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NOTICE "777 THE GAZETTE, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1955 2S Joint Committee of the Building (Trades administering, the decree. Commission: The Minimum XXV. Either party hereto d-the Head Office of which is in the Wage Commission.

sirous of securing modification Hot Mastic Asphalt Finish ers: Owaig to the unjsual type of work in this trade the follow b) The decree shall govern all1 Operations in sheet metal of ten; gauge or lighter and all opera-' gear, Rebabbitung of bearings. All door closer repair work Helper apprentice LmIsild and muroleum (t; and sheet), rubier ftile and sneet) waxer and polisher and asphalt city of Montreal Vacation with Pay Stamp; c) Any A book issued by the Com- of tne provisions or we Mia decree give winn lor Hot Mastic Asphalt Workmen. executed on any building or en-j All hydraulic repair work. jue to the nature of their opera- gineering construction undertak- All work of installing sound in- tions. shall cot be subject performed on the site of any ulation.

ispecified hours of starting or contraet whether done in an en-' All escalator, electric stair-J finishing but shall be limned to'closure set Prt thereon for the ways and motorstair repair work. a nir.e t9i hour ilir inH a fiftr purpoje or not. or in any edifice Rewiring car switches, tover- jhirc an apprentice in. one orwith-Pay credit period. eum 'more trades in which such credit stamps: Tht HoRourabl Antonio Barrett.

Minister of Labour, hereby notice, pursuant to the provisions of the CnUrrti'ii Aeree- merit Act (R.S.O.. 1941. chanter 163 and araendmeirts). that the contracting parties hereafter mentions h.v. i-ihmttteH him remiett In render try the collective labour agree ment entered into between: On the one part: The Builders Exchang And.

one the other part: The Building and Construction Trades Council of Montreal and Vicinity "Le Cormefl des Syndicate des Metiers de la Construction de prentice is interested; vacauon-wim-ray trtau such professional employer has The penod extending from men in the trades mentioned. I Vacation with Pay credit (50) hour week, with the tion of Kettlemen who shall he permitted to work a twelve (12) hour day and a sixty (60) hour weeii. However, all work in ex- cess of fifty (50) hours per week and in the case of Kettlemen sixty (60 hours per week, shall be considered as overtime and be renumerated as such. ee) Linoleum and Muroleum. Rubber.

Tile and Sheet, Layer fore tt date expirerf to. sd decree, which VWd jhaU j. sixty from the date i of said nouce. rimer yai-j uti resort to Conciliation under Uit 'Department of Labour, thii-t Hi Durin the thirty day follow- ing the date of publication of this notice in the Quebec Official Gazette, the Honourable Minister Labour will consider the ob jection which the interested pa wuh to set lortn. GERARD TREMBLAT.

Deputy Minister of Labour. Department of Labour. Quebec, September 3rd. 1153. New Junior Apprentice shall, however.

k' i0r goinf orovisions do not however, iapply to the electrical trade, the trades of DiDe mechanic. tin smith, roofer, asbestos insulation mechanic, marble setter, tile set-i ter. terrazzo layer and terrazzo d) However, the ratio of an-! and Polisher, and Asphalt Tile! Hours worked in excess of i Layer: Operations in this trade, forty hours (40) shall, however, i tn replacement of old ap-. due to uncontrollable paid at the rate of andor the installation of ments, shall be on a firty-eight time and one half. Hours work-'anv apparatus that may be devel- (48) hour maximum weekly ed on Saturday morning shall Ped ln the elevator industry dur- undergoing repairs, renovation or additions ci Owing to frequent stoppages of work caused principally by in- clement weather, roofers, built- up membrane roofers other than -sheet meial erectors, mar operate on a forty hours (40) weekly basis ending on Fridays at 5.00 p.m.

in order, to provide opportunity for sufficient earn- inl also be paid at the rate of single time and onealf, and double an worn in connection witn tne erection, assembling, demolition or oismanuing oi Doners, ine er ection of steel in connection therewith, the placing of equip ment on foundations or supports for the employers and the em- built-up membrane Pioyees of the industry and the nd roU roofings (asphalt trades concerned, according to! nd gravel) the following conditions: iKettleman I. Territorial jurisdiction: The RiMr territnH.l i.ir.Hi-tion of the de- Sheet metal worker, roofer tile layer Kettleman (flooring only) 'Mason tstone) and cutter on i Mastic floor layer MaStlC f.OOT finisher 15 1-30 Painter-decorator iPainter-sprayman 1.90 iazier i-8U Steam generator mechanic 4.w Steam generator me- chanie's helper 1.60 1 Oil burner mechanic. Class 165 lOirucwrai tim ana aieepie slate, tile, asphalt or hingle (excepting wood shingle) and corrugated asbestos roofing and siding and including steel toilet partitions and shelv ing Sheet metal welder i on Shovel operator (power) per week e- Carter, teamdriver L30 Steam and hot water gener ation mechanics (horizon tal heating surface, (20) 1-35 185 1 i prentices to journeymen in the 1 throughout a vacation-with-pay bricklaying and plasterina tradeslcredlt Period, is entitled, at the basis, without daily limitation and Iwitnout respect to specified hours shall be two (2) to five (5). e) In the sheet metal and roof in traie her k. starting and finishing.

