Trentway-Wagar Inc.
Location: Peterborough, Toronto, Belleville, Kingston, Ontario
Union: Amalgamated Transit Union
Affiliation: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations / Canadian Labour Congress
Number of employees: 300
Bargaining unit: bus drivers
A 48-month renewal agreement, effective from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2016 settled in May 2013 at the bargaining stage. Duration of negotiations - 11 months.
Wages
| Effective January 1, 2013 | Effective January 1, 2014 |
|
|---|---|---|
| General Adjustments | 2.75% | 2.75% |
| Hourly Rates | ||
| Coach Operator Class 1 | $18.96 [$18.45] |
$19.48 |
| Daily Rates | ||
| One-day Charter Operator | $185.08 [$180.13] |
$190.17 |
| Multi-day Charter Operator | $202.55 [$197.13] |
$208.12 |
| Effective January 1, 2015 | Effective January 1, 2016 |
|
|---|---|---|
| General Adjustments | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Hourly Rates | ||
| Coach Operator Class 1 | $20.01 | $20.59 |
| Daily Rates | ||
| One-day Charter Operator | $195.40 | $201.07 |
| Multi-day Charter Operator | $213.84 | $220.04 |
Transfers, Shuttles and Sightseeing, within a Driver’s Home District
January 1, 2013, first transfers, $109.78 [$106.84]; January 1, 2014, $112.80; January 1, 2015, $115.90; January 1, 2016, $119.26. Additional transfers, January 1, 2013, $54.89 [$53.42]; January 1, 2014, $56.40; January 1, 2015, $57.95; January 1, 2016, $59.63.
Line Run Operator
January 1, 2013, $0.4401 [$0.4283] per kilometre for live and deadhead runs; January 1, 2014, $0.4522; January 1, 2015, $0.4646; January 1, 2016, $0.4781.
Metro Service Charters
January 1, 2013, $42.28 [$41.15] per trip; January 1, 2014, $43.44; January 1, 2015, $44.64; January 1, 2016, $45.93.
Hours of Work
40 per week [unchanged].
Probationary Period [new addition]: Maximum of 6 months.
Paid Holidays
9 [unchanged].
Banking [new addition]: Employees may bank a statutory day and be paid at time and half for working the day and when taken, banked day will be paid at regular rate. All banked days must be used within 1 year of the day earned.
Paid Vacation
Full-time Operators: 6 weeks earned at 12% after 18 years [new addition]. Also, 2 weeks at 4.0% after 1 year, 3 at 6.0% after 4, 4 at 8.0% after 9, and 5 at 10% after 13 [unchanged].
Pension
Part-time employees: Effective 2013, Yearly Maximum Pensionable Earnings is $51,100 [$46,300] with a required annual earnings of $23,820 [$16,205] to qualify for the Pension.
Allowances
Meal: Effective January 1, 2013, $38 [$30] per day for Multi-Day, Charter or Tour; January 1, 2014 and 2015, $40; January 1, 2016, $42. Drivers requiring an overnight stay after 1800 hours will receive $22 [new addition].
Vehicle: .51¢ [.46¢] per kilometer.
Job Sharing
If a driver has been dispatched to 3 or more places of work at the time of the 48 hour dispatch, the Driver may waive the 3rd piece of work to the most junior available driver. Should there be no junior Driver available; the Driver must operate the complete work assignment. Also where a driver is working 5 consecutive days, the driver will be able to waive their 5th consecutive day to the most junior available driver.
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Note: Summary reflects the information received at the time of ratification.