Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 107 - City of Hamilton

ated over nine (9) months for any uniformed Employee who has worked
less than nine (9) months in the previous twelve (12) months.
ARTICLE 32- COMPLAINTS AGAINST OPERATORS
32.01 If a serious complaint is turned in about an operator, the operator will be
told of the complaint within forty-eight (48) hours where possible. A
member of the Union will have the right to interview the originator of a
serious complaint.
32.02 When an operator is called into the office on their off duty time, for any
cause, the operator shall have the right of seeing the Manager of
Operations or the City (HSR) official concerned in private and paid a
minimum of one (1) hour.
32.03 Operators who are required to write an incident or accident report during
off-duty hours will receive the regular rate of straight time pay to a
maximum of one-half (1/2) hour.
ARTICLE 33 - CONVENIENCES
33.01 A sanitary convenience will be provided for operators on all routes
ARTICLE 34- NEW OPERATORS IN TRAINING
34.01 The prospective operator hereinafter called a trainee shall be paid onehalf
(½) the probationary operator's rate for time worked during the period
of training, which shall not exceed six (6) working days. Having completed
his/her training and gained experience on runs, to the satisfaction of the
Director of Operations, he will be trained on other equipment as training
time becomes available and will receive his full rate of probationer's pay
for time worked, as required. Nine hundred (900) hours shall be
considered a probationary period, and if satisfactory he will be taken on as
a permanent Employee of the City (HSR).
34.02 With either the purchase of new equipment or different types of
equipment, operators required to train on such equipment will be paid at
their regular hourly rates of pay while so training.
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