01-30-2020, 03:03 PM
Grand River Transit workers vote in favour of new tentative agreement
From the Article:
From the Article:
Quote:Increased wages, improvements for discipline
On Thursday, the union said the new collective agreement addressed main concerns from workers including:The new agreement is retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year and will be in place for three years and four months.
- 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.