How- time on Saturday afternoons. ever, all work in excess of forty-; XIV-A Steam Generation In- jeight (48) hours per week shall dustry: The entire province of joe considered as overtime and Quebec shall constitute the ter remunerated as such. 'ritorial jurisdiction of this One helDer or ar.o.-entiee tn' a) The operations shall include; 1) apprentice for each three vacation credit hereinafter! qualified workers. Any urgent 'determined; or special work which, for suf- 2. to a vacation credit: Every ficient reason, cannot be per- employee governed by the de-i cree comprises: The Island of Montreal nd radius of fifteen (15) miles from its limits witri the excep-(ion of the counties of Vercheres.

St. John, Iberville, L'Assomp-tion and Terrebonne. b) The city of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and the municipality ijHockey Loop The entire province of Que- hours during the week lM be constitutes the trucker (Cartage iurisdiction of the decree in re- hauiin) i in i formed on the basis of one (1) apprentice for each three (3) qualified workers, can be performed on the basis of one (1) apprentice for each shift of three (3) qualified workers or fraction thereof. No apprentice shall be allowed to work otherwise than under the supervision of a competent mechanic in his particular trade. f) The number of apprentices in regard to journeymen as specified above shall be calculated on each job site.

g) No professional employer is: i the fitting and rolling of tubes ivided for in subsections 5 and 7. the fitting of all pressure orj 4. Work performed on Sunday inori pressure parts (with the ex-, and legal holidays, as designated each mechanic shall be allowed on each job, either of whom must; always assist the said mechanic. f) Road construction: Whereas the construction of roads is sea sonal in character, all crews of workmen so engaged shall be employed on a maximum weekly basis of sixty (60) hours, with out daily limitation. Overtime rates shall be exig- avoa ee rf that rv- -v i nrm Road construction does not in- ude th Slffr elude the construction, mainte- nance and repair of bridges more ception of the unloading, hoisting or lowering and placing of com plete portable boilers, steam I drums and assembled sections of; twenty ft.) only on work ptw-formed in nors and selectors or any other apparatus in the car.

Refastening or relining guide rewiring or reinstalling limit swncnes. Replacing or repairing wood "Oors on platforms. Replacing crossheads, stiles, safeties or equalizers, or replac. ine automatic rail oilers This work also applies to dumb- "'s me me oecree. c) Contract service for regular examination or care of apparatus enumerated in paragraph of the present subsection for a period not less than one month.

3. Hours of Work: The regular working day shall consist of eieht nours between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. Monday to Friday in- jciusiveiy. ah otner time worked between the hours of 5.00 p.m.

and 00 a.m. or on Saturday shall be paid double time excepting as pro- hereinafter, shall be considered as overtime and paid for at double the rate of single time, 5. Call backs on contracts ser- at the rate of time and one-half. ot nereauer snan oe. paid uuuuic uic iaie oi single time 7.

On a contract service where the employer has a contract in building only or adjacent in in nut inr-rnoova nar nn ann 'rant keeping a man or men work- f1e. lino rnn i i mi i rnr a a An night shift, employees taking holi- days alternately, one shift work ing one holiday and another shift the next. Work performed on Sundays shall be classed as overtime and paid at double the rate of single time. 9. Wage rates: The minimum wage rates shall be as follows: wuer luue uer5 lo VIte on overtime except sunaay rhich.is te.e"nd.

1 holidays, shall be paid Steam and not wat aUon mechanics' helpei (horizontal heating sur face twenty (20) ft al checker and iim(s; 1.45 keeper (without daily limitation as to hours of stamps: The printed mane or ki-the Commission representing tne vacaUon with 'pl yer' Kifht Employee: 1. to a vacation-wiih-pay: Every employee governed by the aecree, nosc won uccu continuous with one employer end of such period, to a vacation naving a minimum ouraxion oi seven consecutive days and to cree whose work has not been' continuous with one em throughout a vacation-with credit period, is entitled, end of such period, only to the vacation credit hereinafter deter mined c) Period during which vaca tion is to be given: The employer must give, within four months from the date of expiration of a vacation-with-pay credit period, the vacation to which an employee is entitled according to the present section. d) vacation credit: The vaca al me ena in eacn regular pay period, must affix in his employee's vacation-with pay stamp book, vacation-with-pay credit stamps in an amount his vacation-with-pay stamp book and, should he not possess such book, provide him with one; 3. keep each employee's vacation-with-pay stamp book till the end of the vacation-with-pay credit period or, during the time of employment, should the em ployee's labour contract be pre- viously cancelled 4. give back his vacation-with- i jthan twelve (12) feet long andler! acKs on contract service viaducts which remain subject to! b) It shall also comprise alljon Sunday or legal holidays as 'orlr 5 ftA'prpp compelled to keep, in his em-tion credit to which an em- Jonquiere Chicoutimi, Port Al-ploy an apprentice whose work is! ployee governed by the decreefred sl Joseoh D-Aim), and Ar.

