Source Doc: ATU-HSR Memorandum of Settlement – TPR Hamilton | Hamilton's Civic Affairs News Site

November 24, 2023
The following is a summary of the memorandum of settlement reached between the City of Hamilton and Amalgamated Transit Union 107 on November 15, 2023.
The text was distributed to union members in PDF format by the ATU 107 executive.
TPR obtained the same document from over a dozen sources. The note at the bottom “For Clarity” appears to be an addition by the union executive.
Between
(hereinafter referred to as the “Employer”) and
(hereinafter referred to as the “Union”)
Effective January 1, 2023, a general wage increase of 3.75% for all classifications. Effective January 1, 2024, a general wage increase of 3.00% for all classifications. Effective January 1, 2025, a general wage increase of 3.00% for all classifications. Effective January 1, 2026, a general wage increase of 3.00% for all classifications.
Signing bonus – $750.00 per employee
For clarity, the signing bonus was negotiated for loss wages during the strike, members receiving full STD, LTD and WSIB benefits during the strike will not receive the signing bonus. If you were accommodated while on any of the benefits above, your signing bonus will be prorated.
Health Care Spending Account
Your benefit program includes a health care spending account over and above the maximums provided by the benefit plan, which provides you and your dependents with financial assistance for eligible extended health and dental expenses.
(For greater clarity, not to be included with the collective agreement, unused portions of the $1000 HCSA may be rolled over for 1 year up to a maximum balance of $2000.) Therefore, the HCSA $1000 for 2023 will be rolled over to 2024 to $2000.
It is understood that the Employer cannot force an Employee to be immunized without their consent. It is further understood that where such immunization is required in order for the Employee to attend work and the Employee refuses immunization or its substitute, they may be placed on unpaid leave with no loss of seniority.
a) Officers of Local 107, members of union committees, when not paid by the eEmployer, shall be allowed reasonable leave of absence from their duties without pay for the purpose of conducting necessary business of the Local Union, provided the request for such leave of absence is made to the city at least twenty-four (24) seventy-two (72) hours in advance, where possible, to permit rearrangement of work assignments.
Each year such stipend shall be subject to any annual percentage increase negotiated by the Parties as applied to employee wages.
19.17 Wind down
Hours of Work Limits
20.02              Irrespective of the date of termination of this contract and any renewals of same, deductions shall be made bi-weekly monthly, the sum to be remitted within eight (8) fifteen (15) days of the end of the respective pay periods month to the Secretary of the Union. The said sums shall be accepted by the Union as the regular dues and assessments of those Employees who are members of the Union. The Union will save the Employer harmless from any and all claims.
ARTICLE 36 – EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE UNIFORM
36.021The City (HSR) Employer agrees to make available during the continuance of this agreement, eight (8) eleven (11) clean suits of coveralls every two (2) weeks to all hourly/salary rated full-time mMaintenance, foremen and stockroom Employees. sSuch coveralls to shall remain the property of the City (HSR).
In lieu of the above, all applicable Employees may be supplied with eight (8) eleven (11) clean sets of work shirts and pants every two (2) weeks provided they are available under the rental and cleaning contract of the supplier firm.
37.07 MAINTENANCE/ADMINISTRATIVE
A tool allowance will be paid on the twenty-fourth (24th) pay each year to each eligible employee provided they have worked at least nine (9) months in their group in the previous twelve (12) months. This allowance will be pro-rated over nine (9) months for any employee who has worked less than nine (9) months in the previous twelve (12) months.
(a)           The twelve (12) month period for tool allowance will be a calendar year.
An Employee shall be granted five (5) regularly scheduled consecutive work days bereavement leave, without loss of pay or benefits, on the death of:
An Employee shall be granted three (3) regularly scheduled consecutive work days bereavement leave, without loss of  pay or benefits, on the death of a
Such bereavement leave shall be taken at the time of that bereavement or at the time the Employee received notification of such bereavement. Proof of bereavement may be required by the Director of Labour Relations Director, Employee Health and Labour Relations or designate. The definition of immediate family shall be deemed to apply equally to Employees engaged in a common-law relationship that are deemed to be spouses pursuant to the Family Law Reform Act, as amended.
Where the burial occurs outside the Province, reasonable traveling time up to five (5) working days without pay may be granted at the discretion of the Employee’s Department Head.
In order to receive the paid leave provided for in this Clause, absence must result in loss of time and pay from a regular shift and the Employee must have worked the day before or the day after, provided that an Employee granted leave without pay for compassionate purposes within fourteen (14) calendar days prior to death shall not lose benefits under this Clause.
For Clarity