CHARTER WORK. (a) The Employer will notify all Regular Drivers of the posting of a Charter List for all drivers interested in performing charter work with the first pay after start up in September and February of each year. There shall be two sign up lists, one for regular A.M./P.M. drivers and one for spare drivers. The spare driver list shall be utilized after the regular A.M./P.M. list has been exhausted. All drivers interested in signing up shall do so before October 1 and February 1 of each year. Charter work is not shuttle work. These are two separate entities. However, some charter drivers may be required to shuttle passengers while on charter. A charter is defined as work performed for a hiring party who requires the bus for exclusive use. A charter shall consist of departing base, picking up of passengers, driving passengers to their destination and, either picking up passengers at destination, or leaving passengers at destination and returning to base. If a charter party requires the employer to return passengers at another time when the charter driver has already returned to base this retrieval of passengers shall be deemed another charter and shall be assigned as per procedure for charter board. In simpler terms, base to base makes up one complete charter.
(b) The Employer agrees that employees will be called for Charter work on a rotating basis in accordance to seniority as defined in Article l 0. 1 . The Charter board shall work thus; each October 1 st and February 1 st the charter board shall start its new rotation. The names will be placed in descending order of seniority - the most senior driver to be placed first on the list and the least seniority to be placed last on the list. This is the starting list and order for each October 1 st and February l st. As charter work is booked it must be listed immediately on the charter board sheets. This listing of future charters will include the destination, chartering party, date of charter, and time of departure. The driver will not be assigned at this time. Seven (7) days prior to assignment a charter will be listed on the charter board and the following procedure will take place. Future charters shall be assigned three (3) days in advance of departure date. This will be done as follows: the top person on the list shall be informed of charter and shall be given the opportunity to accept the charter, h owever if there are more than one ( 1) charters going out in the same day, that top person will be given thei...
CHARTER WORK. The Employer shall have the right to contract for charter work as determined in the best interests of the organization.
1. Charter work shall be consistent with the definition contained in the Employer’s Special Service Policy, to include, but not be limited to, the following characteristics:
a. Charter Service shall be in operation on temporary routes for conventions, conferences, and other private events;
b. The event must be sponsored by a local government agency or a non-profit organization and the Employer must be a participant;
c. The organization wants exclusive use of the vehicle; service is private and not open to the public;
d. Service will take place entirely within the Employer’s service area; and
e. The Employer charges for the service.
2. The Employer will post a sign-up list for any operator who is interested in working the charter assignment. Selection for each assignment will be made on a strict seniority basis (combined coach and van) from among those who signed up. However, the following operators will not be eligible to sign-up:
a. Anyone whose shift overlaps with the hours of the charter assignment; and/or
b. Anyone whose next shift reports less than eight (8) hours after the end of the charter assignment.
3. Sign-ups will be on a purely voluntary basis; no bargaining unit member will be forced to take this charter work. In the event there are no volunteers, the Employer may assign non-bargaining unit employees to work the charter.
4. The Employer agrees to provide supervisory personnel on-duty during the entire duration of the charter assignment.
5. The Employer agrees to a two (2) hour minimum guarantee for all charter assignments.
CHARTER WORK. (new) Out of Town Work
CHARTER WORK. Employees are eligible to sign for charters as outlined under the following requirements: School Bus Charter Drivers – must have one (1) full year seniority as of the first day of October for each year. In-Town Movement Drivers – must have three (3) months seniority as of the first day of October for each year. There will be a second sign-up on February 1st. 2909 Charters – Must have one (1) full year seniority as of the first day of October for each year and pass wheel chair training.
12.1 The Employer will notify all Regular Drivers of the posting of charter Lists for all drivers interested in performing charter work with the first pay after start up in September. All drivers interested in signing up shall do so before October 30th of each year. The lists will be in effect from November 1st to October 30th of the following year. Any driver can absent themselves from the lists for the summer school break.
12.2 A charter is defined as work performed for a hiring party who requires the bus for exclusive use. A charter shall consist of departing base, picking up passengers, driving passengers to their destination and, either picking up passengers at destination, or leaving passengers at destination and returning to base. If a charter party requires the employer to return passengers at another time when the charter driver has already returned to base this retrieval of passengers shall be deemed part of the original charter and will be done by the same driver.
12.3 The Employer agrees that employees will be called for charter work on a rotating basis in accordance to Company seniority as defined in Article 10.1.
12.4 The charter board shall work as follows: each November 1st the charter board shall start its new rotation. The names will be placed in descending order of seniority – the most senior driver to be placed first on the list and the least senior driver to be placed last on the list.
CHARTER WORK. Employees are eligible to sign for charters as outlined under the following requirements: In-Town Movement Drivers – must have three (3) months seniority as of the first day of October for each year.
12.1 The Employer will notify all Regular Drivers of the posting of charter Lists for all drivers interested in performing charter work with the first pay after start up in September. All drivers interested in signing up shall do so before October 30th of each year. The lists will be in effect from November 1st to October 30th of the following year. Any driver can absent themselves from the lists for the summer school break.
12.2 A charter is defined as work performed for a hiring party who requires the bus for exclusive use. A charter shall consist of departing base, picking up passengers, driving passengers to their destination and, either picking up passengers at destination, or leaving passengers at destination and returning to base. If a charter party requires the employer to return passengers at another time when the charter driver has already returned to base this retrieval of passengers shall be deemed part of the original charter and will be done by the same driver.
