Canadian National Railway Company
Location: system-wide
Union: United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union
Affiliation: American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations / Canadian Labour Congress
Number of Employees: 2,800
A 36-month renewal agreement, effective from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014, settled in February 2012 at the bargaining stage. Duration of negotiations – 6 months.
Note: this summary targets employees covered by collective agreement 10.1.
Wages
| Effective January 1, 2012 |
Effective January 1, 2013 |
Effective January 1, 2014 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| General Adjustments | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Maintenance of way employees—hourly rates | |||
| Labourer – 2nd year of service | $23.04 [$22.37] |
$23.73 | $24.44 |
| Lubrication employee | $26.30 [$25.53] |
$27.08 | $27.90 |
| Welder – after 4 years | $29.87 [$29.00] |
$30.77 | $31.69 |
Hours of Work
40 hours per week [unchanged].
Paid Holidays
11 days [unchanged].
Paid Vacation
2 weeks earned after 1 year of service, 3 after 3, 4 after 9, 5 after 19 and 6 after 28 [unchanged].
Benefits
Short-Term Disability: as of March 1, 2012, $650 [$640] per week; January 1, 2013, $660; and January 1, 2014, $680.
Dental Care: $1,725 [$1,625] per year as of March 1, 2012 and $1,825 as of January 1, 2014. The refundable amounts are based on the fee schedule of the corresponding province’s dental association and the year in which the treatments are dispensed [unchanged].
Optical Care: laser vision correction is now covered by the plan [new addition].
Drug card: as of March 1, 2012, employees will have a drug card they can use to pay for prescription drugs. Participants will have to pay 20% of the eligible amount of the drug, the $2.50 fee per prescription and the amount of the prescription not covered by the insurance plan. Also, if the drug can be substituted with an available generic drug, the plan shall reimburse the price of the cheapest generic drug, unless the physician indicates “no substitutions” on the prescription [new addition].
Health insurance plan at retirement: as of March 1, 2012, annual benefit of $45 [$35] per year of recognized service, beyond the 15th year of service, to cover health care expenses. The maximum number of years of eligible service is 20 years, and the maximum annual benefit amount is $900 [20 X $45]. The employee must be at least 55 years old and have accumulated 85 points at the time of retiring to be eligible for these benefits.
Allowances
Meals and Accommodation: on January 1, 2014, the meals and accommodation allowances will be adjusted by the same amount as the change in Canada’s consumer price index [CPI] for the period from November 2012 to November 2013.
Labour/management committee
Employee Retention: the parties agree to explore the possibility of establishing a qualified employee retention program for operators, forepersons and mechanics. To be eligible for this, the participant must be at least 55 years old, have accumulated at least 85 points and retire after December 31, 2011. Under this program, an employee cannot work more than 96 days per year [new addition].
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1040607
Note: Summary reflects the information received at time of ratification.