regular benefit, the straight time hourly rate on his last day of work
in the Bargaining Unit (ii) in the case of a short work week benefit, the
highest straight time hourly rate paid the employee while in the Bargaining Unit
during the pay period in which the short work week occurs.
19. "Supplementation" means the receiving by a laid off employee of both
Unemployment Insurance and Weekly Supplemental Benefit under the Plan for the
same week of layoff at approximately the same time and without reduction of
Unemployment Insurance because of the payment of the Weekly Supplemental Benefit
under the Plan.
20. "Trustee" means the trustee or trustees of the Trust Fund as provided for
under Article II of this Plan.
21. "Unemployment Insurance" means any system of programme established pursuant
to any law of Canada for paying benefits to persons on account of their
unemployment under which an individual's eligibility for benefit payments is not
determined by application of a "means" or "disability" test, and an
"unemployment insurance benefit" means a benefit payable under Unemployment
Insurance.
22. "Union" means the United Steelworkers of America on behalf of its Local
7226.
23. "Weekly Supplemental Benefit" means the weekly benefit provided for under
Article VII of the Plan.
24. "Week" or "Full Week", when used in connection with a period of layoff,
means, (i) a period of layoff equivalent to a work week or (ii) a work week for
which an employee, although working all of the hours of work made available to
him during such week, shall not receive pay from the Company sufficient in
amount to disqualify him for a Benefit under this Plan.
25. "Weekly Straight Time Pay" means an amount equal to an employee's Standard
Hourly Rate (plus any applicable out-of-line differential in effect at the time
of computation of the Regular Benefit, but excluding all other premiums and
bonuses of any kind) multiplied by 40.
26. "Weekly After Tax Pay" means the amount of an employee's Weekly Straight
Time Pay reduced by the sum of all federal, provincial and municipal taxes and
contributions which would be required to be collected, deducted or withheld by
the Company from a regular weekly wage of such amount if paid to him for the
last Pay Period he worked in the Bargaining Unit.
27. "Work Week" or "Pay Period" means a period of 168 hours covering work
performed on any shift commencing at or after 12:01 a.m. Sunday and up to 12:00
midnight the following Saturday.
ARTICLE II - ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND
The Company shall, in accordance with the Plan, establish and maintain a Fund,
with a qualified Trust Company selected by the Company as Trustee. The Company's
contributions shall be made into the Fund, the assets of which shall be held,
invested and applied by the Trustee, all in accordance with the Plan. Benefits
shall be payable only from the Fund. All assets of the Fund shall be held by the
Trustee in cash or investments in which the Trustee is authorized to invest
trust funds. The Fund shall be administered in accordance with the terms of a
trust agreement which shall be entered into between the Company and the Trustee.
ARTICLE III - PERCENTAGE POSITION OF FUND
Section 1 - Percentage Position of Fund
The Company shall determine for each accounting period a Percentage Position of
the Fund, (hereinafter called the Percentage Position of the fund). The
Percentage Position of the fund for a particular accounting period shall be the
percentage of the market value of the total assets in the Fund, as certified by
the Trustee as of the close of business on the Friday preceding the first Sunday
of such accounting period, as it relates to the Fully Funded Position of the
fund for such accounting period as determined by the Company in accordance with
the provisions of this section. The Fully Funded Position of the fund for any
such accounting period shall be determined by multiplying $867 by the sum of (i)
the number of employees in active service; and (ii) the number of employees laid
off from work and having Credit Units, who are not included in (i), both numbers
to be determined as of the latest closed payroll period for which the figures
are available prior to the first Sunday of the accounting period for which the
Fully Funded Position is being determined. Section 2 - Finality of
Determinations No adjustment in the Fully Funded Position or the Percentage
Position of the Fund shall be made on account of any subsequently discovered
error in the computations or the figures used in making the computations, except
(i) in the case of an error in bad faith, or (ii) in the case where after
discovery of any error adjustment is feasible.
ARTICLE IV - CONTRIBUTIONS BY COMPANY
Section 1
Effective January 1, 1998, the Company shall make a contribution to the fund
equal to ten (10 cents) multiplied by the total number of regular shift hours
worked by all employees for such pay period.
Section 2 - When Contributions are Payable
The contribution by the Company shall be made within four weeks of the end of
the accounting period with respect to which such contributions are being made.
ARTICLE V - ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS
Section 1 - Application for Benefits
No employee may receive a Benefit unless he shall have made due application
therefore in accordance with the procedures established hereunder and shall have
met the eligibility requirements of Section 2 of this Article.
Section 2 - Eligibility
Effective January 1, 1998, and subject to the other provisions of this Plan, an
applicant shall be eligible for Regular Benefit only if, pursuant to the
provisions of the Collective Agreement, he is laid off from employment in the
Bargaining Unit for the work week, as defined in Article I, for which
application is made, and,
(a) such layoff was not for disciplinary reasons and was not a consequence of
(i) any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, picketing or other concerted action
involving employees or (ii) any war or hostile act of a foreign power (but not
government regulations or controls connected therewith) or (iii) sabotage or
insurrection.
(b) with respect to such week the applicant:
1. has to his credit at least one-half (.50) Credit Unit: 2. has registered at
and complied with the reporting requirements of an employment office maintained
by Unemployment Insurance and has not failed or refused to accept employment
deemed suitable by Unemployment Insurance, in accordance with the regulations
thereunder. 3. has received an Unemployment Insurance benefit for the week in
which the member is claiming a benefit under this plan: (i) only Unemployment
Insurance benefits received as a result of layoff from Prudential Steel ltd.
shall be considered as fulfilling the eligibility requirements of this plan (ii)
other Unemployment Insurance benefits such as training allowances, maternity
leave or sick benefits shall not be considered eligible under this plan. 4. has
not refused to accept work when recalled except as permitted by the provisions
of the Collective Agreement. 5. was not receiving or claiming any statutory
benefit or any accident or sickness benefit under the terms of the Weekly
Indemnity Plan or other disability benefit, (other than a survivor's allowance
under Workmen's Compensation laws or a disability benefit which he was in
receipt of while in active employment with the Company prior to layoff). 6. did
not receive any unemployment benefit from or under any contract, plan or
arrangement of any other employer, and was not eligible for such a benefit from
or under any contract, plan or arrangement of any other employer with whom he
has greater seniority than with the Company. 7. is eligible for a Benefit under
the Plan of at least $25 per week.
Section 3 - Disputed Claims for Benefits under
Unemployment Insurance
With respect to any week for which an applicant for a Benefit under the Plan has
been denied a benefit under Unemployment Insurance (except for one of the
reasons set forth in Section 2(b)(3) of this Article) and such denial is being
appealed by the applicant through the procedure provided therefore under
Unemployment Insurance, there shall be no consideration given to such
application for Benefit under the Plan unless and until his appeal for a Benefit
under Unemployment Insurance with respect to such work has been allowed.
ARTICLE VI - CREDIT UNITS
Section 1 - Accrual of Credit Units
(a) Credit Units shall have no value in terms of either time or money but shall
be a means of determining duration of benefits under the varying circumstances
prevailing from time to time. Credit Units shall be credited to an employee at
the rates specified in subsection (b) of this section, provided that:
1. no employee may have to his credit in the aggregate at any one time more than
39 Credit Units under the Plan, and 2. no employee shall be credited with any
Credit Units prior to the first day as of which he (i) had at least one year of
seniority and (ii) is an Employee in Active Service in the Bargaining Unit, but
as of such day he shall be credited with Credit Units based upon his work week
subsequent to date of hiring or January 1, 1991, whichever is later.
(b) Credit Units shall be credited at the rate of one-half (.50) of a Credit
Unit for each full work week commencing on or after January 1, 1991. For the
purpose of accruing Credit Units under this subsection, a full work week for an
employee means a work week in which his hours credited are 31 or more.
Section 2 - Forfeiture of Credit Units
An employee shall forfeit permanently all Credit Units with which he shall have
been credited if at any time (i) he shall incur a break in his seniority, or
(ii) he shall wilfully misrepresent any material fact in connection with an
application by him for Benefits under the Plan.
ARTICLE VII - AMOUNT OF REGULAR BENEFITS
Section 1 - Weekly Supplemental Benefits
Regular Benefit
The Weekly Supplemental Benefit payable to any eligible applicant shall be
$50.00 less the amount of any wage or remuneration earned by the applicant in
such week.
Section 2 - Insufficient Credit Units for Full Benefit
If an eligible applicant shall have available a number of Credit Units less than
those required for the full amount of the Weekly Supplemental Benefit for any
week, he shall receive a proportionate amount of the Weekly Supplemental Benefit
to which his Credit Units would entitle him on the pro rata basis, but such
proportionate amount of benefit must be in an amount of at least $25.00.
Section 3 - Withholding Tax
The Trustee shall deduct from the amount of any Benefit as computed under this
Plan any amount required to be withheld by the Trustee or the Company by reason
of any law or regulation for payment of taxes or otherwise to any federal,
provincial or municipal government.
ARTICLE VIII - DURATION OF BENEFITS
Section 1 - Number of Weeks of Benefits
The number of weeks for which an eligible applicant shall receive Weekly
Supplemental Benefit payments shall be determined by the number of his Credit
Unit and the current Percentage Position of the Fund. Following the
implementation of this Plan on January 1, 1991, there shall be no benefits
payable until the Percentage Position of the Fund reaches at least 25%.
Thereafter the full Conversion Table shall apply.