unsatisfactory. The ntltled represents for a all wnjch operated in th also has the right to discharge ication-with-pay Credit period, a Junior circuit last season, an apprentice if. the latter gives, sum of money equivalent to the Quebec Citv-S Fronlenac, evident proof of insufficient value of the stamps affixed victoria ciubs would probably in his work or does not abide bym his vacation-with-pay stamp the general customs required for the said credit period, Fleury outlined the plan a pro-trade apprentices. e) Affixing of Stamps: Everytject of reorganization of junior ognized as structural steel work- work in connection with breach ings. smoke boxes, stacks, up takes.

Dontoons. air and water heaters, smoke consumers, tanks1 descriptions and other tand -J I the general provisions of the de- i -v' ta.u.ra. on.t be 45 hours per week based upon a nine hour day at single time from Mondav to Fridav with no c) Ine erection and construe- irorn raonaay to rrioay, witn no hnvPS on care of enough elevators to war-specified starting or finishing of purifying boxes, gas gen-. h) No individual apprenticeship contract for the hereinabove mentioned trades shall be accepted as valid unless it be in con formity with the orovisions ofi the decree. equivalent to two per centum i) The duration of labour of the gross amount of such apprentices shall be the same as Pay- that of qualified workers.

Employer obligations: j) The apprentice shall furnish iEvery employer must: eood and lnval sprvir-e hu obtain from the Commission pipes, penstocks and gasometers. mu JT hours, the men will not be paid d) The unloading, hoisting or jvoertime between the hours of lowering and placing of equip-UM and 12 00 midnight ex. ment or parts in connection on Sundays the above. 8. Workmen shall receive fifty- el The burning, chipping (52) hours pay per week for caulking, riveting, welding and forty-eight (48) hours of work, rigging connection with snali be two shifts.

one described above. jworking eight (8) hours during XV. Elevator construction: The the day, the other eight (8) hours following special provisions shall to 12i00 midnight. On holidays, one govern this trade; shift shall work eight (8) 1. Territorial jurisdiction: The tv, tu upect of the erection of elevators nd the construction of steam eenerators.

boilers and tanks. II. Professional jurisdiction: a) The decree applies, except as hereunder stipulate, to an con uruciron ntruction and building opera- tions, demolition and repairs. It shall have effect on all op erations on me sue ui nj tract, whether done in an en closure set apart thereon or not, or in any edifice undergoing re- pairs, renovations or additions. It; shall not, however, apply to duction work done plants and factories.

b) The decree shall not apply to permanent employees as defined by the Collective Agreement Act except when doing new construction work. It shall not govern building operations performed in cemeteries. c) Outside the Island of Montreal, the decree applies only to construction projects having a total cost of $25,000.00 or more, including wages and materials. A construction project may comprise one or several units, irrespective 'of the number of contracts. d) The decree docs not apply to the trucking operations governed by tha.

decree No. 913 of (he 16th June 1948 and its amendments. e) Road operations carried out for the account of any Department of the Provincial Government which are already subject tn the Fair Wages Schedule under Order-in-Council No. 800 of the 24th April, 1929. as amended, are not governed by the provisions of the decree.

f) The decree does not apply to the mining industry as regards work done in mine shifts. Logging operations and the nneration of pulp, paper and saw mills are exempt Irom tne decree. m) Installation and repair op- I employer during his period of Mamy u.j,ng t0 nval tne junior club, pf apprenticeship; he shall take for ch ot. his employees, before Ontario, whose deficits are cover-care of the tools and material tne beginning of a vacation-with-ed mostiy by National League furnished by his employer. Pay Period; k) The employer shall do his 2- require from every employee Fleury the new league-utmost to instruct his apprentices Ihired during a vacstion-with-pay still in the planning stage should in the trades in which the latter 'credit period, the remittance of be made up of strictly local tal- ivoie: ruiwiui5ianauiK ine pro visions of the decree, the dura tion of work remains subject to the Law respecting the limiting of working hours (Revised Statutes of Que.

1941, Chap. 165) and to Orders-in-Council enacted under the authority of the said Act. VIII. When extra shifts of workmen are employed, there shall be no specified hours of starting and finishing for any shift. They shall not however, exceed eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week in the case of qualified tradesmen, hod carriers, construction boilermakers' helpers and apprentices and nine (9) hours per day, firty-five (45) hours per week in the case of common labourers.