12.3 The Employer agrees that employees will be called for charter work on a rotating basis in accordance to seniority as defined in Article 10.
12.4 The charter board shall work as follows: each November 1st the charter board shall start its new rotation. The names will be placed in descending order of seniority – the most senior driver to be placed first on the list and the least senior driver to be placed last on the list.
12.5 Charter work shall be assigned and posted on the Charter Board forty eight (48) hours in advance except for weekend charters, which shall be assigned and posted on the Charter Board seventy two (72) hours in advance. Charters that occur on the same day will be chosen by seniority, subject to Article 12.3.
12.6 If a driver refuses three (3) charters in any posting year, they shall be removed from the charter list until the next sign up. No charter will pay less than the driver’s AM/PM run.
12.7 When more than one (1) charter is scheduled on the same day, such charters shall be allocated by highest paying charter to the driver according to their rotation status on the list.
12.8 When a new charter is booked after that day’s work has already been assigned and posted the new trip will be assigned to the next driver in rotation.
12.9 All charter assignments of less th...
CHARTER WORK. A charter with booked time of three (3) hours or less shall be allocated to a depot by the Booking Clerk in the Transportation Operations Office. Charters shall be offered to the Spares at the depot specified, and when necessary, to the Spares at the other depots. All charters with booked time of over three (3) hours are to be made available to the senior qualified Spare requesting such work regardless of the depot booked from. It is the responsibility of the Dispatcher on duty at all depots to make sure the work is made available provided the regular work can be covered by that depot. All charter work shall be listed on the Spare Board at all depots and shall be booked by Regular Spares in order of seniority. If all Spares turn down the charter or charters, the Dispatcher, if necessary, shall hold the last Spare or Spares for this work.
CHARTER WORK. Employees are eligible to sign for charters as outlined under the following requirements: School Bus Charter Drivers – must have one (1) full year seniority. In-Town Movement Drivers – must have three (3) months seniority.
12.1 Charter lists will remain ongoing. (no more October signup)
12.2 A charter is defined as work performed for a hiring party who requires the bus for exclusive use. A charter shall consist of departing base, picking up passengers, driving passengers to their destination and, either picking up passengers at destination, or leaving passengers at destination and returning to base. If a charter party requires the employer to return passengers at another time when the charter driver has already returned to base this retrieval of passengers shall be deemed part of the original charter and will be done by the same driver.
12.3 The Employer agrees that employees will be called for charter work on a rotating basis in accordance to Company seniority as defined in Article 10.1.
CHARTER WORK. Charter work is non-regularly occurring, revenue producing driving work that is performed for any customer unrelated to the transportation of students to or from school, including but not limited to field & athletic activities and extracurricular events. It will be given to the employees covered within the classification on a basis of a rotating system amongst the qualified employees as outlined in this Article. First and foremost an employee who bids home-to-school on a regular weekly route must be in a position to do his home-to-school route on time without any deficiency. If an employee cannot meet the requirements of his home-to-school route with efficiency, he will not be qualified to take extra work within his schedule. It is also agreed that there will be no deviations, favoritism, or any other schemes to circumvent the intent between the parties.
CHARTER WORK. (a) School Bus Charters & Assignment School bus charters will be allocated on the basis of the school served by seniority on a rotation basis. If the charter does not interfere with the a.m. or p.m. school run, school bus drivers will be given preferences for the work by seniority, by rotation, by region. If a driver refuses four (4) charters during the three (3) month period, his name will be removed from the list for the remainder of the period, except in the case where there are no available drives on the sign-up list. In that case, the dispatcher will assign the work as efficiently as possible to any driver who will accept. Note: Any charter that is given out with less than forty-eight (48) hours notice, and is refused by a driver, shall not be considered to be a refusal or turn.
(b) When more that one (1) charter is being assigned at one (1) time, the next driver whose name is on the current rotation list will be offered the charter work of his/her choice.
(i) Drivers will be paid a minimum of one (1) hour, including vehicle preparation time, for all “in between school runs” charters.
(ii) On school charters that do not originate at the A.M. destination school, drivers will be paid fifteen (15) minutes for vehicle preparation.
(iii) On out of town charters drivers will be paid fifteen (15) minutes before and fifteen (15) minutes after the charter for vehicle preparation and interior cleaning.
(iv) When it is necessary to split a charter for an emergency, the return trip shall not count as a piece of work for that driver.
CHARTER WORK. (a) School Bus Charters and Assignment
1. Charter Driver
2. Spare / Cover Driver
3. Casual Driver
4. Regular Driver The charter sign-up sheet will provide a place for drivers to indicate their preferred means of communication, i.e. email, home phone and/or cell phone number. For purposes of assigning charters, dispatch will: • Call drivers on the radio and ask them to call in later on the phone; • A driver can then use their home, cell or other landline to call the location charter phone to respond; • If dispatch is unable to contact the drivers on the radio, the preferred contact number will be used to talk to the driver or leave a message; • Response to charter calls needs to be as soon as possible in order to not unduly hold up assigning of charters.
(b) When more than one (1) charter is being assigned at one (1) time, the senior driver whose name is on the current rotation list will be offered the charter work of their choice.
(i) Drivers will be paid a minimum of one (1) hour for all charters;
(ii) Charters drivers will be paid fifteen (15) minutes before and fifteen (15) minutes after the charter for vehicle preparation and interior cleaning;
(iii) When it is necessary to split a charter for an emergency, the return trip shall not count as a piece of work for that driver.
