COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT • Cl ® READY FOR THE WORKDAY BETWEEN: TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 847 (hereinafter referred to as the Union) And: CINTAS CANADA LIMnED (hereinafter referred to as the Company) January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020 1 INDEX ARTICLE DESCRIPTION PAGE 1 PURPOSE.......................... .. ...... ................................................. 2 2 UNION RECOGNmON & SCOPE.............................. .. ............... 2 3 UNION SECURITY....... .. .......... ... .............................. ......... ..... .. ... 3 4 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS........... .............................................. 4 5 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE... ....... ................. ..... ............ ... .... .. ...... 5 6 ARBITRATION.................. .. ................................................ .. .. ..... 7 7 REPRESENTATION ............. ............................................. .. ........ 8 8 NO STRIKES/NO LOCKOUTS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 9 STATUTORY HOLIDAYS..... ................................. ........ ...... ......... 9 10 SALARIES .. ... .... ..... .. .... .... .. .... ............ .. ...... .. ... .................. ... .. .. ... 10 11 VACATIONS WITH PAY........ .. .. ...... .. ................ ....... .. .. ....... ....... 11 12 SENIORITY ... .. .. .. .... ...... ... .... .. .. .. ... ... .. .... ..... ... ... .. .. ... .... .. 13 13 HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME .. .. ......... ..... ... ........ .. .. .... .... ....... 16 14 LEAVES OF ABSENCE... ............. ... .. .............................. ...... .. .. .. .. 17 0 15 JOB POSTINGS, TRANSFER.. ..... ..... ........ ............. ... ..... .. ............ 18 16 NO DISCRIMINATION .. .......... .. .. ............... ...... ......... ..... ............. 19 17 HEALTH & WELFARE. ....... ... ............................... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .... ... 19 18 PENSION PLAN.................. .. ..... ................................... .... .... .... ... 21 19 BULLETIN BOARD............... ............................................ ........... 22 20 DURATION. ............................ .. .... ..... ................................... .... ... 22 APPENDIX 'A' - LABOUR/MANAGEMENT MEETINGS... ..... .......... 24 SCHEDULE 1 - SUMMARY OF WELFARE BENEFITS.... ............... 26 SCHEDULE 2 - SUMMARY OF RETIREE BENEFITS. ..... ...... ......... 32 SCHEDULE 3 - SUMMARY OF PENSION PLAN.................... 37 0 ARTICLE 2 - UNION RECOGNMON 8t SCOPE 2.01 a) The Company recognizes the Union as the sole collective bargaining agent for all Route Sales Representatives and Route Relief employed in the Province of Ontario currently covered by this Collective Agreement save and except, Salespersons, Market Development Representatives, New Account Installers, Management Trainees, Route Check In, Foremen and persons above the rank of foremen, supervisors and persons above the rank of supervisors, managers and persons above the rank of managers, service personnel and office staff and persons covered by existing collective agreements between the Company and other unions. b) Route Jumpers, Relief Drivers and other employees who perform duties similar to those of a Route Jumper or Relief Driver as their primary duty, shall be considered Bargaining Unit employees for the purposes of this Agreement. c) It is not the intention of the Union to capture any non-unionized facilities at the locations identified in the scope clause of this Collective Agreement. Similarly, it is not the intention of the Employer to narrow the existing collective bargaining rights of the union regarding the locations identified in the scope clause during the term of this Collective Agreement. Nothing herein prevents either party from exercising their rights as permitted pursuant to the Labour Relations Act. 2 ARTICLE 1 - PURPOSE 1.01 It is the desire of the above mentioned parties to co-operate and work harmoniously together in promoting their mutual interest in the operation of the business. It is their desire to provide orderly procedures for collective bargaining, orderly procedure for the prompt and equitable disposition of grievances and for the maintenance of mutually satisfactory hours of work, wages and working conditions. 