Such extra shifts of workmen shall be paid a premium of five (5c) cents an hour above the regular rates. IX. The hours hereinabove specified shall mean Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time, depending upon which time is in force wii-ulliW Umnatinnt ia nn Watchrnan employed also as fireman requiring 4th class Certificate (without daily limitation) 60.00 Yardman (without daily limitation as to hours of work) 53.75 b) All categories of workmen, temporarily employed by the same employer at other than their trade work, shall continue to be paid the wage rate of their own trade irrespectively of the number of hours devoted per day to such other work. This provision does not apply to workmen employed exclusively at work other than their trade. c) Employees hired in the" city of Montreal to be employed elsewhere within the territorial jurisdiction hereinbefore specified shall be paid the rate specified in this section.

IV. In all trades where any other material is erected in place of the regular and recognized commodity such as, for instance, a glass brick for a brick of clay or shale, the appropriate trade wage rate per hour shall apply. The operations of steeplejacks comprise the erection of light ning rods, stone and brick point ing painting of steeples, poles, tanks and bridges. However, workmen possessing a card of competency in their iraue are aiso privileged to ido tne operations specified above v.v. men is uruviueu uiey are paia meir labour contract basis or for a fixed price are invalid and are forbidden.

VI. Operations beyond the limits of the city of Montreal: a) The limits of Montreal, for the purpose of this section, shall be those extreme places that can be reached with an ordinary street car or bus fare of the Montreal Transportation Commission. to) Travelling expenses within the territorial jurisdiction of the riprppp in pyppss nf the recnlar flagjin territorial jurisdiction of the decree in the elevator industry shall be as follows: a) Montreal Region: Southern Boundary: The American Border. Western Boundary: The boundary line between the Province of Ontario and the Province of Quebec as far as the town of Hawkesbury and a line running due north from the western limits of the town of Hawkesbury. Eastern Boundary: A line running due north and south from a point 25 miles due west of the city of Quebec.

b) Hull Region: All the western section of the Province of Quebec, from a line running due north and south of the western limits of the town of Hawkes- bury. Hourly a) Montreal Region: rates Mechanic Helper 1.60 b) Hull Region: Mechanic 2.00 Helper 1.40 c) Quebec Region: Mechanic 1.80 Helper 1.32 the locality where the work is pay stamp book to each one of I h.an Pce in the his employees at the end of a 19o5-56 National Hockey League vacation-with-pay credit period according to Coach Dick or at the time of the previous cancellation of his labour con-1 Continuing to show enthusiasm tract. over the squad that has been The employer who provides his working out here since Monday, employee with a vacation-with- Irvin said today the rookie croo pay stamp book may deduct has five players who can become from the employee's wages the NHL calibre, cost of such book. Irvin said the basic strength ot g) Employee's obligations: the club will be greatly aided Every employee must: through the acquisition of four of 1. without delay, give back his the world championship Detroit vacation-with-pay stamp book to; Red Wings-rTony Lcswick, Glen c) Quebec Region: All theTnanksgiving Day and chrLstmas erations carried out in connec- ot hours determined by the de- tion with moveable office furni- V.

All contracts entered into cree shall be considered as overture, when done by jby an employer and one or more time wofk. employees of the owner or ten- employees on a piece-work or Overtime work shall be paid executed. X. Overtime work: a) Work performed by qualified workmen, apprentices or common la- bourers, in excess of the regu- ar jar nours, or ouisiae me limit at the rate of time and one half on the basis of the minimum wage rate established by the decree, or on the basis of the wage rate actually paid, whichever be the higher, c) However, overtime work performed between 10.00 nm and 8.00 a.m. shall be paid double the employer who hires him dur ing a vacation with pay period.

2. at the. end of a vacation-with-pay credit period or at the time of the previous cancellation of his labour contract claim his vacation-with-pay stamp book from the employer who hires him. h) Redemption of stamps: are working. 1) Apprentices having attended a technical or trade school shall receive a credit in proportion to the duration of their studies and to the result of their examinations.

m) No provisions governing apprenticeship shall apply to the trades whoses apprenticeship and competency are to an Act of this Province. Special provisions: Every apprentice in the various trades herein enumerated shall submit annually to a progress examination before the appropriate Examining Board located at 5205 Parthenais Street, Montreal. In the event that the apprentice shall fail to present himself for each examination his apprenticeship book shall be held null and void. After such examination he shall be supplied with a new apprenticeship book which shall establish and verify his annual progress. XVII.