Section 2 - Cancellation of Credit Units
The number of Credit Units to be cancelled for the regular benefit shall be
determined by (i) the seniority of the employee to whom such benefit is paid and
(ii) the Percentage Position applicable to the week for which such benefit is
paid, in accordance with the following table:
CONVERSION TABLE
If the Percentage And if at the date of the
Position of the seniority of the person to
Fund Applicable whom such Benefit is paid is:
to the week for
which such 1 to 5 5 to 10
10 to 1515 years
Benefit is Years Years
Years and over
paid is:
The Credit Units cancelled for such Benefit shall be:
75% or over 1.00
1.00 1.00
1.00
65 - 74.99 1.25
1.00 1.00
1.00
55 - 64.99 1.50
1.25 1.00
1.00
45 - 54.99 1.75
1.50 1.25
1.00
35 - 44.99 2.00
1.75 1.50
1.25
25 - 34.99 2.50
2.00 1.75
1.50
15 - 24.99 3.00
2.25 2.00
1.75
under 15% No Benefit Payable
ARTICLE IX - ADMINISTRATION
Section 1 - General
(a) The determination of the eligibility of any applicant for a Benefit and the
payment of such Benefit shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this
Article. (b) The Company shall determine the eligibility of any applicant for a
Benefit and the manner of payment of such Benefit, subject to the right of
appeal by the applicant as herein set forth.
Section 2 - Application for a Benefit
(a) The Company shall establish reasonable rules, regulations and procedures
concerning the times and locations at the Plant at which employees desiring to
establish eligibility for and/or to apply for a Benefit may report in order to
comply with the eligibility requirements of the plan and concerning the form,
content, and substantiation of application for Benefits. (b) An applicant may be
required to exhibit his unemployment insurance benefit cheque for the week with
respect to which application is made or to exhibit other satisfactory evidence
of receipt of an Unemployment Insurance Benefit. (c) In addition, an applicant
may be required to state in writing, (i) whether he received or was entitled to
receive any benefit from any source other than the Plan for the week with
respect to which application is made, and, if so, the source and amount thereof;
(ii) the amount of any earnings during such week; and (iii) such further
evidence and information as the Company may deem necessary to determine his
eligibility for a Benefit.
Section 3 - Determination of Eligibility - Payment Procedure
(a) When an applicant files an application for a Benefit and furnishes the
evidence and information required to be furnished under Section 2 of this
Article, the Company shall determine within five working days whether a Benefit
is payable to him and, if so, the amount thereof. (b) If the Company determines
that a Benefit is payable, it shall within five working days arrange payment by
the Trustee. (c) If the Company or the Board determines that any Benefits paid
under the Plan should not have been paid or should have been paid in a lesser
amount (as a result of a subsequent disqualification for Unemployment Insurance
Benefits or otherwise), written notice thereof shall be mailed to the recipient
and he shall return the amount of overpayment to the Trustees. If such recipient
shall fail to return such amount promptly the Trustee shall arrange for the
amount of overpayment to be reimbursed to the Fund by making a deduction from
future Benefits otherwise payable to such recipient or by requesting the Company
to make a deduction from compensation and in such event shall pay the amount
deducted to the Trustee, and advise the Board of such action. At such times as
such overpayment is recovered by the Fund, the number of Credit Units, if any,
theretofore cancelled with respect to such overpayment of benefits shall be
restored to such employee, subject to the provisions of Article VI. (d) Payment
of Benefits under the Plan shall be made by, and the return of amounts of
overpayment shall be made to, the representative of the Trustee appointed by it
for such purpose. Such representative may be a person or persons employed by the
Company. (e) If the Company determines that an applicant is not entitled to a
benefit for which he has applied, it shall send prompt written notice thereof to
him by registered mail.
Section 4 - Powers and Authority of the Company
The Company shall have such powers and authority as are necessary and
appropriate in order to carry out its duties hereunder, but not limited to, the
following:
(a) To obtain from employees, the Trustee, and elsewhere such information as the
Company shall deem necessary in order to carry out its duties under this Plan.
(b) To investigate the correctness of information furnished by any applicant for
a Benefit. (c) To make appropriate determinations pursuant to this Article. (d)
To establish appropriate procedure for giving notices required to be given under
this Plan. (e) To establish and maintain necessary records.
Section 5 - Board of Administration
(a) Composition and Procedure:
1. There shall be established a Board of Administration consisting of three
Company appointed representatives and three Union appointed representatives
hereinafter referred to respectively as the Company Members and the Union
Members. In the event of a deadlock in voting on the Board, an impartial
Chairman may be selected by mutual agreement of the Company and Union Members.
If no agreement can be reached, the Chairman shall be appointed by the Dist.
Dir. - USWA at the request of either the Company or the Union. The impartial
Chairman shall be considered a member of the Board and shall attend and vote at
meetings of the Board only with respect to a matter before the Board under the
Plan which the Company and Union Members are unable to dispose of by majority
vote. 2. (i) The Company and the Union may appoint an alternate for each Member
who may replace the respective Member at any meeting which the Member is unable
to attend. (ii) Either the Company or the Union at any time may remove a Member
or alternate appointed by it and may appoint a Member or alternate to fill any
vacancy among the Members or alternates appointed by it. Both the Company and
the Union shall notify each other in writing of the names of Members or
alternates respectively appointed by them before any such appointments shall be
effective. 3. To constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, there
shall be required to be present at any meeting of the Board at least two Union
Members and two Company Members. Decisions of the Board shall be by a majority
of the votes cast. 4. The Board shall not maintain any separate office or staff.
The Company and the Union shall each be responsible for furnishing such clerical
and other staff assistance as its own representative members of the Board
respectively shall require. Copies of all appeals, reports, and other documents
to be filed with the Board pursuant to the Plan shall be filed in duplicate, one
copy to be sent to the Company members at the address designated by them and the
other to the Union Members at the address designated by them. (b) Powers and
Authority of the Board: 1. The Board shall be empowered and authorized and shall
have jurisdiction, (i) to hear and determine appeals pursuant to this Article;
(ii) to prescribe the form and content of appeals to the Board established
pursuant to Section 6 of this Article and such detailed procedure as may be
necessary with respect to the filing of such appeals; (iii) to require the
Company to authorize the Trustee to make payment of Benefits pursuant to
determinations made by the Board; (iv) to require the Company to authorize the
Trustee to make payment of expenses of the Board which under the terms of the
Plan are to be paid from the Fund; (v) to perform such other duties as are
expressly conferred upon it by the Plan.
2. Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to give the Board the power, (i) to
prescribe in any manner internal procedures or operations of either the Company
or the Union nor (ii) to add to, subtract from, or modify the provisions of this
Plan. All majority decisions of the Board shall be final and binding on
employees, the Union, and the Company.
Section 6 - Appeals from Company Determination
(a) Appeal Procedure: 1. An appeal must be filed by an applicant in writing with
the Board within ten (10) days from the date the employee is notified of a
decision made by the Company. 2. A meeting of the Board of Administration, as
provided in the Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan, will take place within
ten (10) days from the receipt of a written appeal. 3. An appeal may be
withdrawn by the applicant before the Board has made a decision. (b)
Applicability of Appeals Procedure:
1. Only the appeals procedure set forth in this Section may be employed for the
purpose of the Plan. An appeal hereunder shall not be used nor deemed to be a
substitute for a protest or appeal under appropriate Unemployment Insurance
procedures of a denial of an Unemployment Insurance Benefit.
2. In acting on appeals under this Section, the Board shall have no power to
determine questions arising under the Collective Agreement, even though relevant
to the issues before the Board. All such questions shall be determined through
the regular procedures provided therefore by the Collective Agreement, and all
determinations made pursuant to such agreement shall be accepted by the Board.
Section 7 - Cost of Administering the Plan
(a) Expenses of the Trustee: The costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee
under the Plan shall be charged to the fund. (b) Expenses of the Board: The
compensation paid to the impartial Chairman of the Board as well as any
necessary expenses of the Board for the performance of its functions specified
in the Plan shall be borne by the Fund. The Company members and the Union
members of the Board shall serve without compensation from the Fund. (c) Cost of
Company Administrative Services: The Company shall bear the costs of services
performed by it in the administration of this plan and shall not be entitled to
reimbursement from the fund for such costs.
Section 8 - Reports
(a) Reports by the Company:
1. The Company shall notify the Board and the Union with reasonable promptness
of the Percentage Position of the Fund as determined by it in accordance with
the provisions of Article III, and shall furnish a statement showing the number
of Employees in Active Service and the number of laid off employees with Credit
Units used in the computation.
2. Within 90 days following the end of each calendar year, the Company shall
furnish to the Union a statement showing the number of Employee Regular shift
hours on which Company's contributions to the Fund during each accounting period
of such year have been based.
3. The Company will comply with reasonable requests by the Union for other
statistical information on the operation of the Plan which the Company has
compiled.
(b) Reports by the Trustee:
1. Within ten (10) days after the commencement of each accounting period,
beginning with the accounting period in which the Company shall have made its
first contribution under the Plan, the Trustee shall be required to furnish to
the Board, the Union, and the Company a statement showing Trust Fund receipts
during the preceding accounting period.
2. Not later than the 10th (tenth) day of each accounting period following the
first Anniversary Date, the Trustee shall furnish to the Board, the Union, and
the Company, (i) a statement showing the total market value of the Fund as of
the close of business on the Friday following the last Monday of the preceding
accounting period; and (ii) a statement showing the amounts, if any, paid from
the fund during the preceding accounting period.
