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MONTREAL COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT between THE MARITIME EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION and LE SYNDICAT DES DÉBARDEURS C.U.P.E., Local 375 Montreal Longshoremen (Expiration date: December 31, 2018) N O T E THIS TRANSLATION BY THE MARITIME EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION IS NOT AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT. FOR PURPOSES OF INTERPRETATION OR FOR ANY OTHER LEGAL MATTER, THE FRENCH VERSION IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL DOCUMENT. 2 I N D E X ARTICLE PAGE 1. Recognition and Jurisdiction .................................................................................... 1 2. Purpose of the Agreement ...................................................................................... 5 3. Management's Rights ............................................................................................. 6 4. Discipline ............................................................................................................... 7 5. Grievance and Arbitration Procedure ....................................................................... 9 6. Principle of Seniority .............................................................................................. 12 7. Producing Lists & Call Procedures ........................................................................... 13 8. Dispatching Procedures ......................................................................................... 16 9. Manning and Deployment ...................................................................................... 23 10. Efficient Methods of Operation ............................................................................... 29 11. Health & Safety ..................................................................................................... 30 12. Rest & Waiting Rooms ........................................................................................... 37 13. Job Security and Hiring of Employees ..................................................................... 38 14. Hours of Call & Work Periods ................................................................................. 41 15. Job Security Plan ................................................................................................... 50 16. First Reserve Pool ................................................................................................. 55 17. Statutory Holidays ................................................................................................. 57 18. Pension and Welfare ............................................................................................. 58 19. Classifications and Training .................................................................................... 61 20. Winter Guarantee .................................................................................................. 67 21. Payroll .................................................................................................................. 69 22. Linesmen .............................................................................................................. 71 23. Annual Vacations .................................................................................................. 75 24. Particular Working Conditions ................................................................................ 80 25. Prohibition against Strikes, Lock-Outs and Slowdowns ............................................. 82 26. Technological Change – New Operations, New Working Methods ............................. 83 27. Walking Bosses ..................................................................................................... 84 28. Maintenance Employees ........................................................................................ 85 29. Personal and Occupational Injuries ......................................................................... 90 3 I N D E X (cont'd) ARTICLE PAGE 30. Dispatch of the workforce ..................................................................................... 92 31. Shipliners ............................................................................................................. 93 32. Deduction of Union Dues ...................................................................................... 94 33. Wages ................................................................................................................. 95 34. Duration of the Collective Agreement and Interim Provisions ................................... 96 APPENDIX “A” List of employees covered by job security – Group I .......................................... 98 List of employees covered by job security – Group II ........................................ 104 List of employees acceding to job security after the signing of the collective agreement – Groups III and IV ....................................................................... 104 List of employees covered by the job security plan for maintenance employees (R.S.E.H.E.) .................................................................................................. 105 APPENDIX “B” List of employees of the first reserve pool ........................................................ 106 List of employees of the second reserve pool ................................................... 107 List of employees of the reserve pool for maintenance employees ...................... 107 APPENDIX “C” Wage rates in force for the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 .......................................................... 108 APPENDIX “D” Supplementary unemployment benefits for employees members of Local 375 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees ..................................................................................................... 112 APPENDIX “E” Employee Assistance Program ......................................................................... 115 APPENDIX “F” Interim provisions .......................................................................................... 117 APPENDIX “G” Discipline Code .............................................................................................. 120 APPENDIX “H” Conditions relative to the application of voluntary leave .................................... 122 LETTERS OF INTENT NO. 1 TO 22 ......................................................................... 123 4 ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION AND JURISDICTION 1.01 The Maritime Employers Association recognizes the Union, the Syndicat des Débardeurs, C.U.P.E., Local 375, hereinafter called the Union, as sole bargaining agent and sole representative for the employees covered by the geographic certification issued by the Canada Industrial Relations Board. 1.02 The Syndicat des Débardeurs, C.U.P.E., Local 375 recognizes the Maritime Employers Association, hereinafter called the M.E.A., as the sole bargaining agent and the sole representative of the companies. 1.03 a) Within thirty (30) days of the signing of the collective agreement, the Union shall advise the M.E.A. in writing of the names of its business agents and members of its Grievance Committee. Management recognizes the right of the Union to nominate or select a president, a vice-president, a secretary-treasurer, business agents, a secretary-archivist, a Union health and safety adviser, a Union information adviser, a Union training adviser, a Union adviser for area delegates, a representative in health and safety prevention and a technical consultant from the Canadian Union of Public Employees and agrees to recognize each of these persons, as well as their replacements, for purposes of administering the present collective agreement. However, it is understood that in the execution of their duties, these persons must not interfere in the companies' right to determine and direct their operating methods and procedures in conformity with the provisions of this present collective agreement. The M.E.A. agrees that Union representatives may be absent due to Union activities, as long as the M.E.A. is so advised at least two hours and thirty minutes before the beginning of the phone dispatch period described in Article 8.04. b) The M.E.A. and its member companies agree to give access to Union representatives and their vehicles to the sites, buildings, installations and ships under their responsibility or jurisdiction in order to allow them to fulfil their responsibilities in accordance with this collective agreement. Union representatives will identify themselves by carrying a standardized identity card. When a vehicle travels on company property, the union representative must activate the vehicle’s flashing light in accordance with regulations. The M.E.A. and its member companies agree to inform their respective representatives and Port of Montreal authorities (security and police). No clause of this collective agreement must be interpreted as allowing any member of the Grievance Committee or any other officer of the Union to give orders to foremen or to employees relative to their work. The M.E.A. nor any of the companies as well as the Union will adopt any directive, regulation or resolution which is contrary to the provisions of this collective agreement. c) The original French version of this collective agreement is recognized by the parties as being the only official one; it is also agreed by the parties to recognize the French language as the sole official language in their written communications. Management recognizes French as the working language. d) The M.E.A. grants to the Union a bank of three thousand two hundred and fifty (3,250)