AVSTA CSEA-CONTRACT-April 12, 2023

ARTICLE V

SUMMER WORK

5.0 Daily Summer Bus Routes: The Agency anticipates having two (2) summer school sessions, generally held, but subject to change, as follows: Two (2) to ten (10) days prior to the start of each summer school session, daily summer bus routes shall be bid in accordance with Article 4.1 by bargaining unit seniority. Before the end of the regular school year, the drivers will be notified of the starting dates of the summer school sessions.

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Session 1 – Month of June; and

Session 2 – End of June to end of July

5.1 At Main Bid, contracts will include summer session routes. Each contract will identify the summer session(s) to be driven or aided, the approximate dates of the summer bus route, and the guaranteed route hours, which shall not be less than four (4) hours.

5.2 The selection of summer routes that are part of the unit members’ 12 month contract will take place two (2) to ten (10) days prior to the start of each summer school session. The selections will be based on seniority.

5.2.1 If there are less summer routes needed than bid, drivers and bus aides who bid routes that are not needed will remain on call and available to drive or aide for the length of the summer bus route bid. Such drivers and bus aides will be compensated daily with a minimum of two (2) hours of call in/standby time, at their hourly rate. Drivers and bus aides who bid for, but are not assigned, a summer route, will have the option to opt-out, in writing, of the summer contract they bid.

5.2.2 If there are summer bus routes that are left unbid, the unfilled summer bus routes will be filled as follows:

5.2.2.1 The Agency will first seek volunteers to fill the summer routes, on the basis of seniority.

5.2.2.2 After seeking volunteers and routes remain unfilled, the Agency will make every effort to consolidate routes with drivers and bus aides in paid status.

5.2.2.3 If routes continue to remain unfilled, the Agency will assign drivers and bus aides by seniority, from the lowest to the most senior, within 2 days after bid(s). The assignment, which will be made in collaboration with the Operations Manager, will last no longer than two (2) consecutive weeks, unless the driver or bus aide agrees to take the route for the term of the contract. 5.2.2.4 For the summer of 2023 only, unit members who bid or volunteer for a summer route will earn bargaining unit seniority at two times the normal rate for the time spent driving summer routes. Unit members who are assigned a summer route will earn bargaining unit seniority at one and one-half times the normal rate for the time spent driving summer routes. Summer seniority hours will be included in the Main Bid.

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