Period of apprenticeship: The full period of apprenticeship shall be as follows: Trades: Years Bricklayer 4 Carpenter-joiner 4 Mason 4 Plasterer 4 Marble and tile setter, terrazzo layer 4 Sheet metal worker, slate, asphalt and shingle setter 4 Painter, sprayman, glazier, decorator 4 Roofer sheet metal corrugated asbestos, slate, tile, and all other types, excepting asphalt and gravel, built-up membrane and roll finishings 4 Steam generator mechanic 4 Cement finisher 3 Roofer asphalt and gravel, built-up membrane and roll finishings 2 Concrete reinforced steel erector 1 Lather (metal) 3 Construction boilermaker 4 Months Terrazzo polishing machine operator (dry) Terrazzo polishing machine operator (wet) 3 Note: One year of apprenticeship shall consist of 2,000 hours oi actual worn. XVIII. Wage rates: Appren- time and shall toe calculated onvators, escalators, electric stair the basis orovided in subsection ways, motorstairs, organ con ant of a buildine. are not gov- erned by the decree Special provisions: 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions, the cities and towns and the municipal corporations are not governed by the provisions of the decree inasmuch as repair or maintenance work on their own buildings are concerned: inasmuch, also, as construction rebuilding or maintenance works on aqueducts, sewers, pavings, sidewalks and other similar operations performed tinder their immediate control are concerned.

The exemption does not apply, however, to contractors or sub-contractors carrying on tne same operations, under the con- (rn of or hv contract tor tne tvery employee ai me ena oi a minder achieved a shutout in one vacation-with-pay credit period, fun session and permitted only has the right to claim from theione goai another. Commission the redemption ofi Asked if he thought the Hawks the stamps affixed for such finisn in third piace, ivari iod in his vacation-with-pay stampisajd that if they can come up boolc' with a couple of new NHL play- it Ownership of the vacation- as a rcsu ot tne camp with-pay, stamp book: Though mjb a terrific contender." the employers hands, the va-i car or bus fare of the Oooa, inday. victoria Day, Transportation Commission shall Ist- Jcan Baptiste Day, Dominion be paid by the employer. Pav. Labour Day.

Thanksgiving c) Travelling time to Ascension Day, All Saints' Quebec Jonquiere, Que Sept. 14 01 Lionel Fleury, president of the Quebec Amateur Hockey Associse tion, has, announced plans to create a purely amateur" Junior League in the province for the 1955-56 season i.a,, hockey in the Saguenay region- to a meeting here last weekend fit junior hockey officials. Another meeting is scheduled for Sept. 19. Fleury told the officials.

"We should bring back Junior hockey in its true form that is to say purely amateur. We have too long played into the hands if the big financial machines by try- ent. Third Place Aim Of Chihawks Welland. Sept. 14 Chicago Black Hawks should do Skov, Johnny Wilson and Benny Woit.

This quartet, alone witri their former teammate, Metro Prystai, went well in today's workouts, with Prystai figuring in the scoring of three goals. Both Irvin and general manager Tommy Ivan of the Hawks were impressed with the work ol goalie Al Rollins today. The net- Baffin Bay 2nd Toronto, Sept. 14 KB Mrs. E.

P. Taylor's three-year-old filly Festivity made her first win since July 1 a timely one today when she outraced a field of nine to take the $5,000 added Maple Leaf Stakes at woodbine. Trailing from the start when Ben Steen's Windina set a warm pace through more than a mile of the 1 116-miles test, Festivity came on under urging from jockey George Gubbins to win by half a length over another fast-finishing filly, Russell Graul's 3- lv to-5 favorite, Baffin Bay. Win- dina third. Blue Bonnets WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS cratun nn, w.iure 12.

ti.a Victory Frost. Larentu 4.90 J.M jRckann'f Bny, Travem 4.10 Time: 2:13. Alao ran: BUI Keatlnf. Mighty Peg, Briar Sonj. Our Chirm.

Su-riic B. 2nd Rare: Mtlc. pace. $fioft: Peanuts Purdue. Rankin ItM l.M t.M Bill Direct, McFadden 10.M 7.70 Katlie Direct, Harvey 2 50 Time: 2:13.

Aim ran: MefanMe, Hill-creat Alice, Bonnie Land, Laaile Girl. Lot Lou Todd. Daily double: $1070. 3rd Race: Mile, pace, Mont Prompt Guy, Werner I. SO l.M l.M Pistol Tass.

Lahaie 7.00 1.S0 Flash Gratlan Gordon 2.40 a. IZ Peler jTommv Rionjom nuion. 4th Race: Mile, trot, isoo: j11- Br" Seymour, Mr. Tin. 61 Race: Mile, trot.

tt.2A0: General Meredith. Larenle 1 10 I I Early Rom Waplea l.M 1.10 Lafayette. WaddVII 2.M Time: 210. Alan ran: Vanity Hidden. Plymouth Lad, Lo fconf A.

rrnjectlle. Cooperage. Oulnella: S2 4S. 7th Race: Mile. lro( and para, t2.000i Ellen inno.

Howikan 11.80 in 3 TO Hokie, Hoover IN 2. JO Brownie Roaecrnrt. Harvey 2.M Time: 2:10 4 S. Also ran: Reppr Van. Happy Vonian, Tony Sons, Mlaa Chantal Nanny Chuck Mile.

pace, si.jno Many nonf. raw 11.70 11 1 70 1.00 2.S0 Clark Herbert, McFadden. 4.M Time; 2:10. Alt ran: Kelby'a Pride, Steles Attorney, Sandy Rnaecroft, Gay Abbe. Hth Race: Mile, pace, 1700: Minstrel Lad.

