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Proposed transportation changes would move manual items into CBA and clarify pay, bidding and overnighter rules
Summary
Bargaining over Article 36 would fold mandatory transportation subjects from the district manual into the collective bargaining agreement, set trip-posting schedules, create additional seniority rounds for relief drivers, and clarify that drivers are paid for all hours worked on overnighters.
Negotiators presented a substantial rewrite of Article 36 to incorporate mandatory transportation subjects currently in a separate transportation manual into the CBA while keeping purely procedural elements in the manual. "Trips will be posted on Fridays or the closest workday prior," a district negotiator said as part of a rundown of trip-posting and bidding changes.
The proposed changes formalize a two-stage assignment process (initial bids, then a repeat of the process with relief drivers before posting to a bulletin board) and include protections intended to prevent drivers from losing pay when asked to take trips. Union negotiators proposed that drivers asked to give up their route for a trip be paid the greater of their daily-route earnings or the trip pay (calculated as an average of the prior two pay periods).
On overnighters, negotiators debated language to ensure drivers receive pay for "all hours worked" if they are required to supervise students during meals, travel delays or other supervisory duties. "We want the person paid for all hours worked," a union representative said, noting concern about pre-trip flat estimates that might short-pay drivers when delays or extra supervision occur.
The parties also discussed the status of "trip drivers," a 175-hour-per-year threshold that appears in the transport language; the district says it no longer uses the 'substitute' classification referenced in older draft text and both sides agreed to keep working to reconcile classification, benefit eligibility, and how to treat long-term temporary assignments. No final agreement was reached; negotiators scheduled further caucus work and follow-up sessions.
