COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT Between METROLAND MEDIA GROUP LTD. - and - UNIFOR LOCAL 87-M SOUTHERN ONTARIO NEWSMEDIA GUILD GTA EDITORIAL EMPLOYEES December 6, 2013 to December 5, 2016 Ratified May 6, 2014 Table of Contents LOCAL HISTORY .................................................................................................... 5 THE FIRST CONTRACT ............................................................................................. 5 THE FIRST STRIKE ................................................................................................... 7 GROWTH IN THE 60S, 70S ........................................................................................ 8 GOING CANADIAN .................................................................................................. 10 EXPANDING BEYOND SOUTHERN ONTARIO .............................................................. 10 PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT ................................................................................ 12 PREAMBLE ........................................................................................................... 12 ARTICLE 1 - RECOGNITION ................................................................................ 12 ARTICLE 2 - DEFINITIONS ................................................................................... 13 ARTICLE 3 - RELATIONSHIP ............................................................................... 14 3.01 UNION MEMBERSHIP ..................................................................................... 14 (B) INFORMATION FOR NEW EMPLOYEES ................................................................ 14 3.02 (A) DEDUCTION OF DUES ................................................................................ 14 (B) HUMANITY FUND ............................................................................................. 15 3.03 NO DISCRIMINATION ...................................................................................... 16 3.07 TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES .............................................................................. 16 3.09 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES ................................................................................. 17 3.12 STUDENTS .................................................................................................... 18 ARTICLE 4 - MANAGEMENT RIGHTS ................................................................. 19 ARTICLE 5 - NO STRIKE OR LOCK-OUT ........................................................... 19 ARTICLE 6 - STEWARDS AND UNION COMMITTEE ......................................... 19 6.04 BARGAINING COMMITTEE ............................................................................... 20 ARTICLE 7 - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ............................................................ 20 STEP 1 ................................................................................................................. 20 STEP 2 ................................................................................................................. 21 ARTICLE 8 - ARBITRATION ................................................................................. 22 AUTHORITY OF ARBITRATION BOARD ...................................................................... 23 ARTICLE 9 - DISCHARGE AND DISCIPLINE ...................................................... 23 ARTICLE 10 - HEALTH & SAFETY ...................................................................... 24 ARTICLE 11 - PROBATIONARY PERIOD, SENIORITY AND STAFF REDUCTION .......................................................................................................... 25 11.01 PROBATIONARY PERIOD ............................................................................... 25 - 2 - 11.02 SENIORITY LIST .......................................................................................... 25 11.03 TERMINATION OF SERVICE: A ...................................................................... 26 11.04 NOTICE OF TERMINATION ............................................................................. 26 11.05 STAFF REDUCTION ...................................................................................... 26 11.12 SEVERANCE PAY ......................................................................................... 28 11.15 FREELANCE AND BARGAINING UNIT WORK .................................................... 29 ARTICLE 12 - TRANSFER AND PROMOTION .................................................... 29 12.01 TRANSFER: ................................................................................................. 29 12.02 TEMPORARY PROMOTION ............................................................................ 29 12.03 JOB POSTING .............................................................................................. 30 ARTICLE 13 - LEAVE OF ABSENCE ................................................................... 31 13.02 BEREAVEMENT LEAVE ................................................................................. 32 13.03 MATERNITY/PATERNITY LEAVE ..................................................................... 33 13.04 UNION BUSINESS ......................................................................................... 33 ARTICLE 14 - MISCELLANEOUS ........................................................................ 33 14.02 WORKING EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 34 14.03 EXPENSES .................................................................................................. 34 14.04 JURY AND WITNESS DUTY. ........................................................................... 35 14.06 SUPPER MONEY .......................................................................................... 35 14.07 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE .......................................................................... 35 PROCEDURE .......................................................................................................... 36 DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................................... 36 1. Educational Institution ............................................................................ 36 2. Courses Allied to Work ............................................................................ 36 14.09 NEW EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................... 38 14.10 NEW PUBLICATIONS & EDITIONS .................................................................. 38 ARTICLE 15 - CLASSIFICATION & SALARY RANGES ..................................... 38 ARTICLE 16 - HOURS OF WORK AND WORKING CONDITIONS ..................... 40 16.04(A) HOURS OF WORK & WORKING CONDITIONS .............................................. 41 16.05 OVERTIME ................................................................................................... 41 16.11 REDUCED WORKWEEK ................................................................................. 42 DURATION ............................................................................................................. 42 OTHER .................................................................................................................. 42 ARTICLE 17 – VACATIONS ................................................................................. 43 ARTICLE 18 - PAID HOLIDAYS ........................................................................... 45 ARTICLE 19 - SCHEDULES ................................................................................. 46 RTICLE 20 - TERMINATION AND DURATION .................................................... 47 - 3 - SCHEDULE "A" .................................................................................................... 48 SCHEDULE "B" .................................................................................................... 49 BENEFITS .......................................................................................................... 49 B.01 BENEFITS AND COST SHARING .......................................................... 49 LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING RE: METROLAND PENSION PLAN .................................................................. 51 RE: BASE YEAR UPGRADE ................................................................................... 52 RE: CAMERA ALLOWANCE .................................................................................... 53 RE: EARLY RETIREMENT OPTIONS ......................................................................... 54 RE: LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING RE: ARTICLE 15.05 ............................................. 55 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING RE: INTERNET .............................................. 56 RE: EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................... 57 RE. BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES OVER AGE 65 ........................................................ 58 RE: FAMILY EMERGENCY LEAVE ............................................................................ 59 ENHANCED SEVERANCE ......................................................................................... 61 - 4 - Local History Pay of $30 a week for six days of work, arbitrary firings, salary cuts, and ridiculous schedules. That's what brought the Guild to the newsrooms of Toronto in the Dirty Thirties. And since then, SONG has been working hard to get a better deal first for newspaper and now for all media employees. It seems odd now,