HomeMy WebLinkAbout11- Teamsters Local No. 2 Addendum E to Collective Bargaining Agreement for FY12 Addendum E to the Collective Bargaining Agreement between City
of Bozeman and Teamsters Local #2 (FY2012)
For the benefit ofthe City of Bozeman(the"City"),Teamster's Local No.2(the"Teamsters"),and the
members of Teamster's Local No. 2 employed by the City in the Parks and Cemetery Divisions (the
"Divisions"), the City and Teamsters, on behalf of itself and its members employed in the Divisions,
agree to add this Addendum to the FY2012 Collective Bargaining Agreement to adopt on a trial basis
the alternate work week described herein. The alternative work week will allow the Divisions to
complete assigned tasks while allowing employees more weekends off. This addendum shall apply
only to the Divisions and shall not apply to any other department, division, or agency of the City or to
any other Teamster member employed by the City.
Based on the City's exclusive authority to establish an alternative work week pursuant to Art.43.1 of
the 2012 Collective Bargaining Agreement, as an alternative work week the City may schedule
employees of the Divisions on a rotating basis to work consecutive days without providing the
employee two consecutive days off during the work week. For purposes of this Agreement,the work
week shall run from 12:00 a.m. Sunday to 11:59:59 the following Saturday. The City shall post the
work schedule and employees will be assigned the alternate work by seniority.All employees working
in the Divisions will be scheduled to this alternative work week.
The City and Teamsters, on behalf of itself and its members employed in the Divisions, agree
development and implementation of the alternative work week described herein does not constitute a
violation of the FY2012 Collective Bargaining Agreement, including but not limited to, Article 4.
Guarantees,Hours&Overtime, Section B.I and also agree that the development and implementation
of this alternative work week shall not constitute an unfair labor practice under state or federal law.
The alternate work week will be reviewed by the City and the Teamsters on or before March 31,2012.
If during this trial period the City,working with Teamster members, develops an alternative approach
for providing service on weekends, the City will notify the Union of any proposed changes. If the
change(s)to this agreed upon alternative work week require an employee of either Division to work a
schedule that does not provide two days of in a row in a given week the City may not implement the
change without Teamster approval.
Nothing herein binds the City to continue with this alternative work week or I im its the City's authority
to abandon or adjust this alternative work week during or after the trial period. In addition,nothing in
this agreement shall reduce in any way the City's authority to direct its employees including the
development and implementation of other alternative work schedules. Nothing herein provides the
Teamsters or its members a contractual right in this alternative work week.
The Teamsters, on behalf of itself and its members employed in the Divisions, has reviewed the
alternative work week and agree it complies with all state and federal law.
Addendum E to the Collective Bargaining Agreement between City of Bozeman and Teamsters Local#2(FY2012)
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DATED THIS 7 DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2011
CITE' OF BOZEMAN TEAMSTERS LOCAL#2
BY
BY
Chris I ukuis i Jim Stone
TITLE: City Manager TITLE: Business Representative
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Addendum E to the Collective Bargaining Agreement between City of Bozeman and Teamsters Local#2(FY2012)
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