Vacation

Employees transferring to or promoted to a position in a new work location during the vacation year shall be subject to reselection of their vacation so that it is in conformance with vacation quotas in the new storeroom.

Vacation Allowance

The annual vacation allowance will not be accruable and will not be carried over from one year to another except upon the approval of the Transit Authority.

Run or Trick

If a run or trick in any classification of work is left open for any reason, it will be put up for bid within one (1) week, shall be advertised for five (5) days and will be awarded within five (5) days after the close of the advertisement.

Picks

Picks will be put into effect not more than four (4) weeks after they have been completed.

Reporting III

The time between the two (2) points shall be considered as actual working time.

Reporting II

Whenever an employee shall clear at a point other than that at which he/she reported, he/she shall be paid for the time required for him/her to return to his/her reporting point.

Reporting I

Employees shall clear at the end of their day’s work at the same point at which they reported for work, such point to be designated by their superiors.

Transfers

The Union acknowledges that management might deem it necessary to transfer employees to meet the needs of service. 

Vacations

In order to provide adequate opportunities for employees who opt to take a week or two weeks of vacation in single days to take such days off, a minimum daily quota for single day vacations, AVA days, and personal days will be established in each depot equal to one and a half percent of the total number of operators assigned to the depot.

Instructions

Any employee ordered to attend schooling or instructions outside of, and in addition to, his/her regularly scheduled working hours on any day shall be allowed for such attendance time and one-half at his/her regular rate of pay.

Specials

For specials any operator, whether he/she has a regularly assigned run or not, will be paid, including any overtime and all other allowances, a minimum of four (4) hours pay at his/her regular rate.

Day Off

An employee’s day off, if it comes between two (2) scheduled tours of duty which are thirty-two (32) hours or more apart, will commence eight (8) hours after the time scheduled for the completion of his/her last previous tour of duty and will continue for twenty-four (24) consecutive hours. 

Stand Time

Stand time of three (3) minutes or more shall be provided for all runs at terminals to arrange for service to be sent out of terminals on time and to afford operators an opportunity for personal relief if necessary.

11%

It is welcoming that we got our contract. Why 11% instead of 8% just to refresh the memories of our fellow co workers. The last year (2011) of the previous contract our former boss Jay H Walder (union buster) refused to pay, went to court asking to deny our raise for the last year of the previous contract.

John Samuelsen stood up to him and we won in court, 3% for 2011. Even though that previous contract was negotiated by Atlanta cabbie - that 3% was won by 

John Samuelsen. Now if we add 3+8=11. As ever our fellow co workers fail to read the small print especially those who have the knee jerk reaction.

The reality is inflation is rising and John Samuelsen delivered the raise to cope with the inflation. As we all know the prices do not freeze therefore this raise was the right thing. John Samuelsen demonstrated that TWU Local 100 workers are not weak, and he has a long term plan for his fellow co workers.

 The cost of living standard is on the rise. Clearly he has long term vision. You can rely on him since he has stood up to our employer, and he has a plan for a better future for TWU Local 100.

Reporting Regulations

An operator holding or assigned in advance to a regular run must report for work not later than the reporting time specified in the schedule.

Vacation

In order to provide adequate opportunities for employees who opt to take a week of vacation in single days to take such days off, a minimum daily quota for single day vacations, AVA days, and personal days will be established in each depot equal to one percent (1%) of the total number of operators assigned to the depot. 

John Samuelsen IV

John Samuelsen has strived hard to earn his fellow co workers’ trust, and we say you have earned it with this contract. He has achieved it not as a figure head of an organization but as an individual who has served his fellow co workers with humility and decency.

There is no question it is a change from the days of the Atlanta cabbie who growled, barked and marked anyone who has a different view as enemy.

There is no question John Samuelsen is committed and studious to his duties - it does not matter if it is early, middle or late at night because he has never ever faltered. He has done his duties in a stable manner even when the sand shifts under him. He has been a permanent bracing of TWU Local 100 against the storms, grounding us in certainty. We are truly grateful of how he handles our interests. 

For those who have different views, John Samuelsen has shown us how he has extended his hand of friendship like no other - for that he has respect from us as well as all his fellow co workers.

John Samuelsen III

Now the dust has settled down, and the contract has happened because of the commitment that was made by John Samuelsen as well as the raise which will benefit us all. Is it possible that we could get more, as the idiom says ‘a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush)’.

Surprisingly our co workers do not ‘have a memory like an elephant’, just to refresh your memory - remember Jay H Walder with his ‘net zeros’? He stiff armed everyone, and he laid off 1,000 of us.

What did John Samuelsen do? He fought back, and got all of the laid back fellow co workers back on the payroll. He got us a raise that will be going your way. Think about John Samuelsen and his dedicated service to his fellow co workers - can anyone who is reasonable think this contract is wrong? We have weathered spiral downward economy and we believe we have come out exceptionally well.

We are aware of those who are unreasonable with their knee jerk reaction and who think that they have a panacea in reality have nothing to offer.

John Samuelsen has modernized  and updated TWU Local 100, he has made it to be relevant as it ever has been, and he has made the right decision with this contract. Would you rather have someone who thrives on perpetual infighting such as the Atlanta cabbie?

Who has brought TWU Local 100 together? Who symbolizes that unity is far better? John Samuelsen does not act like ‘here today gone tomorrow’ president. We are united behind our president.