Raise It 00 I1 10 1.1 70 iBeatty Boy. Rowiiard I 10 7 SO Mien Jean oip, Hammond Time: 1.U11, Alao ran: Poplar Tke, The Premier neckv Jane Vnlo, The Great oumeiia: hi m. said cities, towns or municipal.be paid single time. carried out beyond the limits of Montreal, ano vice versa snail VII. Regular duration of La.

bour: a) General Provisions: With the exceptions hereafter re ferred to, the maximum hours of work in respect of qualified struction boilermakers' helpers shall be eight (8) per day be tween 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, the whole to constitute a maximum of forty (40) hours per week. to) Shovel operators and pile driver men with associated crews, team drivers, general of Quebec, from a line runnirfg due north and south of a point twenty-five (25) miles due west of the city of Quebec. 2.

Classification of Work: a) The erection and assembling of all elevator machinery and ac cessories to wit: electric, hy- draulic, steam, belt elevators, in clinators and dumbwaiters, com Pressed air and hand power ele soles and orchestra elevators; also the erecting and assembling of all elevator entrances and their doors, gates and appliances, and All wiring and conduit from main line fecdsr terminals on the controller to other elevator apparatus and operating circuits. The erecting of all wood or metal guides. The installation of all grating and counter-weight screens, overhead work, either wood or iron, and all material used for mounting of elevator apparatus in machine room, overhead or below. The drilling of overhead beams for attaching machines, sheaves and kick angles. The setting of all templates.

All foundations, either of wood or iron, that should take the place of masonry. The assembling of all wood or metal cabs complete. The installation of all indica- 'tors. The erecting of all electrical or mechanical automatic or semi automatic gates complete. The hanging of all automatic or semi-automatic elevator hoist-way doors, together with the installation of hangers and tracks.

The installation of all devices for opening and closing and locking of elevator car and hoistway doors and gates. The drilling of doors for mounting of closing devices. The drilling of angle supports for mounting or Closing devices except one template hole. The drilling of sills for eill trips. The operating of temporary cars The setting of all elevator pres- trucking, cartage and haulingntitlcd to be paid for at least employees, on account of the seasonal nature of their workiihas refused to do the work re.

may be employed at single time quired of him in his own trade, on a weekly maximum basis of'or unless work is suspended on cation-with-pay stamp book belongs to the employee, and the credit showi therein is untransferable. j) Forbidden Agreement: Any stipulation of a Labour Contract for the purpose of granting to an employee governed by the decree conditions less advantageous than toose fixed in the present section is strictly forbidden. k) Employees principally employed in manufacturing establishments and partly in building or engineering construction, or as permanent maintenance employees and where such workmen participate in a vacation with pay plan established by I ic. Jh. 5 XXI 0il Burner Installation: Mecnamcs, t-iass a inese words designate oil burner me chamcs having qualifications as electricians and having competency in concrete work, cement work, brick work, paint work and all other trades work incidental to the installation of oil burner equipment.

Such mech ics shall be paid minimum rate ot $1.90. Mechanics, Class These words designate oil burner me- chanics possessing all the quali fitatis.n numprihAH in Plas but lacking knowledge electrical work. Such mechanics s-hall be paid a minimum wage ticeship: Wages paid to appren-; scuh empioyees. than those pro-tices shall be fixed according tojvided in the decree shall DP the percentage of legal minimum exempt rom ts application but wages paid to qualified workmen only in respect of those governor the various trades; such vacations with pay. 10.

Legal Holidays: 1. Montreal rartinn' Vflor'e riav fnnA TTri. daVj May 24th s't Jea'n Baptiste Day, 1st July, Labour Day, Day: no work shall be performed on Labour Day excepting emergency work. ii. Hull region: New Year's Day, Good Friday, May 24th, Ottawa and Hull Civic Holiday (for employees residing in those cities), 1st July, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

iii. Quebec region: New Year's Day, Good Friday, May 24th, St. Jean Baptiste Day, 1st July, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. However, the days proclaimed by Ottawa or Quebec, as the cafe may be, for celebration of Victoria Day, 1st July, Labour Day and Thanksgiving Day shall be observed. 11.

Use of helpers: a) The total number of helpers employed shall not exceed the number of mechanics on any job, except that the employers may use as many helpers as best suits their convenience, under the direction of a mechanic in working old plants, hoisting material and on foundation work. b) When removing old and installing cables in existing elevator installations, the employer may use two helpers to one mechanic. 12. Inspection: All inspection of elevators, dumbwaiters, etc. designated under subsection 2 of this! section (Classification of Work) must be made by a journeyman.

