Grand River Transit

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Grand River Transit workers vote in favour of new tentative agreement

From the Article: 

Increased wages, improvements for discipline
On Thursday, the union said the new collective agreement addressed main concerns from workers including:

• Barriers to protect drivers for every bus in the system 
  
  
• "Improved" disciplinary language
  
  
• "Improved" language on how security cameras on buses can be used
  
  
• Wage increases in each year of the collective agreement and wage parity to local averages for skilled trades workers at comparable transit agencies
  
  
• "Improved" language on task completion for skilled trades
  
  
• Language "improvements" on the use of part time and casual employees
  
  
• Equalization of pay for part-time workers doing the same work as full-time workers.
  

The new agreement is retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year and will be in place for three years and four months.