HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmalgamated Transit Union, Local 1027 (ATU) Side Letter - 11-11-23 Side Letter of Agreement
Between
City of Fresno
and
Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1027 (ATU)
Holidays
This Side Letter of Agreement("Agreement") is entered into by and between the City of Fresno
("City") and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1027 ("ATU"), representing Unit 6, Bus
Drivers, have met and conferred, and have agreed under the terms of this Agreement to amend
Article Vlll, Section D, subsection 5, as follows:
ARTICLE Vlll
FAX RULES AND REGULATIONS
D. GENERAL RULES FOR BUS DRIVERS AND STUDENT DRIVERS
5. Holidays
a. Except as may be modified in this Section, Holidays shall be
governed by FMC Section 3-116.
(1) January 1.
(2) The third Monday in January.
(3) The third Monday in February.
(4) The last Monday in May.
(5) July 4.
(6) The first Monday in September.
(7) November 11.
(8) Thanksgiving Day in November.
(9) The Friday after Thanksgiving Day in November.
(10) December 24, with FAX's prerogative to operate at either
Saturday or Sunday level service.
(11) December 25.
(12) Bus Driver's or Student Driver's Birthday.
Side Letter of Agreement
City of Fresno and ATU
Article VIII, Section D - Holidays
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(13) One personal business day (eight hours to be credited to the
employee's Holiday Leave bank on August 1, 2022, and on
January 1 sc of each year thereafter).
Any day or part of a day declared by the Council, ordinance or
resolution, to be a holiday.
b. All Bus Drivers and Student Drivers will receive eight (8) hours
compensation for the above holidays with the following exceptions:
(1) Work performed on a holiday which is a scheduled work day,
a Bus Driver or Student Driver shall receive regular salary
plus the applicable hourly rate for the hours worked on that
day.
(2) Bus Drivers and Student Drivers who are on leave without
pay prior to a holiday will not receive compensation or leave
for the holiday unless they actually work the holiday.
(3) Bus Drivers and Student Drivers will be credited with eight
hours of vacation in recognition of their birthday.
C. Extra Board Bus Drivers who do not receive a piece of
work on their scheduled work day which is a holiday or
who receive a partial piece of work on their scheduled
work day which is a holiday shall receive eight(8) hours
of compensation for the holiday in addition to applicable
regular pay and/or guarantee pay.
d. When a holiday falls on a regularly scheduled day off,
Bus Drivers and Student Drivers in this unit will receive (8)
hours of holiday leave.
e. Bus Drivers and Student Drivers who are called in or
scheduled to work a holiday, which is their regularly
scheduled day off, will be compensated at time and one-half
for a minimum of two hours or, for actual hours worked,
whichever is higher.
f. Holiday leave may be used for the same purpose and
in the same way as approved vacation except as noted in g.
and h. below.
g. Effective October 29, 2018, all Holiday Leave will be
placed in a special Holiday Leave bank which shall not be
subject to the provisions of subsection h. below. Employees
can cash out up to 48 hours or up to 25% of their balance of
the Special Holiday Leave bank, whichever is greater, each
Side Letter of Agreement
City of Fresno and ATU
Article Vill, Section D - Holidays
Page 3 of 3
fiscal year between July 1st and December 30th. Any
Special Holiday Leave balance will be cashed out upon
leaving City service.
h. Holiday Leave will be accrued until it reaches forty-
eight(48) hours. Upon reaching the Holiday Leave bank cap,
all additional Holiday Leave earned will be cashed out unless
and until the Holiday Leave bank balance falls below the cap.
Any Holiday Leave balance for Bus Drivers or Student
Drivers leaving City service will be cashed out. Holiday
Leave may be taken in accordance with Section 51 or may
be cashed out at any time.
i. Holiday Leave and Special Holiday Leave is not
counted as annual leave accrual for annual vacation bid, but
will be considered as part of the leave bank for the purpose
of determining the additional 30% of hours that can be bid.
This Agreement shall be effective on the date below and shall expire on June 15, 2025, unless
the City and ATU mutually agree to extend this Agreement in writing. This subject will be
addressed in the successor MOU.
FOR THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT FOR THE CITY OF FRESNO:
WO KERS UNION, LOCAL 1027.
LUt MONTOYA JENNIFER MISNER
ATU, Local 1027 President Assistant Director of Personnel Services
November 11, 2023
DATE
APPROVED AS TO FORM
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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