ARTICLE X - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1 - Liability
(a) The provisions of Article IV of the Plan express completely the Company's
obligation with respect to financing the Plan and providing for Benefits, and
neither the Union nor any employee shall call upon the Company to make or
provide for any benefit or payment beyond the provisions of the Plan, in the
event the Fund should prove insufficient to pay Benefits which might otherwise
be payable under the Plan. (b) The Board, the Company, the Union, the Trustee
and each of them shall be entitled to rely upon the correctness of any
information furnished to it by an authorized representative of any of the
others; and none of them shall be liable because of any act or failure to act on
the part of any of the others, except that nothing herein shall be deemed to
relieve any such individual from liability for his own fraud or bad faith.
Section 2 - Rights and Responsibilities
Neither the rights of the employees as set out in the Collective Agreement, nor
the Company's right to discipline or discharge shall be enlarged or limited by
reason of any provision of this Plan. The Plan shall not be deemed in any way to
enlarge, qualify, limit or alter the Management responsibilities of the Company
as set forth in the Collective Agreement.
Section 3 - No Vested Interest
No employee shall have any right, title, or interest in or to any of the assets
of the Trust Fund or to any Company contribution thereto, except to the extent
provided for by this Plan.
Section 4 - To Whom Benefits are Payable under Certain Conditions
Benefits shall be payable hereunder only to the person who is eligible
therefore, except that if the Board shall find that such person is deceased or
is unable to manage his affairs for any reason, any Benefit otherwise payable to
him shall be paid to his duly appointed legal representative, if there be one,
or if not, to the spouse, parents, children, or other relatives or dependents of
such person as the Board in its discretion may determine, and any such payment
so made shall be a complete discharge of any liability with respect to such
Benefit. In the case of death, no Benefit shall be payable with respect to any
period following the last full day of layoff immediately preceding the person's
death. Such benefit shall be prorated if a partial week is involved.
Section 5 - Non-Alienation of Benefits
No benefit shall be subject in any way to alienation, sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge, attachment garnishment, execution, or encumbrance of any
kind and any attempt to accomplish the same shall be void. In the event that the
Board shall find that such an attempt has been made with respect to any benefit,
the Board in its sole discretion may request the Company to direct application
of the amount of such benefit to such employee, his spouse, parents, children,
or other relations or dependents as the Board may determine, and any such
application shall be a complete discharge of any liability with respect to such
benefit.
Section 6 - Status of Person Receiving Benefits
Neither the Company's contributions nor any benefit paid under the Plan shall be
considered a part of any employee's wages for any purpose, other than for Income
Tax purposes. No person who receives any Benefit shall for that reason be deemed
an employee of the Company during such period nor shall he thereby accrue any
greater right to participate in, accrue credits or receive benefits under any
other Employee Benefit Plan to which the Company contributes than he would if he
were not receiving such benefit.
Section 7 - Amendment and Termination of the Plan
(a) So long as any Collective Agreement between the Company and the Union
concerning the Plan shall remain in effect, including the period of time covered
by the Collective Agreement, the Plan shall not be amended, modified, suspended
or terminated. Upon Termination of such Agreement, the Company shall have the
right to continue the Plan in effect or to modify, amend, suspend, or terminate
the Plan once it has the agreement of the Union. (b) Upon any termination of the
Plan, the assets then remaining in the fund shall be subject to all of the
applicable provisions of the Plan then in effect and shall be issued until
exhausted to pay expenses of administration and to pay benefits to eligible
applicants laid off, or thereafter laid off, in the order, each week, of the
respective dates as of which they were laid off, in which event the provision of
the last line of the table in Section 2 of Article VIII with respect to a
Percentage Position of less than 25% (twenty-five percent) shall apply until the
Fund shall be exhausted. Following the effective date of such termination of the
Plan, after all benefits have been paid that employees may be eligible to
receive under the provisions of this plan, the remaining funds of the Plan shall
revert to the Company. (c) The Company shall notify Human Resources Development
Canada of any changes or amendments to this Plan within 30 (thirty) days of the
effective date of the change.
Section 8 - Payments Not Effected by Other Benefits
Any other benefits received by a member of this Plan such as guaranteed
remuneration, deferred remuneration or severance pay will not be reduced or
increased by payments received under this plan.
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. (CALGARY)
OF THE FIRST PART
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LOCAL 7226
OF THE SECOND PART
With regard to Article 5 - Union Security:
5.02 Institution of initiation fees at $10.00. This document is to insure the
smooth operation in the implementation of initiation fees in the amount of
$10.00. Commencing the month following the month of hire, the Company will
deduct an initiation fee from the new employee in the amount of $10.00. This
deduction shall take place at the end of the first full pay period in the month
following the month of hire. Such amounts deducted shall be sent to the Union
with a separate accounting in the same fashion as the regular union dues
deductions.
Signed this day of , 2001.
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Local 7226
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Local 7226
1. Re: Pay for Lost Time for Union Business The Company agrees to pay all lost
time for union business, and xxxx Local 7226 for such time as not covered by
Article 11.07, on a monthly basis.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties hereto have executed this Memorandum of Agreement
on this day of , 2001.
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
(on behalf of Local Union 7226)
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA,
Local 7226
Effective January 1, 1991, the Company agrees to pay two and one-half (2-1/2)
cents per hour for each and every hour actually worked by an employee in the
Bargaining Unit to the United Steelworkers of America Local 7226 Education Fund.
Such contributions shall be made solely by the Company and the Company shall not
deduct such contributions or any portion thereof from an employee's wages. Such
contributions are in excess of the wage rate set out in the Collective
Agreement, and do not constitute a payment of wages, or any portion of a payment
of wages. Upon the wages of an employee becoming due the said contributions of
two and one-half (2-1/2) cents per hour shall be calculated by the Company, and
set aside for the Trustees of the said Fund and the gross contributions of the
Company for all hours worked by all employees in the Bargaining Unit in a month
shall be forwarded by the Company to the said fund at #000, 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
X.X., XXXXXXX, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0, no later than the fifteenth (15th) of the month
following.
It is understood that the contributions above are for the benefit of members of
the Union as recognized by the Trustees of the said Fund, and that the Fund
shall be administered solely by the Trustees of the said Fund, and that the
Trustees are empowered to make from time to time reasonable rules in this
respect.
In witness whereof the parties hereto have executed this Agreement this day of ,
2001.
For the Company For the Union
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA,
Local 7226
It is understood and agreed that the officially elected President of Local 7226,
while employed by Prudential Steel Ltd. and while serving in the capacity of
President of Local 7226, shall be put on straight day shift in the job he
normally holds as an extra employee. In addition, he shall remain accessible at
all times to the members of Local Union 7226.
Pay shall be for all hours worked, or as otherwise provided for under the
Collective Agreement.
In witness whereof of the parties hereto have executed this Agreement this day
of , 2001.
For the Company For the Union
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.,
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Local 7226
The Company agrees to the Union request to deduct one (1) cent per hour worked
from employee's pay and remit such deduction to the United Steelworkers of
America Humanities Fund as advised by the Union.
In witness whereof the parties have executed this Letter of Agreement on this
day of , 2001.
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Local 7226
The Company agrees with the Union's request to establish a payroll deduction
plan for workers who want to contribute to the Steelworkers Savings Plan.
Details of such plan shall be as mutually agreed between the Company and the
Union.
In witness whereof the parties hereto have executed this Agreement this day of ,
2001.
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Local 7226
The Company agrees to a severance adjustment allowance for employees covered by
this Collective Agreement and such allowance shall be as follows:
The Severance Adjustment Allowance shall be equal in total to two (2) weeks' pay
times years of seniority to a maximum of fifty-two (52) weeks, payable in
monthly instalments, to be no greater than $400 per month, until the terminated
person's individual amount is exhausted.
Alternatively, an employee affected by a plant closure may elect to receive a
lump sum payment equal to 80 hours pay times year of service.
To be eligible, the person must have been actively employed by the Company for
five years credited pension service and hold status on the Plant Seniority List.
To receive a benefit, the person must have been on layoff for two (2) continuous
years or have been permanently laid off as a result of a plant shutdown.
The person must apply in writing and expressly give up all recall rights.
The Company and the Union agree that for the term of this Collective Agreement
the Company will establish a Book Account of Ten (10) Cents per hour worked by
all employees covered by the Agreement. The Account will be administered by the
Company and the Union will be provided with quarterly statements.
Should the account ever fail to have sufficient funds to meet the monthly
payments, the Company shall advance the necessary amount to cover that month's
expense and recoup such advance from future accruals.
Any employee accepting participation in the Severance Adjustment Allowance shall
waive all rights past, present and future against the Company as a result of his
employment and or severance from the Company.
In witness whereof the parties hereto have executed this Letter of Agreement
this of , 2001.
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
AND
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LOCAL UNION 7226
It is understood and agreed that the Group Leader positions will be filled by
hourly employees at the following levels of activity in each department.
Level of Activity Required
Job Classification to Fill Vacancy
Mill Line Group Leader 1 per shift per mill
Inspection Group Leader 1 per line per shift per mill
Threading Line Group Leader 1 per shift of threading
Laboratory Group Leader 1 when Mill I and/or Mill II
is on one shift:
2 when Mill I and Mill II are
on 2 or more shifts
Yard Group Leader 1 when there are 10 or more employees
on a shift
Senior H.D. Mechanic Group Leader 1 when 9 H.D. Mechanics are
employed
Heavy Duty Mechanic Group Leader 1 when 5 H.D. Mechanics are
employed
Machinist Group Leader 1 when 9 Machinists are employed
Fabrication Group Leader 1 when 8 Fabrication employees
are employed
Electrical Group Leader 1 when 8 Electricians are employed
Signed this day of , 2001.
