5.01       Wages shall be paid by direct deposit every other Friday at not less than the following minimum rates. Paystubs to be available before commencement of the Friday working shift. Where a Statutory Holiday is observed on the Friday, wages shall be paid before commencement of the Thursday morning shift. For night shift employees, pay shall be available before the completion of their Thursday evening shift, or, in case of a Statutory Holiday, before the end of their Wednesday shift.

5.02       Effective April 21, 2006 the per hour rate of pay for regular employees (those employees comprising the core number of ten(10)) shall be $23.00.

The per hour rate of pay for Casual employees shall be $18.47.

It is understood that the following wage increases shall apply:

April 21, 2007    2.0% wage increase
                  ($23.46 Regular/$18.84 Casual)

April 21, 2008    2.0% wage increase
                  ($23.93 Regular/$19.22 Casual)

5.03       Any employee who is receiving a rate higher than his job rate because of either:

1. an existing overscale; or
2. a transfer instituted by Management due to technological or production methods changes shall not have his wage rate reduced but shall stay at the wage rate he is receiving until the rate of his new job reaches the rate being received.

5.04       An employee who is classified in a higher category and is requested at any time temporarily to perform work embodied in a classification in a lower category shall not have his wage rate reduced from his wage rate established in the higher category.

5.05       An employee who is changing to a lower job classification for reasons listed below shall immediately receive the new lower rate of pay.

1. Return to a former position after accepting a relief or training position which carried a higher pay rate.
   
   
2. Has been in receipt of a premium [ie. First Aid] and is no longer performing the function for which the premium was being paid.
   
   
3. Is transferred to a lower rated job at his own request.

COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE

5.06       A cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in a lump sum payment will be paid to regular employee's for all hours worked, including vacations and statutory holidays, in the period from April 21, 2006 to April 20, 2007, the first pay period following publication of the March 2007 Consumer Price Index, on the basis of $0.01 per hour for each full .3 change in the Consumer Price Index, (1971=100) in the period from April 21, 2006 to April 20, 2007 calculated by subtracting the Consumer Price Index (1971=100) for the month of March , 2006, after adding there to 7% of the March 2006 Consumer Price Index (1971=100), from the Consumer Price Index (1971=100) for the month of March 2007. This COLA formula will be repeated each contract year, in the above described manner, until the expiry of this Collective Agreement.

5.07       Since employment is dependent upon the demand for the Company's products, the Company and the Union recognise the importance of continual progress in the development of improved methods to meet customer demand and requirements.

5.08       Before the labour of employees is increased by changes in operation or speed up of equipment or new jobs are created as deemed necessary or advisable by the Company, a classification and a rate for such jobs will be established as agreed upon between the Union and the Company.

5.09       In the event the parties fail to agree on a rate, a rate shall be set by the Company, or the Company will give consideration to providing additional help if a material increase in the work load has resulted. After a trial period of 30 days, the Union may enter a request for a new rate which if not settled to the satisfaction of the Union, may be settled through the Grievance Procedure. The rate so established shall be retroactive to the original date of change.

5.10       The Company will supply adequate manpower on all operations in all departments at all times so that an employee will not be required to perform more than a fair day's work.

5.11       Article 5.10 shall not be construed to mean that the manning of all operations is at present exactly adequate or that all employees are presently assigned exactly a fair day's work, and accordingly, changes in the manning of crews and changes in an employee's work load may be made so long as the resulting situation is not in violation of Article 5.10.

FIRST AID

5.12       The Company shall designate such First-Aid Attendant positions as are required by the W.C.B.

5.13       The designated First-Aid Attendant position shall be posted in accordance with Article 3. The designated position shall be filled by the most senior applicant occupying a warehouse position.

5.14       Employees working as designated First-Aid Attendants will receive a premium of forty cents [$0.40] per hour in addition to their regular rate of pay.