13. Rates are effective upon the coming into force of the decree on all contracts without exception. I 14. Definitions: a) Construction work is hcrebv defined as work performed in the erection and assembly of all apparatus enumerated in subsection 2, also the demolition of same. When five or more men, including the mechanic in charge are employed on a new construction or modernization job, the mechanic ih charge of the job shail have his hourly rate increased 12Vt for all hours worked.

b) Repair work is hereby defined as general repairs on apparatus enumerated in subsection 2. c) Modernization work is hereby defined as any work performed on apparatus enumerated in sub section 2 in an occupied building lhours travelled during regular working hours the second, third and fourth day and my additional days necessary to complete a trip any of the building trades herein after mentioned shall begin his apprenticeship before 18 years of age nr after 23 years. As regards the trade of Concrete Reinforced Steel Erector, apprentices shall not begin their training before the 16th nor after th 25th years of their use, hi All apprentice" names shill he inscribed in a register kept pecllly for that purpo by the tiny O0) hours without daily, limitation. However, employers who guarantee their shovel operators six months of eontinuous employment at the minimum weekly rate of $85.00, shall be privileged to operatae on a basis of fifty-five (55) hours per week, with associated crews. Tunnel work: Tunnel work may be executed on the basis of three shifts per day, each of eight (8) hours and a forty-eight (481 hour week extending from Monday to Saturday, inclusively, at single time.

Excess hours shall be at the rate of single time and one- half. corporations 2. Railroad companies are not eoverned- by the decree in the case of operations ordinarily per formed by maintenance men of the systems who are already covered by a collective agreement with the said companies. III. Schedule of Wage Rates: a) The following minimum wage rates shall be payable: Hourly Trades: rates Construction boilermaker, erector, chipper, caulker, burner, welder, rigger in connection thereof, and including steam generation mechanic $2.00 Helper to construction boilermaker, erector and steam generation mechanic 1.60 Bricklayer and cement block layer 2 10 Caulker 1.45 Carpenter, joiner and millwrights and including the following operations: concrete forms (yard or job), the erection of screens (wood or metal) ashes, windows, weatherstrips and shingles, sid- ing, wood or composition, teel partitions and equipment, such as counter and shelving, moveable or immoveable i.Hd Steeple jack 1 90 Cement finisher 1.70 Concrete reinforcing steel erector 1 60 Cork insulation setter F.ngineman (steam mixers) F.ngineman (gas mixers) Operators of tractors, bulldozers, scrapers, graders, emcoes.

front-end loaders, road rollers, trenching machines, side-booms and end-booms of 50 H.P. or over When paid by the week Operators of above mentioned equipment under 50 H.T 1. 50 Operators of all hoisting equipment over 25 P. Operators of portable air-compressors of 210 C.F.M. 180, or over, or two or more I 1.65 1.60.

1-73 of the present, section, excepting in the case of second and third shifts. d) Work done on New Years' av- immaculate pneepuon aj, and Saturday afternoons shall be paid double time of regular rates or rates actually paid, whichever be the higher. However, days proclaimed by the Federal or Provincial Government, as the case may be. for the celebration of Victoria Day, Dominion Day, St. Jean Baptiste Day and Thanksgiving Day, shall be observed.

e) Any workman or employee reporting for work, who has not been notified in advance that his services would not be required, or if the duration of work is less than the regular work day is, three hours per day, unless he account of weather conditions XI. No employer shall have the right to punish or threaten to punish by discharge or suspension, directly or indirectly, a roman catholic worker absenting himself from work on a roman catholic religious holiday. XII. All urgent alterations and repairs on existing buildings, which for sufficient reason, cannot be executed within the daily periods of labour hereinbefore specified for starting and finishing may be done at regular wage rates at other periods of the day, subject always to a maximum of eight (8) hours per day and forty (40 hours per week. All trades- tions shall be paid a premium of five cents (5c) above the regu lar rates.

However, where a permit is issued under the Law respecting the Limiting of Working Hours for five (5) consecutive nights or more, excluding Sundays, nine (9) hours per shift may be worked, the whole not to exceed forty-five (45) hours per week, between V00 p.m.. Monday and 8.00 a.m. Saturday at single time. A premium of ten cents (10c) an hour shall be paid to all workmen, excepting Cement Finishers and Hot Mastic Asphalt Fin ishers, operating on any broken day shift when one half or the major portion of the period of employment falls outside the regular dally hours of work. XIII.

Painting and Decorating: Preparatory work shall be done by painters and decorators nd be subject to the minimum wage rate in those trades. However, ln the case of indus trial buildings such work msy be XIV. Roofing end Sheet Metal trader namely; t) Employees required to work temporarily In the he-p ehall be paid the regulsr eree'ton rates. centage or remuneration is at- termineo as ioiiows; a) For trades requiring four (4) years of apprenticeship: 1st year 50 2nd year 60 3rd year 70 4th year 85 b) For trades requiring three (3) years of apprenticeship: 1st year 50 2nd year 70 3rd year 85 c) Apprentice roofers, asphalt or gravel built-up membrane and roll roofings (2) years. per hour, 1st year $1.25 2nd year 1 .35 Sewer work: Sewer work shall'men rmnloved on such nnera he executed in conformity with the provisions appearing in sub- section bi hereof di Steam generating of $1.65.

i where the maximum hours of work are restricted by Uw or agreement to forty-four sure, open or pit tanks. I to bring the equipment up tn date. The setting and assembling of; Contract inspection is hereby all elevator pumps. defined as a contract obtained The assembling of all hvdrau- 'rom an Insurance Company tn lie parts in connection with ele-'inspect a group of elevators and Ireport on their condition. All air cushions with the ex-1 15.