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
AND
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Local 7226
Procedure for crew movements between the upsetter and threading lines to replace
procedure dated October 18, 1979.
Movement of upsetter crew to threading line on a temporary basis:
Upsetter line Job class Threading line Job class
Upsetter Operator @ 12 goes to Group Leader @ 14
" @ 12 goes to Threading Machine Op. @ 12
" @ 12 goes to Thread End Insp. @ 12
" @ 12 goes to Bucker Operator @ 12
Upset Inspector @ 8 goes to Hydro Operator @ 8
" @ 8 goes to Scale Operator @ 8
Fin Grinder @ 7 goes to Drift Operator @ 7
" @ 7 goes to Material Handler @ 7
Movement of threading crew to upsetting line on a temporary basis:
Threading line Job class Upsetter line Job class
Group Leader @ 14 goes to Upsetter Operator @ 14
Threading Machine Op. @ 12 goes to " @ 12
Thread End Insp. @ 10 goes to " @ 12
Bucker Operator @ 10 goes to " @ 12
Hydro Operator @ 8 goes to Upset Inspector @ 8
Scale Operator @ 7 goes to " @ 8
Drift Operator @ 5 goes to Fin Grinder @ 7
Material Handler @ 4 goes to " @ 7
1. When moving from the upsetter to the threading line, the leader's job will be
filled first by the senior man in O.C.G. department with recall rights then by
the senior Upsetter-threader Operator.
2. Job openings will be filled first by personnel with recall rights, then by
job postings. Operator jobs will be posted as Upsetter-Threader Operators. All
other jobs will be posted by CWS job titles.
3. Order of crews in the Oil Country Goods Department shall be:
Crew 1 - Threading, Crew - 2 Threading, Crew - 3 Threading, Crew 4 - Upsetter,
Crew 5 - Threading, Crew 6 - Upsetter, Crew 7 - Threading, Crew 8 - Threading,
Crew 9 - Upsetter
Signed on behalf of:
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Signed this day of , 2001.
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
or their successors and/or
their assigns, hereinafter
called the "Company", of
the first part
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 7226
hereinafter called the
"Union", of the second part
Effective January 1, 1991, the Company agrees to pay five (5) cents per hour for
each and every hour actually worked by any employee in the bargaining unit to
the United Steelworkers of America, Local 7226 (Prudential) Safety Equipment
Trust Fund. Such contributions shall be made solely by the Company and the
Company shall not deduct such contributions or any portion thereof from an
employee's wages. Such contributions are in excess of the wage rate set out in
the Collective Agreement, and do not constitute a payment of wages, or any
portion of a payment of wages. Upon the wages of an employee becoming due the
said contributions of five (5) cents per hour shall be calculated by the
Company, and set aside for the trustees of the said Fund, and the gross
contributions of the Company for all hours worked by all employees in the
bargaining unit in a month shall be forwarded by the Company to the said Fund at
150, 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx X. X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X0X 0X0, no later than the
fifteenth (15th) of the month following.
It is understood that the contributions above are for the benefit of members of
the Union as recognized by the trustees of the said Fund, and that the Fund
shall be administered solely by the trustees of the said Fund, and that the
trustees are empowered to make from time to time reasonable rules in this
respect.
It is also understood that the Union will prepare a financial statement on the
operations of the said Fund for each calendar year, and submit this financial
statement to the Company.
Upon request by the Company, the Union will supply details on the operation of
the said Fund.
In witness whereof the parties hereto have executed this Agreement the day of ,
2001.
Signed on behalf of: Signed on behalf of
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Local 7226
It is understood and agreed that the employer (Prudential Steel Ltd.) shall
maintain a continuous and ongoing monitoring program at the worksite. The Union
shall participate in such monitoring activities and inspections, including, but
not limited to, health and safety evaluations of noise levels, air pollutants,
chemical and physical agents or ventilation problems.
In addition, the Union shall be allowed to conduct whatever additional health
and safety inspections and monitoring the Union deems necessary to safeguard the
health and safety of its members. Inspections conducted by a third party must be
mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Union.
In witness whereof the parties hereto have executed this Agreement this day of ,
2001. For the Company For the Union
APPRENTICE TRAINING AGREEMENT
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
and
UNITED XXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXX
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APPRENTICE TRAINING AGREEMENT
INDEX
Article
1 Preamble
2 Joint Apprenticeship Committee
3 Relation of Trade
4 Qualifications of Applicants for Apprenticeship
5 Contract of Apprenticeship
6 Schedule of Apprentice Training Rates
7 Schedule of Training Processes
8 Instruction of Apprentices
9 Seniority
10 Hours of Work
11 Certificate of Apprenticeship
12 Modification of Standards
13 Duration of Agreement
Exhibit
"A" Record of Application
"A-1" Application for Apprenticeship
"B" Contract of Apprenticeship
"C" Schedule of Apprenticeship Training Periods
and Classifications
"D" Work Processes and Related Organized Training
ARTICLE 1 - 1
PREAMBLE
1.01 This Agreement entitled "Apprentice Training Agreement", dated , 19 , is
entered into between Prudential Steel Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, and/or its
successor, (hereinafter) referred to as ("the Company") and Local Union 7226,
United Steelworkers of America and/or its successor, (hereinafter) referred to
as ("the Union") and is supplemental to the Collective Agreement currently in
effect between the Company and the Union . Wherever the masculine pronoun is
used in this Agreement, the same shall be construed as meaning the feminine.
Unless specifically amended by the Apprenticeship Training Agreement or by other
Agreement approved jointly by the Company and the Union, the provisions of the
Collective Agreement currently in effect shall apply to Apprentices the same as
to other employees covered by the Collective Agreement.
1.02 This Agreement is established as an aid to the Company and its employees as
represented by the Union. (a) To give practical expression to the mutual desire
of the Company and the Union to develop trained, qualified Journeymen in the
respective trades through an adequate Apprentice Training Program; and (b) To
provide a detailed record of the basis upon which such Apprentice Training
Program is to be conducted. ARTICLE 2 - JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE
2.01 A Joint Apprenticeship Committee shall be established consisting of three
(3) representatives of the Company and three (3) representatives of the Union.
This Committee shall administer the provisions of this Agreement. Each
representatives shall have one vote. Union representatives on the Joint
Apprenticeship Committee shall be members of Local 7226 in the employ of the
Company.
2.02 The Secretary of this Committee shall be a designated Committee
representative of the Company. No minutes of any meeting shall be valid unless
co-signed by a designated Committee representative of the Union. The Chairman of
this Committee shall be a representative of the Company.
2.03 The Committee shall meet at regular monthly intervals, or more often when
requested by either party. No meeting shall be held with less than two (2)
members of each party present. However, if only two (2) members are present, of
either party, they shall have authority to vote the full three (3) votes of the
respective group.
2.04 Each group may request consultants to attend meetings. Such consultants may
participate in discussions, but shall not vote on any matters.
2.05 The duties of the Committee shall be as follows: (a) To approve
Apprenticeship Applications; (Exhibit "A-1") (b) To hear and adjust differences
which may arise respecting the provisions of this Agreement; (c) To ensure that
adequate and proper training is given the Apprentice; (d) To review testing
procedures and results; (e) To co-operate with the apprentice, the school
authorities, the Company and the Union in the successful operation of the
Apprentice Training Program; (f) To co-operate with the Provincial Government
Apprenticeship Training Branch; (g) To improve the standards of apprenticeship
by recommending additions and revisions; (h) To formulate and carry out plans to
create and maintain interest in the Apprentice Training Program; (i) To ensure
that the program is administered properly and periodically to review the
progress of the apprentices.
2.06 The Company shall establish and install all apprenticeship programs. These
programs shall be reviewed by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee. Should the
Joint Apprenticeship Committee be unable to agree, with regard to the content of
any apprenticeship program, as established by the Company, the matters in
dispute, which cannot be resolved by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee, shall
be subject to Article 6 of the Collective Agreement.
ARTICLE 3 -
RELATION OF TRADE
3.01 Employees may be selected to serve as apprentices for the purpose of
developing skilled Journeymen in the trades of:
(a) Electrician
(b) Heavy Duty Mechanic
(c) Machinist
(d) Millwright
(e) Welder-Maintenance
(f) Welder-Fabrication
3.02 Employees who possess the requisite qualifications and ability shall be
eligible for apprentice training in the respective trades or crafts.
3.03 There shall be a ratio of not more than one apprentice for each trade, and
additionally, one apprentice for each four (4) Journeymen regularly employed in
the bargaining unit in respective trade, except as may be otherwise agreed by
the Joint Apprenticeship Committee.
3.04 A reduction in the number of Journeymen may not call for a reduction in the
number of apprentices provided the agreed ratio, in Article 3.03, is not
exceeded.
ARTICLE 4 -
QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR APPRENTICESHIP
4.01 Applications for apprentice training shall be made in accordance with the
Job Posting provisions of the Collective Agreement currently in effect.
4.02 Applicants for apprenticeship shall possess the following qualifications:
Scholastic
(a) Applicants for apprenticeship training shall have a minimum education to be
agreed upon by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee as each case arises, but
should not be less than a Grade 9 certificate or other qualifications determined
by the Minister of Labour, as equivalent thereto for the following trades:
- Heavy Duty Mechanic
- Welder
(b) The following trades should have a minimum of a Grade 10 certificate or
other qualifications determined by the Minister equivalent thereto:
- Electrician
- Machinist
- Millwright
4.03 All qualified applicants, before being accepted as apprentices shall: (a)
Fill out Record of Application Form set forth as EXHIBIT "A" of this Agreement.
