1981-82 B.C. MASTER AGR 1. THAT a Collective Agreement (styled the “1981-1982 Master Agree- ment”) is entered into in the terms of the Collective Agreement described as the 1979-1980 Master Agreement, save for the amendments herein set out, and the 1981-1982 Master Agree- ment to become effective from and after the 15th day of June, 1981 to midnight the 14th day of June, 1983. 2. THAT Article IX — Wages, Section 1: Rates, clause (a), be deleted and the following substituted: (a) The Parties agree that effective the 15th day of June, 1981 the wages of all hourly rated em- ployees will be increased by fif- teen per cent (15%) per hour. The Parties further agree that effective the 15th day of June, 1982 the wages of all hourly rated em- ployees will be further increased by thirteen per cent (13%) per hour. The minimum rate for com- mon labour shall be $11.46 per hour effective June 15, 1981, and $12.96 per hour effective June 15, 1982. 3. THAT Article V — Hours of Work, Section 1: Hours and Overtime, clause (b) (i), be amended to provide for dou- ble straight-time rates for hours worked in excess of eleven (11) hours per day. 4. THAT Article IX — Wages, be amended to provide the following: (1) A 40 cents per hour revision for the certified categories listed in Sec- tion 1(c) (i) and (ii), plus: 2nd Class Engineer 3rd Class Engineer 4th Class Engineer Benchman Circular Saw Filer Saw Fitter Head Filer and Grinderman (uncertified) (2) A 30 cents per hour revision for the following: Filer-Grinderman (3) A 20 cents per hour revision for the following: Filer and Grinderman Assistant (4) The Apprenticeship rates will be increased by the following amounts: Improver (3rd year completed) 37 cents per hour Improver (2nd year completed) 29'/2 cents per hour Helper (1st year completed) 20% cents per hour Helper 20 cents per hour (5) The increases provided for in clauses (1) to (4) of this paragraph shall be applied to the categories in question before the general wage increase effective June 15, 1981, provided for in paragraph 2 of this agreement, is applied. 5. THAT Article IX — Wages, Sec- tion 12: Shift Differential, be amended by providing that there will be a five cents (5¢) per hour increase in Shift Differential for afternoon or second shifts and for graveyard or third shifts. 6. THAT the job descriptions for the categories Head Oiler and Oiler in manufacturing plants be as set forth in Appendices No. 1 and No. 2, respec- tively, and that Article IX — Wages be amended by adding a new Section establishing the Head Oiler rate at $11.10 per hour and the Oiler rate at $10.94 per hour. The general wage increase effective June 15, 1981, pro- vided for in paragraph 2 of this Agree- ment, shall be applied to these rates. 7. THAT Article X — Cost of Living Allowance, be deleted and the follow- ing substituted therefor. ARTICLE X COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE During the qualifying period June 15, 1981 to June 14, 1983 a Cost of Living Allowance, hereinafter referred to as COLA, will be effective as follows: Section 1: COLA payments made under the terms of this Article will be determined in accordance with changes in the official Consumer Price Index for Canada (all items) published by Sta- tistics Canada (1971 = 100) and here- inafter referred to as the CPI. Section 2: COLA payments under this Article will be paid to employees if the CPI rises more than twenty-eight per cent (28%), accumulated from June 15, 1981 to and including June 14, 1983. COLA payments, as described in Sec- tion 3 below, will be paid to employees following each calendar month in which the CPI has exceeded twenty- eight per cent (28%) during the quali- fying period, including the month in which the CPI exceeds twenty-eight per cent (28%). Section 3: COLA payments will be calculated by multiplying each employee’s eligi- ble hours in the calendar month by one cent (1¢) for each full .20 rise in the CPI beyond twenty-eight per cent (28%), during the qualifying period. Section 4: (a) Eligible hours are hours worked, vacation hours, floating and sta- tutory holiday hours, jury duty and bereavement leave and hours actually spent in apprentice and stationary engineer school train- ing. (b) COLA shall not be used in com- puting overtime premium or inthe calculation of any other pay, allowance or benefit. (c) COLA payments will be made after release of CPI monthly sta- tistics, by cheque which will show detail of the COLA payment cal- culation. Section 5: In the event that COLA becomes payable and the CPI later declines toa point where it is no longer payable, COLA would cease to be payable in the month following the last month that the CPI exceeded twenty-eight per cent (28%) accumulated from June 15, 1981. Section 6: If Statistics Canada changes the form or basis of calculating CPI, the Parties to this Agreement will request Statistics Canada to make available the discontinued index or, failing this, determine an appropriate substitute. Section 7: This Article will remain in effect only for the term of this Agreement. 8. THAT Article XIII, Vacations With Pay be amended, effective June 15, 1982, to provide four (4) weeks’ vaca- tion after 7 or more years continuous service, five (5) weeks’ vacation after 15 or more years continuous service, and seven (7) weeks’ vacation after 30 or more years continuous service (Appendix No. 3). 9. THAT Article XVII — Health and Welfare, Section 3: Insurance Cover- age, clauses (a), (b) and (c), be amended as follows: (a) Group Life Insurance for each qualified employee, effective June 15, 1981 — $27,000, and effective June 15, 1982 — $29,000. (b) Accidental Death and Dismember- ment Insurance for each qualified employee, effective June 15, 1981 — $27,000, and effective June 15, 1982 — $29,000. (c) Weekly Indemnity as follows: Ef- fective June 15, 1981 in the amount of two hundred and forty-five dol- lars ($245) per week for fifty-two (52) weeks; Effective June 15, 1982 in the amount of two hundred and sixty dollars ($260) per week for fifty-two (52) weeks. 10. THAT Article XVII — Health and Welfare, Section 4: Medical Coverage, be amended to increase the hospitali- zation coverage from the present maxi- mum of $4.00 per day to $6.50 per day. 11. THAT effective June 15, 1982, Article XVII — Health and Welfare, be amended by adding the following Vision Care Program to the Extended Health Benefit Plan provided for in Section 4: Medical Coverage: Payment up to a maximum of $100 per person in any 24 consecutive month period for charges incurred rel- ative to the purchase of lenses and frames or contact lenses when pres- cribed by a person legally qualified to make such prescription. 12. THAT effective June 15, 1982, a new Article XVIII — Long Term Dis- ability be added to provide for a Long Term Disability Plan based on the fol- lowing general principles: 8/Lumber Worker/September, 1981