1.02 Joint Labour / Management Consultation Meetings The Company and the Union agree to meet for the purposes of promoting co-operation between the Company and the Union and discussing issues relating to the work force which affect the parties or any employees bound by this Collective Agreement. Parties agree to meet on an as-required basis, the chair rotates; the Company will take minutes and both parties to agree upon the minutes prior to distribution. While not forming part of the Collective Agreement, the Union has provided the Company for reference purposes a guideline for such Joint Labour/Management Consultation Meetings which are described in Appendix "A". ARTICLE 2 - UNION RECOGNITION 8r. SCOPE 2.01 a) The Company recognizes the Union as the sole collective bargaining agent for all Route Sales Representatives and Route Relief employed in the Province of Ontario currently covered by this Collective Agreement save and except, Salespersons, Market Development Representatives, New Account Installers, Management Trainees, Route Check In, Foremen and persons above the rank of foremen, supervisors and persons above the rank of supervisors, managers and persons above the rank of managers, 0 service personnel and office staff and persons covered by existing collective agreements between the Company and other unions. b) Route Jumpers, Relief Drivers and other employees who perform duties similar to those of a Route Jumper or Relief Driver as their primary duty, shall be considered Bargaining Unit employees for the purposes of this Agreement. 2.02 No Contracting Out Work The Company agrees that it will not contract out work performed by members of the Bargaining Unit if such contracting out directly results in: a) a lay-off of employees in the Bargaining Unit; or b) a reduction in regularly scheduled hours of work for employees in the bargaining unit; or c) the elimination of Bargaining Unit positions. Nothing herein interferes with the right of the union to grieve with respect to the application of this clause. 0 3 2.03 Should a location covered by this Collective Agreement be permanently closed, the affected employees shall have first right of refusal to follow their work to another unionized location covered under this Collective Agreement. Employees opting not to transfer shall receive 0 severance as described in Article 12.14. 2.04 A person employed by the Company who is not part of the Bargaining Unit shall not perform Bargaining Unit work while seniority Bargaining Unit employees who are qualified to perform such work are laid off, provided however, that, Supervisors and other officials of the Company may, from time to time, perform work on any job normally performed by an employee for purposes of: (a) instruction or training; (b) evaluation or experimentation; ( c) circumstances beyond the Company's control including customer's special request or (d) when Bargaining Unit employees are not readily available. 2.05 Gender Clause The word "employee" or "employees" wherever used in the Agreement shall mean respectively an employee or employees in the Bargaining Unit, and wherever the masculine gender is used in this Agreement, it shall include the feminine gender. 2.06 Outside Agreement 0 The Company agrees not to enter into any agreement or contract with its employees, individually or collectively, which in any way conflicts with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 2.07 Printing of the Collective Agreement The Company and the Union will share the cost of printing the Collective Agreement at a Unionized Printing Shop. ARTICLE 3 - UNION SECURITY 3.01 All employees who are presently employed by the Company must, as a condition of employment, become and/or maintain their Union membership in good standing. For the purposes of this Collective Agreement, the sole definition of membership in good standing means that they must pay in accordance with the provisions of this Collective Agreement, the regularly prescribed initiation fee, regular monthly Union dues, and periodic assessments uniformly required of all members in the Bargaining Unit. 3.02 New employees shall make application for Union membership on cards supplied by the Union prior to the completion of their probationary period and the Company will forward their Membership Application cards to the Union following their probationary period. 0 4 3.03 The Company agrees to deduct from the first pay of an eligible employee each month, monthly dues and to remit the monies so deducted together with a list showing from whom and in what amount deductions were made, to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union on or before the 10th of the following month. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Union shall notify the Company within 30 days' notice, by letter of any change in the amount of Union dues, and such notification shall be the Company's authority to make the deductions specified. It is further agreed that new employees hired after the date of this Agreement shall have the Union initiation fee, as uniformly assessed against all members by the Local Union Constitution and By-laws, deducted from the first pay due to the employee in the month following completion of the probationary period. It is further agreed that the Company agrees to deduct from the pay of an eligible employee periodic assessments uniformly
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