(b) fill out Application for Apprenticeship Form set forth as EXHIBIT "A-1" of
this Agreement.
4.04 The Company shall furnish to the Union lists showing apprentices selected
and any future change in their training periods. Such lists shall include: (a)
Name of trade; (b) Name of apprentice; (c) Training period to which assigned;
(d) Date of assignment to such training period.
ARTICLE 5 -
CONTRACT OF APPRENTICESHIP
5.01 Each apprenticeship application set forth as EXHIBIT "A-1", complete with
documented proof of education and experience, shall be submitted to the Joint
Apprenticeship Committee for approval by the Committee prior to being forwarded
to the appropriate Provincial Government department. No application shall be so
forwarded, which has not been approved by the committee.
5.02 The applicant whose application has been approved by the Joint
Apprenticeship Committee and his parent or guardian, if he is under 17 years of
age, shall enter into an Apprenticeship Contract with the Company. All standards
contained in this Agreement shall be a part of the Apprenticeship Contract as
though specifically written therein. A specimen Apprenticeship Contract is set
forth as EXHIBIT "B" of this Agreement. Such Apprenticeship Contract shall not
be eligible for registration with the appropriate Provincial Government
department until after the apprentice has been in training for a period of
ninety (90) calendar days.
5.03 The following shall receive copies of the Contract of Apprenticeship
properly filled out: (a) The apprentice; (b) The Company; (c) The appropriate
Provincial Government Department; (d) The Union.
5.04 The Union shall be notified by the Company whenever an Apprenticeship
Contract is cancelled for any reason, either by the Company or the apprentice.
Such notification shall be in writing, and shall state the reason for such
cancellation, and shall be submitted as soon as possible, but not later than ten
(10) calendar days after cancellation.
ARTICLE 6 - SCHEDULE OF APPRENTICE TRAINING RATES
6.01 A schedule of Apprentice
Rates for the respective apprentice training periods of actual training
experience with the Company in the trade or craft in each training period is
herein established at various levels of the respective Standard Hourly Wage
Scale rates for the respective trade or craft job. The Schedule of Appropriate
Training Periods and Classifications is set forth in EXHIBIT "C" of this
Agreement.
6.02 The Schedule of Apprentice
Training Rates shall be related to the Standard Hourly Wage Scale in effect from
time to time, and as set forth in the Collective Agreement, and the apprentice
shall be paid accordingly.
6.03 Credits
An employee who has acquired experience in a trade by working on a job closely
allied with such trade shall be granted credit for one or more apprenticeship
training periods. Such training period credits shall be recommended by the Joint
Apprenticeship Committee, subject to final determination by the Provincial
Government Apprenticeship Branch.
ARTICLE 7 -
SCHEDULE OF TRAINING PROCESSES
7.01 In order to develop qualified Journeymen in the respective trades or
crafts, apprentices shall receive appropriate and adequate training by means of
assignments to practical job work and by other supplemental and related
training.
7.02 Schedule of Work Experience
The apprentice, during his term of apprenticeship, shall receive such broad
experience and training on the job, as it is necessary to develop a practical
and fully trained Journeyman. This shall include work both in and out of the
shop, under qualified supervision. It is recognized that it may not always be
possible to establish a specific sequence of work experience, but it is also
recognized that the final objective of work assignments to the apprentices is
the development of fully trained Journeyman in the respective trades or crafts.
Qualified supervision shall mean that degree and closeness of supervision
necessary to teach good workmanship. Consistent with work schedules, it shall
not mean that the apprentice, at all stages of his training must be accompanied
at all times by his supervisor or a Journeyman, for as apprenticeship advances,
so will the apprentice's degree of performance and the amount of responsibility,
but it shall mean, however, that no apprentice shall be required to exercise
skill or responsibility beyond that of the level which he from time to time has
attained.
7.03 Supplemental and related organized training shall consist of periods of
training at the Provincial Institute of Trades, as required by the appropriate
Provincial Government department. Apprentices shall be required to maintain
steady progress in their related organized training courses, and complete them
within the specified time. In the case of failure on the part of any apprentice
to fulfill his assumed obligations as to progress in and completion of his
related organized training course, and after all permitted opportunities have
been exhausted, his apprenticeship shall be suspended or cancelled.
7.04 (a) During periods of supplemental and related organized training, as
outlined in Section 7.03, the apprentice shall apply for any Government
allowances related to apprenticeship training. In addition, the Company shall
provide an allowance of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per week of training
period. Upon proof of successful completion of an organized training period, the
apprentice shall receive an additional amount equal to the difference between
the Company and Government allowances, and the apprentice's regular straight
time earnings during the period of training. (b) Apprentices who have been
placed on lay-off status from the Maintenance Department, but who are still in
the employment of Prudential Steel Ltd. shall remain eligible for the benefits
in Articles 7.03 and 7.04 (a), however, to qualify for this provision they must
have completed the necessary hours of work and length of apprenticeship service
prior to attending the period of supplemental and related organized training.
The apprentice shall pay the cost of required text books during his
apprenticeship training.
7.05 Hours of apprenticeship training periods not attended shall be deducted
from the regular straight time earnings in the calculations made in Section
7.04.
7.06 Set forth as EXHIBIT "D" of this Agreement is an example only of how work
processes and other related organized training are developed.
ARTICLE 8 -
INSTRUCTION OF APPRENTICES
8.01 (a) The department supervision shall keep accurate records of the progress
of each apprentice in his department, as to practical and related training, and
report to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee at specified intervals, regarding
the progress of the apprentice. (b) The apprentice's immediate supervisor shall
ensure that the apprentice obtains the practical work experience outlined in the
Schedule, of Job Training and related organized training, as established for the
respective trade, and is given instruction in safe work methods in each work
operation encountered throughout the term of the apprenticeship.
8.02 The apprentice shall receive active instruction from Journeyman and/or
other qualified personnel, and shall not be put on a job and expected to learn
it alone. Apprentices shall be given full opportunity by Journeymen to learn all
aspects of the trade.
8.03 The apprentice shall regularly attend any Company scheduled lecture
courses, and do such reasonable home study work as may be prescribed by the
Company from time to time to assist his training. The Company shall pay the
apprentice at his regular hourly wage rate for attendance during his regular
working hours at scheduled lecture courses, subject to Section 7.04.
8.04 The apprentice shall progressively acquire the standard craftsman's tools
normally considered to be the tradesman's obligation to supply.
ARTICLE 9 -
SENIORITY
9.01 Apprentices shall commence accumulating maintenance department seniority
effective on the date of entry into the department, following ninety (90) day
trial period. In the event there is a reduction in the number of apprentices in
a trade, the apprentice in such trade shall be laid off and/or recalled in
accordance with their maintenance department seniority. Upon successful
completion of their apprenticeship, the employee will return to his former
position in the bargaining unit until such time as he is a successful bidder on
a job posting for a Journeyman in his trade, at which time his maintenance
department seniority shall be his original date of entry into the maintenance
department as an apprentice.
9.02 Subject to the exceptions specified in Section 9.01, apprentices shall be
governed by the seniority provisions of the Collective Agreement currently in
effect between the Company and the Union.
ARTICLE 10 -
HOURS OF WORK
10.01 Hours worked by an apprentice in excess of forty (40) hours per week shall
be credited on a straight time basis toward completion of the period of
apprenticeship.
10.02 Each apprentice, upon indenture, shall be furnished a record book by the
Company. The Company must faithfully keep this record book up-to-date, and it
shall be verified at the end of each year by the Xxxxxxx. ARTICLE 11 -
CERTIFICATE OF APPRENTICESHIP
11.01 Upon the successful completion of his term of apprenticeship, the
apprentice shall be classified as a Journeyman in his trade. He shall also
receive his certificate of Apprenticeship, issued by the Provincial Government.
ARTICLE 12 - MODIFICATION OF STANDARDS
12.01 The Joint Apprenticeship Committee shall recommend modifications of
standards specified in this Agreement, subject to approval by the appropriate
Provincial Government department, where necessary, and agreement by the parties
to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 13 -
DURATION OF AGREEMENT
13.01 This Agreement shall be effective as of the signing date.
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD., UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
CALGARY, ALBERTA. LOCAL UNION 7226
SIGNING DATE:
EXHIBIT "A"
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
RECORD OF APPLICATION
FOR APPRENTICESHIP
In the Trade or Craft of Name in Full Clock No. Tel. No. Street Address City or
Town Date of Birth Height Weight School Attended: Public Grade High Grade
Technical Grade Specialized in Related Experience (if any
Use back of form, if necessary
EXHIBIT "C"
SCHEDULE OF APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PERIODS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
6 Months
Training Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Electrician 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 19 21
Heavy Duty
Mechanic 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 19 21
Machinist 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 19 20
Millwright 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 19 20
Welder
Maintenance 8 9 11 13 14 16 20
Welder
Fabrication 8 9 11 13 14 16 18
EXHIBIT "D"
WORK PROCESSES and RELATED ORGANIZED TRAINING
Work processes and related organized training procedures are to be developed and
established for each trade by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee. The Committee
shall follow the formula outline of the Alberta Apprenticeship Board booklet,
for each trade, as is practical with the Company's facilities. Attached is a
sample of a work process outline.
