2022-66 - 2023-25 AFSCME Public Works CBA

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ARTICLE 35 FOUL WEATHER GEAR, GLOVES, BOOTS 35.01 The City shall provide foul weather gear, gloves, and boots to all employees for the proper performance of their jobs. In addition, the City shall also provide gloves to the employees in the Division of Refuse and Recycling. ARTICLE 36 SHIFT PREMIUM 36.01 Full-time employees who work four (4) hours or more as part of a regular shift assignment between the hours of 3:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m., or who work a regular rotating shift, shall receive a shift premium for all regular hours worked according to the following schedule: 1) $.75 Second Shift; 2) $.80 Third Shift; 3) $1.05 Rotating Shifts. ARTICLE 37 JOB CLASSIFICATION 37.01 If substantial changes in the method of operation, tools or equipment of a job occurs, or if a new job is established which has not been previously classified, the City shall meet with the Union for the purpose of negotiating a rate of pay and classification or placing the job in an existing classification. In the event the City and the Union are unable to reach an agreement on the issue, the City shall establish a temporary rate and classification and will promptly notify the Union in writing. Thereafter, the Union may file a grievance in Step IV of the grievance procedure. Any award of the arbitrator shall be retroactive from the date the City placed the rate into effect. Any rate and classification mutually agreed to by the City and the Union, or decided by the arbitrator, shall become part of the wage agreement attached hereto. 37.02 No employee may maintain dual classification. ARTICLE 38 MISCELLANEOUS 38.01 The City shall make office space available to the Union for the purpose of conducting Union business. 38.02 If the City anticipates using welfare recipients, workfare participants or other such public assistance recipient participants to perform bargaining unit work, it will advise the Union and negotiate the effects on the bargaining unit or any welfare -to -work initiative prior to implementing the initiative. 38.03 It is agreed that there shall be at least two (2) workdays in a calendar year set aside for training within the division. This is not a guarantee that all employees will be trained. The manager of the division shall post a volunteer list for training within the division bulletin boards. The volunteer list shall show the training to be offered, the date of the training and the number to be accepted. This list shall be posted at least ten (10) working days before the training is to take place. Picks for training shall be made by seniority first among the classified, second within the division and last city-wide among those who have applied. 33