Travelling Time and Exception of those built of brick or peruses: When workmen are sent those put together with hotloutfde of the cities of Montreal rjvcts. iand Quebec, travelling time is The' dismantling and demoll-lpaid at single time rates for the tion of old elevator plants andjactual hours travelled during re-their entrances, including doorsiRular working hours. Additional and gates, frames, sills and ap-jtravelling time up to five hours pliances, and also the elevator paid at single time rates for the hoistway enclosure fronts when actual hours travelled beyond re-same consist of steel or iron. Rular working hours the first day General repairs and mod-only. If the trip requires more than emization work on apparatus 'one day, travelling time is paid enumerated in oarsarsoh of at single time rates for the actual XXII.

Payment of wages: Pay-, G'ri ment of wages Shall be madej Time: 2:14. Alao ran: Junior Ned, Arun-weekly, by Cash or cheque. Firms Idel Hanover. F.l!e Ruth Riddell, Teier or companies of which the prin-jv cipal business is mercantile or 5ln MMf, t7on: commercial and which have es-Mihty Nibble. Bardier im i.to i.m tablished a uniform practice ofPrince Dec.

a. Caldwell. 4.40 1 00 bi-monthly payment -all yr.n: Mr. Norm'by! employees shall be exempt from Ntle, Grltl, Aprli Chip, Ladd.o (44i hours the minimum wage rate for shovel operators shall be $84,40 per week. d) Cement Work: Inasmuch as the operations of cement finishers are dependent uoon deliveries material, temperature, tures, water cement ratio and subject to differing brands of ce the present subsection are de fined as follows: Renewal of all ropes.

Renewal of brakes linings. and construction boilermakers: 1st year 60 2nd year 70 3rd year R0 4th year 90 e) Apprentices in the trade of concrete reinforcing steel erectors. per hour 1st six months $1.30 2nd six months 1.40 However, the above percentages shall not apply to the apprenticeship, of the trades for which a remuneration has been otherwise provided for in the decree. XIX. Notice of final termina tion of employment for any cause whatsoever, as distinct from the; import of Section subsection, shall be unnecessary in ac cordance with immemorial practice and usage in the engineering building and construction trades and Industry.

XX. Vacation with piy: i) Definitions: Barring incompatibility, the following words have the meaning hereinafter given to them: Employer: Any person hiring an employe governed by the decree. ment, over which an employer has little or no control, the reg- ular day's work shall begin when ever it is possible to commence work. However, single time shall be paid from the time cement finishers are ordered to report Included in the scope of cement Shortening of all hoisting incurred during the trip counterweight cables. lo be paid for by the employers.

Replacement of any control! XVI. Apprenticeship: General cable. IProvisions: No apprentice in weemv payments. XXIII. On the ratification of n.

r.i v.11 iiiniLirc una a to carry out the previous decree, in the territorial jurisdiction contemplated by the present agreement, shall remain in office and iupervlse the carrying out of the present decree until a new committee be formed. This new committee supersedes the old one and is vested With all the said committee's assets and rights; it likewise assumes the liabilities of the former com mittee, under the said previous decree. XXIV. This agreement shall become effective on the date of the Order in Council published in the Quebec Official fiazette it. nenuieinn.

m.nHa. lory and shall continue in effect 'until the 31st dsy of March, 110 C.F.M l.eo for work until they actual corn-Operators of concrete Imence operations. Overtime pumps 1.65 work described in section Operators of pumps 6" iof Section X. of the decree shall discharge or over) 1.55 not apply to the cement finish- Fireman construction: dty iing trade. work shall be ground trap rockidone by common labour floor toppings end base work, Safety tests where tejt weights.

are required. Armature repairs. Renewing of car hoe. Replacement of hev bearings. Repair," to cab or ear gat.

Renewal of motor besrings. Replacing thrusts. Restoring of sheaves drums. Rewiring controller. Replacement of wnrmi and the finishing of cold mssticjTradei: The following provisions floor.

All machine work for shall especially govern these shift 1.55! night shift 1.60 Hod carrier 1.50 labourer tcommon) Linoleum snd muroleum itile and sheet) rubber (tile and MierH, waxer and polisher end asphalt Uit lj-tr 1.55 1.30jand thef two typej or noor toppings including irlnding shall be per Iformed only by qualified cement finishers. 4.