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Local 7226
RE: EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT
1. The Company and the Union are committed to making changes which will both:
(a) Increase the efficiency of operations and; (b) Result in better jobs and a
better work environment from the point of view of the worker. The second
objective will involve, but is not limited to, providing employees with greater
opportunity to train and expand their skills, more responsibility and influence
over decisions in their jobs, and the elimination of Health and Safety Hazards.
2. The Company and the Union are committed to a process of an ongoing
consultation and joint decision making on certain issues related to workplace
change, as set out below.
3. The Company and the Union agree that decision making should be pushed down to
the lowest level possible. As many decisions as possible should be made by those
directly affected.
4. Employee empowerment may evolve to include new job progression and rotation
systems, and establishment of work groups or self-regulated work teams.
5. In order to achieve the objectives outlined above, the parties will
immediately establish a Joint Steering Committee, made up of three (3) members
from the Company and three (3) members from the Union who shall jointly direct
the development, implementation and maintenance of an employee empowerment
process.
Local Joint Steering Committees
The duties of the Local Joint Steering Committee will include the following: (a)
To review the training needs of all employees and develop a comprehensive
training program, which may include participation in CSTEC, which will then be
implemented after it is approved by the Joint Steering Committee. This work will
be done by a Joint Training Committee struck by the Joint Steering Committee for
that purpose. The Training Committee will then present its proposal to the Joint
Steering Committee for approval; (b) Establish, by consensus, guidelines,
training and implementation requirements specific to employee empowerment; (c)
Approve, by consensus, all proposals for the development of employee empowerment
which require modification or clarification relative to the Collective
Agreement; (d) Approve, by consensus, payment of lost time wages by the Company
for Union members for meetings of the Local Joint Steering Committee; (e) To
authorize the establishment of Joint Sub-Committees, as necessary.
6. The Company will make the final decision if the following conditions are met:
1) No mutually acceptable decision can be reached by the Joint Steering
Committee. 2) The Company would have the right to make a unilateral decision
under the terms of the Collective Agreement, Absent this letter.
7. In the event that the Company makes the final decision, the Union retains any
rights it would have had to grieve that decision under the terms of the
Collective Agreement, Absent this letter.
8. Questions concerning the combination, amalgamation, creation or elimination
of jobs arising from employee empowerment and/or other major proposals will be
thoroughly discussed by the Joint Steering Committee. If no agreement is reached
on these questions then the parties will revert to their rights under the
Collective Agreement.
9. This Letter of Understanding will be in effect for the term of the Collective
Agreement, and from year to year thereafter. However, this Letter of
Understanding may be terminated by either party, by serving written notice on
the other party, no sooner than thirty (30) days, no later than fifteen (15)
days, prior to the expiration of each year of the Collective Bargaining
Agreement.
Signed this Day of , 2001 on behalf of:
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
Local 7226
SIGNING BONUS
A. Effective upon date of signing of this Letter of Agreement there shall be
payable a signing bonus of $2,000 for each member of the Bargaining Unit,
subject to the following conditions: This signing bonus shall be payable to all
employees currently employed, including those employees on Short Term
Disability, Long Term Disability, or on weekly indemnity benefits of the Workers
Compensation Board.
Signed this Day of , 2001 on behalf of:
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
or their successors and/or
their assigns, hereinafter
called the "Company", of
the first part
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 7226
hereinafter called the
"Union", of the second part
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
Effective January 1, 1998, a Profit Sharing Plan shall be instituted that will
be paid quarterly, according to the following formula: A) Two (2) percent of
quarterly profit after tax and after subtracting dividends, but before
extraordinary items, B) divided by the total average employment of Prudential
Steel Ltd. hourly employees for the quarter, C) divided by 520 hours, D)
multiplied by: Straight Time hours worked plus Overtime hours worked, Vacation
hours taken and Statutory holidays hours. Payments will be issued quarterly. The
final adjustment of each year will be based on audited financial statements and
will reconcile any payments from the three earlier quarters of that year. The
company will provide the union with quarterly income statements and data
regarding the number of hours worked as soon as quarterly results are published.
Signed this Day of , 2001 on behalf of:
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
or their successors and/or
their assigns, hereinafter
called the "Company", of
the first part
and
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 7226
hereinafter called the
"Union", of the second part
RETIREE BONUS PLAN
All employees who have retired prior to December 31, 1997 shall receive a Bonus
payment of $1,000 per year effective on the dates listed below:
January 1, 1998 $1,000.00
January 1, 1999 $1,000.00
January 1, 2000 $1,000.00
This Bonus Plan shall be in place of, and in lieu of the current ad hoc
supplemental payments in the pension plan.
Signed this Day of , 2001 on behalf of:
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
ALPHABETICAL REFERENCE GUIDE
ARTICLE PAGE Absenteeism (prior to or just after 20.02 (d) 24 statutory holiday)
Appendices A CWS 42 B Learner Period Classification Analysis 42 C Schedule of
Job Classifications 43, 44, 45 D Hours of Work Schedule 46 - 50 incl. E
Insurance Benefit Program 51 - 61 incl. F Tradesmens' Tools 62 G Protective
Clothing 62, 63 H Lockers 63 I Pension Plan 64, 65, 66 J Lines of Progression 67
- 70 incl. K Emergency Procedures 71 - 76 incl. Plant Evacuation Procedures Area
Evacuation Officers Duties & Responsibilities L Supplemental Unemployment
Benefit Plan 77 - 93 incl. Apprenticeship Training Agreement 109-121 incl.
Arbitration 7 & 8.03 5, 7 Bereavement Pay 21.38 & 11.03 33, 15 Bulletin Boards
16 18 Call-out Pay 21.35 & 19.05 32, 21 Christmas Shutdown 22.08 38 Committeemen
& Stewards 17, 11.04 & 6.03 18, 19, 15, 4 Contracting Out 2.04 1 Co-Operative
Wage Study (CWS) App. A, 21.32, 21.28 42, 31, 30, & 21.01 24 ARTICLE PAGE Copies
of Agreement 25.01 40 Discharge & Disciplinary Procedure 8, 6, 7, & 11.06 6, 7,
3, 4, & 16 Discrimination 3.01, 4.02 & 4.03 2, 3, 4.02 & 4.03 2, 3 Duration of
Agreement 26.01 & 26.02 40 Education Fund Letter of Understanding 96 Elimination
of Bargaining Unit 21.39, 21.09 & 10 33, 34, 27, 14 Jobs 15 Emergency Procedures
App. "K" 71 - 76 incl. Established Practices 15 18 Exceptions to Daily Overtime
19.05 & 21.35 21, 32 Failure to Return from Leave 11.06 16 Final Pay 8.04 7
General 21.30 31 Grievances 6, 7, 8.05 & A.T.A. 2.06 4, 5, 6, 7 113 Grievances -
Time Limits 6 & 9.07 (c) 3, 4, 10 Group Leader Positions Letter of Understanding
102, 103 Harassment 3.02 2 Handicapped Employees 13 18 Holiday Pay Allowance
20.02 24 Hours of Work 18 19, 20, 21 Hours of Work Schedule App. "D" 46 - 50
incl. ARTICLE PAGE Hours Worked in Excess 19.02 21 Hours Worked on Saturday
19.03 21 21 Hours Worked on Sunday 19.04 21 Humanities Fund Letter of
Understanding 98 Incentives 21.29 31 Injury 21.37 32, 33 Insurance Benefit
Program 23.01 & App. "E" 38, 51-61 incl. Job Classifications App. "C" 43 - 45
incl. Job Posting 9.07, 9.08 & 9.01 (b) 10, 11, 12, 7 Jury Service Jury Service
21.36 32 Lateness & Overtime 19.07 (c) 22 Layoff Notice 10.02 14 Layoff Status
Defined 10.01 13 Layoff (Seniority) 10.03, 9.04, 9.05, 9.09, 14, 15, 8, 9 9.10 &
12, 13 A.T.A. 3.04 113 Layoff (Temporary) 9.08 12 Learner Rates 21.18 - 21.27
incl. 28, 29, 30 App. "B" 42 Learner Period Classification 21.18 - 21.27 incl.
28, 29, 30 App. "B" 42 Leave of Absence 11, 21.32 & 21.38 15, 16, 31, 33 Leave
for Union Employment 11.05 16 Leave for Union C.W.S. Committee 21.32 31 ARTICLE
PAGE Leave to Attend Union Business 11.04, 6.03 15, 4 15, 4 Length of Vacation
22.02 34, 35 Letters of Understanding 25.02 40, 106, & 94 - 127 Lines of
Progression 9.11, 9.07 & Xxx. "X" 00, 00 - 00,"X" 13, 10 - 12, 67 - 70 Lockers
App. "H" 63 Loss of Seniority 9.04 & 22.01 (a) 8, 9, 34 Lost Time - Union
Business Letter of Understanding 95 Lunch Periods 18.07, App. "D", 19.06 21, 46
- 50, & 19.07 22 Management 4.01, 4.02 & 4.03 2, 3 Notice of Overtime 19.08,
19.09 & 19.10 23 Out-of-Line Differentials 21.09 - 21.16 incl. 27, 28 Overtime
19.01 - 19.05 incl. 21 Overtime Lunches 19.07 22 Overtime (Weekends) 19.07 (b) &
19.09 22, 23 Pay Days 21.33 31 Pay for Jury Service 21.36 32 Pay on Day of
Injury 21.37 32, 33 Pay for Work on Holiday 20.03 24 Pension Plan 23.02 & App.
"i" 39, 64-66 incl. Probationary Period 9.02 7 ARTICLE PAGE Production Emergency
2.03 1 Profit Sharing Letter of Understanding 126 Protective Clothing App. "G"
62, 63 Purpose of Agreement 1 1 Recall Procedure (Layoff) 9.09 12 Reporting Pay
21.34 32 Retirees Bonus Plan Letter of Understanding 127 Safety & Health 12 &
App. "L" 17, 18, 71-76 incl. Safety Equipment Trust Fund Letter of Understanding
106, 107 Safety Monitoring Letter of Understanding 108 Savings Plan (U.S.W.A.)
Letter of Understanding 99 Schedule of Job Classifications App. "C" 43 - 45
incl. Seniority 9 7 - 13 Seniority Retention 9.03 8 & Accumulation Seniority
List 9.05 9 Severance Adjustment Allowance Letter of Understanding 100, 101
Shifts (Definition) 18.05 20 Shift & Work Schedules 18.04 20 Shift Premiums
18.06 20, 21 Standard Hourly Wage Scale 21.03-21.08 incl. 25, 26, 27 Statutory
Holidays 20.01 23 ARTICLE PAGE Statutory Holiday Pay 20.02 & 20.03 24
Supplemental Unemployment App. "L" 77 - 93 incl. Benefit Plan Temporary Transfer
9.10, 21.17, 9.01 & 12, 13, 28, 7, 9.07 (i) 11 Temporary Work Shortage 9.08 12
Threader - Upsetter Letter of Understanding 104, 105 Crew Movements Time Limits
(Grievances) 6.04-6.07 incl. 4, 8.01 & 8.02 6 Time Limits (Arbitration) 7.01 &
7.05 5, 6 Trade or Craft and Assigned 21.28, 21.32 & 30, 31, 42 Maintenance
Convention App. "A" Tradesmens' Tools App. "F" 62 Transfer to Jobs Outside
Bargaining Unit 9.06 10 Union Business - Lost Time Letter of Understanding 95
Union Dues & Membership 5, Letter of Understanding 3, 94 Union President Letter
of Understanding 97 Union Recognition 2 1 Union Representatives 14 & 17 18, 19
Union Security 5 3 Vacations 22.01-22.07 incl. 34 - 38 incl. Vacation Schedules
22.07 37, 38 Vacation Year 22.01 34 ARTICLE PAGE Wage Scale 21.03 25 Wages 21 24
- 34 incl. Weekend Lunch Breaks 19.07 (b) 22 Work Hours 18 & App. "D" 19, 20,
46-50 incl. 19, 20, 46-50 incl. Work Day, Work Week 18.01-18.03 incl. 19-20
Defined
PRUDENTIAL STEEL LTD.
METRIC CONVERSION BOOKLET
METRIC CONVERSION FACTORS
EQUIVALENT
TO CONVERT MULTIPLY BY
Pounds to kilograms 0.4536
Kilograms to pounds 2.2046
Inches to millimetres 25.4
Millimetres to inches 0.03937
Feet to metres 0.3048
Meters to feet 3.2808
Pounds per foot to kilograms per metre 1.48816
Kilograms per metre to pounds per foot 0.67197
The following formula is used to convert degrees Fahrenheit (?F) to degrees
Celsius (?C) ?C = 5/9 (?F -31)
CONVERSION TABLE
THOUSANDS TO FRACTIONS
.0625........................................................1/16
.125.........................................................1/8
.1875........................................................3/16
.250.........................................................1/4
.3125........................................................5/16
.375.........................................................3/8
.4375........................................................7/16
.500.........................................................1/2
.5625........................................................9/16
.625.........................................................5/8
.6875........................................................11/16
.750.........................................................3/4
.8125........................................................13/16
.875.........................................................7/8
.9375........................................................15/16
.1000........................................................1"
LINE PIPE
Grades
Imperial Metric
Grade B G241
X42 G290
X46 G317
X52 G359
X56 G386
X60 G414
LENGTH TOLERANCES
Specific lengths in entire shipment.
Nominal Minimum
Length Minimum Average Maximum
m ft m ft m ft m ft
6 19.68' 3.00 9.84' 5.00 16.40' 8.00 26.25'
12 39.37' 4.00 13.12' 11.00 36.09' 16.00 52.49'
18 59.05' 4.00 13.12' 16.00 52.49' 20.00 65.62'
24 78.74' 15.00 49.21' 21.00 68.90' 26.00 85.30'
Special To be agreed upon by the purchaser and the manufacturer.
LINE PIPE
O.D. Wall Weight O.D. Wall Weight
Inches Inches Lbs./Ft. mm mm kg/m
2.375 .083 2.02 60.3 2.1 3.00
.109 2.67 2.8 3.97
.125 3.03 3.2 4.51
.154 3.64 3.9 5.42
.188 4.41 4.8 6.57
.218 4.99 5.5 7.43
3.500 .083 3.02 88.9 2.1 4.50
.109 3.99 2.8 5.95
.125 4.54 3.2 6.76
.156 5.62 4.0 8.37
.188 6.69 4.8 9.95
.216 7.60 5.5 11.31
.250 8.75 6.4 13.02
.281 9.62 7.1 14.32
.300 10.24 7.6 15.24
4.500 .083 3.90 114.3 2.1 5.81
.109 5.17 2.8 7.70
.125 5.89 3.2 8.77
.156 7.31 4.0 10.88
.188 8.71 4.8 12.96
.203 9.40 5.2 13.99
.219 10.09 5.6 15.01
.237 10.76 6.0 16.02
.250 11.44 6.4 17.03
.281 12.61 7.1 18.77
.312 13.93 7.9 20.73
.337 15.06 8.6 22.41
5.562 .156 9.10 141.3 4.0 13.54
.188 10.86 4.8 16.16
6.625 .109 7.68 168.3 2.8 11.43
.125 8.76 3.2 13.03
.156 10.89 4.0 16.21
.188 13.00 4.8 19.35
.203 14.05 5.2 20.91
.219 15.10 5.6 22.47
.250 17.17 6.4 25.55
.280 18.97 7.1 28.22
.312 21.00 7.9 31.25
6.625 .344 23.01 168.3 8.7 34.24
.375 25.00 9.5 37.20
.432 28.67 11.0 42.67
.500 32.75 12.7 48.73
8.625 .125 11.45 219.1 3.2 17.04
.156 14.26 4.0 21.22
.188 17.05 4.8 25.37
.203 18.43 5.2 27.43
.219 19.81 5.6 29.48
.250 22.56 6.4 33.57
.277 24.60 7.0 36.61
.312 27.64 7.9 41.14
.322 28.66 8.2 42.65
.344 30.33 8.7 45.14
.375 32.99 9.5 49.10
.438 38.26 11.1 56.94
.500 43.44 12.7 64.64
10.750 .188 21.34 273.1 4.8 31.76
.203 23.08 5.2 34.35
.219 24.82 5.6 36.94
.250 28.28 6.4 42.09
.279 31.29 7.0 46.57
.307 34.29 7.8 51.03
.344 38.11 8.7 56.72
.365 40.65 9.3 60.50
.438 48.19 11.1 71.72
.500 54.80 12.7 81.55
12.750 .203 27.46 323.9 5.2 40.87
.219 29.54 5.6 43.96
.250 33.67 6.4 50.11
.279 37.27 7.1 55.47
.312 41.37 7.9 61.56
.331 43.91 8.4 65.35
.344 45.44 8.7 67.62
.375 49.49 9.5 73.65
.500 65.48 12.7 97.46
OIL COUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS (OCTG)
GRADES
H40 H276
J55 J379
LENGTHS
Range 1 16-25 ft. 4.88 - 7.62 m
Range 2 25-34 ft. 7.63 - 10.36 m
Range 3 34-48 ft. 10.37 - 14.63 m
For Inspection purposes Document (9) supersedes.
OIL COUNTRY GOODS
IMPERIAL METRIC
O.D. W/T Weight O.D. W/T Weight
Inches Inches Lbs./Lin.Ft. mm mm kg/m
2.375 .190 4.70 60.3 4.83 6.99
2.875 .217 6.50 73.0 5.51 9.67
3.500 .254 9.30 88.9 6.45 13.84
4.500 .205 9.50 114.3 5.21 14.14
.224 10.50 5.69 15.63
.250 11.60 6.35 17.26
5.500 .244 14.00 139.7 6.20 20.83
.275 15.50 6.99 23.07
.304 17.00 7.72 25.30
7.000 .231 17.00 177.8 5.87 25.30
.272 20.00 6.91 29.76
.317 23.00 8.05 34.27
.362 26.00 9.19 38.69
8.625 .264 24.00 219.1 6.71 35.72
.304 28.00 7.72 41.67
.352 32.00 8.94 47.62
9.625 .312 32.30 244.5 7.92 48.11
.352 36.00 8.94 53.62
10.750 .279 32.75 273.0 7.09 48.74
HOLLOW STRUCTURAL SECTIONS (H.S.S.)
GRADES
IMPERIAL METRIC
42W 300W
50W 350W
Waterwell Casing - ASTM A589-B
Pipe and Piling - ASTM A252-3
STANDARD LENGTHS
20 ft. 6.10 m
24 ft. 7.32 m
32 ft. 9.75 m
40 ft. 12.19 m
48 ft. 14.63 m
60 ft. 18.29 m
66 ft. 20.12 m
For Inspection purposes Document (104) supersedes.
SQUARES
IMPERIAL METRIC
Size W/T Weight Size W/T Weight
Inches Inches Lbs./Lin.Ft. mm x mm mm kg/m
1.0 x 1.0 .100 1.14 25.4 x 25.4 2.54 1.69
.125 1.35 3.18 2.01
1-1/4x1-1/4 .100 1.48 31.1 x 31.8 2.54 2.20
.125 1.78 3.18 2.65
1-1/2x1-1/2 .100 1.82 38.1 x 38.1 2.54 2.71
.125 2.21 3.18 3.28
.188 3.05 4.78 4.54
2.0 x 2.0 .100 2.48 50.8 x 50.8 2.54 3.70
.125 3.06 3.18 4.55
.188 4.33 4.78 6.45
.250 5.41 6.35 8.05
2.5 x 2.5 .125 3.91 63.5 x 63.5 3.18 5.82
.188 5.61 4.78 8.35
.250 7.11 6.35 10.60
3.0 x 3.0 .125 4.74 76.2 x 76.2 3.18 7.10
.188 6.89 4.78 10.30
.250 8.81 6.35 13.10
.375 11.74 9.53 17.50
3.5 x 3.5 .188 8.17 88.9 x 88.9 4.78 12.2
.250 10.50 6.35 15.60
.375 14.70 9.53 21.90
4.0 x 4.0 .125 6.44 101.6 x 101.6 3.18 9.60
.188 9.45 4.78 14.10
.250 12.20 6.35 18.20
.313 14.80 7.95 22.10
.375 17.30 9.53 25.70
.500 20.88 12.70 31.10
5.0 x 5.0 .188 12.00 127.0 x 127.0 4.78 17.90
.250 15.60 6.35 23.20
.313 19.10 7.95 28.40
.375 22.40 9.53 33.30
.500 28.41 12.70 42.30
6.0 x 6.0 .188 14.60 152.4 x 152.4 4.78 21.70
.250 19.00 6.35 28.30
.313 23.40 7.95 34.80
.375 27.50 9.53 40.90
.500 35.20 12.70 52.40
7.0 x 7.0 .188 17.10 177.8 x 177.8 4.78 25.50
.250 22.40 6.35 33.40
.313 27.60 7.95 41.10
.375 32.60 9.53 48.50
.438 37.50 11.13 55.70
.500 42.00 12.70 62.60
8.0 x 8.0 .188 19.00 203.2 x 203.2 4.78 29.30
.250 25.80 6.35 38.40
.313 31.90 7.95 47.50
.344 34.80 8.74 51.90
.375 37.70 9.53 56.10
.500 48.90 12.70 72.70
10 x 10 .250 32.60 254.0 x 254.0 6.35 48.60
.375 47.90 9.53 71.30
.500 62.50 12.70 93.00
12 x 12 .250 39.40 304.8 x 304.8 6.35 58.70
.375 58.10 9.53 86.50
.500 76.10 12.70 113.00
RECTANGLES
2.0 X 1.0 .100 1.82 50.8 x 25.4 2.54 2.71
.125 2.21 3.18 3.28
3.0 X 2.0 .125 3.91 76.2 X 50.8 3.18 5.82
.188 5.61 4.78 8.35
.250 7.11 6.35 10.60
4.0 X 2.0 .125 4.76 101.6 X 50.8 3.18 7.10
.188 6.89 4.78 10.30
.250 8.81 6.35 13.10
.313 10.60 7.95 15.80
.375 11.74 9.53 17.50
4.0 x 3.0 .125 5.60 101.6 x 76.2 3.18 8.30
.188 8.20 4.78 12.20
.250 10.50 6.35 15.60
.313 12.70 7.95 18.90
.375 14.70 9.53 21.90
5.0 x 2.0 .125 5.60 127.0 x 50.8 3.18 8.30
.188 8.20 4.78 12.20
.250 10.50 6.35 15.60
5.0 x 3.0 .125 6.45 127.0 x 76.2 3.18 9.60
.188 9.45 4.78 14.10
.250 12.20 6.35 18.20
.313 14.80 7.95 22.10
.375 17.30 9.53 25.70
.500 20.90 12.70 31.10
6.0 x 2.0 .125 6.45 152.4 x 50.8 3.18 9.60
.188 9.30 4.78 13.90
.250 12.00 6.35 17.90
.313 14.50 7.95 21.60
.375 16.80 9.53 25.10
6.0 x 3.0 .188 10.70 152.4 x 76.2 4.78 16.00
.250 13.90 6.35 20.70
.313 17.00 7.95 25.30
.375 19.80 9.53 29.50
6.0 x 4.0 .125 8.20 152.4 x 101.6 3.18 12.20
.188 12.00 4.78 17.90
.250 15.60 6.35 23.20
.313 19.10 7.95 28.40
.375 22.40 9.53 33.30
.500 28.40 12.70 42.30
7.0 x 5.0 .188 14.60 177.8 x 127.0 4.78 21.70
.250 19.00 6.35 28.30
.313 23.40 7.95 34.80
.375 27.50 9.53 40.90
.500 35.20 12.70 52.40
8.0 x 4.0 .188 14.60 203.2 x 101.6 4.78 21.70
.250 19.00 6.35 28.30
.313 23.40 7.95 34.80
.375 27.50 9.53 40.90
.500 35.20 12.70 52.40
8.0 x 6.0 .188 17.10 203.2 x 152.4 4.78 25.50
.250 22.40 6.35 33.40
.313 27.60 7.95 41.10
.375 32.60 9.53 48.50
.500 42.20 12.70 62.60
9.0 x 7.0 .250 25.80 228.6 x 177.7 6.35 38.40
10.0 x 6.0 .250 25.80 254.0 x 152.4 6.35 38.40
.313 31.90 7.95 47.50
.375 37.70 9.53 56.10
.438 43.40 11.13 64.60
.500 48.90 12.70 72.70
12.0 x 8.0 .250 32.60 304.8 x 203.2 6.35 48.60
.375 47.90 9.53 71.30
.500 62.50 12.70 93.00
APPENDIX K
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR SERIOUS ACCIDENTS/FATALITY
Sound emergency signal (first person at accident scene).
Each employee shuts down their individual machine.
Xxxxxxx/Leadhand:
Remain at scene of accident and render assistance.
Appoint someone to notify First Aid
Appoint someone to notify Yard Xxxxxxx.
Appoint someone to evacuate area.
Electrical Personnel:
Respond to emergency signal.
Report to scene of accident.
Shop Stewards:
Assist in evacuation of employees if not directed to
other responsibilities.
Yard Xxxxxxx/Leadhand
To be at security gate and wait for emergency vehicles.
Responsible for Traffic Control.
Direct emergency vehicles in.
Keep other vehicles and personnel away from accident
scene.
First Aid Personnel
Administer First Aid.
Notify or assign someone to notify emergency services as
needed.
Notification to Relatives:
By Company Representatives.
Notification to other P.S.L. Employees as to situations
(all Shifts): Responsibility of Company Safety Coordinator and
Union Executive.
Press Release:
Company Representative: X.X. XxXxxxxx
Union Representative: Union President
APPENDIX K
GENERAL PLANT EVACUATION PROCEDURES
In the event that it is necessary to evacuate any building, the following
procedures shall apply.
At the sound of the evacuation signal - one long continuous blast of the mill
horn - all employees must:
A) Turn off the power on any equipment being operated. B) Immediately evacuate
the building via the nearest exit and proceed to the designated evacuation area
for that building. The designated evacuation area for each building shall be at
a posted sign adjacent to each building. C) Wait at the designated evacuation
area for further instructions. D) If any employee leaves the property during a
building or plant evacuation, they must punch out their time card or advise
security.
The decision to sound the emergency evacuation shall be at the sole discretion
of the supervision on shift.
SENIOR EVACUATION OFFICER
MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE
BUILDING EVACUATION OFFICERS
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Mill I & II & III Oil Country Goods Fabrication/SRT Yard
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Senior Supervisor Production Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx/Leadhand
on Shift
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Alternate Alternate Alternate Alternate
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Leadhand Leadhand Leadhand Leadhand
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AREA EVACUATION OFFICERS
---------------------------------------- --------------------- -----------------
Mill I & II & III Oil Country Goods Fabrication Yard
/SRT
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Inspection Xxxxxxx/Leadhand Leadhand Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx/
Leadhand
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APPENDIX K
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF EVACUATION OFFICERS
SENIOR EVACUATION OFFICER
- Ensure that all employees are aware of evacuation procedures and
responsibilities.
BUILDING EVACUATION OFFICER
- Ensure that all personnel have evacuated the building.
- Determine necessary steps to be taken to correct the reason for the
evacuation.
- Notify outside emergency sources as required.
- Notify yard supervision.
- Advise outside emergency sources, upon their arrival, as to the
problem and possible hazards they might encounter.
- Notify senior evacuation officer.
AREA EVACUATION OFFICER
- Proceed to designated building evacuation area.
- Confirm with each supervisor and/or leadhand that all their personnel
are at the evacuation area.
- Advise building evacuation officer that all personnel are accounted
for or who is missing.
- Assist building evacuation officer in locating any missing personnel.
- Advise all personnel at the evacuation area to:
A) Remain at evacuation area
OR B) Return to work
OR C) Proceed to alternate area 1 = Mill I Lunchroom
OR D) Proceed to alternate area 2 = Mill II Lunchroom
OR E) Proceed to alternate area 3 = Parking Lot
OR F) Leave property.
YARD XXXXXXX
- Direct any outside emergency vehicles to the location of the emergency.
- Ensure that non-essential personnel are kept away (crowd control).
- Determine if yard crew should also be evacuated and if this is
necessary, then designate someone to notify the crew.
- Be available with heavy yard equipment if required by the
building evacuation officer or outside emergency personnel.
