26.01 Regular Operators
A. A regular Operator shall be guaranteed eight (8) hours pay time per day, forty (40) hours pay time per week provided she works as assigned, with two (2) consecutive days off. In the case of any run or shift less than eight (8) hours, the District shall pay eight (8) hours pay time and these runs shall be considered as containing eight (8) hours work time.

A. General Provisions:

1. The District will determine what work, if any, is to be made available to an Operator on her days off.
2. Where more than one assignment is available at the time of the call for additional work, an Operator will be given her choice of work, subject to rest requirements.
3. One call will be made on a taped line to each Operator on the list who will have the minimum eight (8) hours rest. An Operator accepting a shift which would violate the ten (10) hour rest period will waive the penalty pay requirement of Article 29.10.
4. An Operator unable to accept an assignment because of lack of eight (8) hours rest will be the first called for any shift she can legally work.
5. An Operator voluntarily accepting work away from her home base will not be eligible for cross assignment pay.
6. An Operator being called for additional work must speak directly with the Supervisor in order to be considered for work available at the time of the call.
7. An Operator unavailable at the time of the call will be passed and may be called again after call lists are depleted, provided unassigned work remains.
8. When the call lists have been depleted, other Operators not on the lists may be requested to work. No Operator may be required to work on her days off.
9. An Operator on a sign-up list who will be at a phone number other than the one on file at dispatch, must provide, in writing, an alternate number where she may be reached if she desires work. Only one alternate number will be accepted and it will only apply for 24 hours following submittal or until a time specified by the Operator, whichever is first.

B. Special Provisions:

1. Same Day Assignments: When an Operator on a call list is working a shift, she will be contacted by radio, and will be asked for an affirmative or negative response as to working the following day. If the response is affirmative, and there are more than two assignments available, the Operator will be given thirty (30) minutes to contact the Scheduling Department by telephone and choose her assignment by classification seniority. In the event there is only one assignment available, that assignment will be identified and the Operator shall respond over the radio. If no call is received, the Operator will be assigned the piece with the earliest sign-off time.

2. Next Day Assignments:

• a. As assignments become known, the Supervisor at the originating base will call Operators on the sign-up lists who have not previously been assigned, or refused assignment, according to the above section.
• b. Each Dispatcher will call Operators on their own "Call for Additional Operators" lists independently of each other. When the Dispatch Control Module is implemented, additional Operators may be called from a single call list composed of call lists from both bases, as long as the provisions of these procedures are maintained. No Operator is guaranteed work at her home base.
• c. In situations where a partial work assignment is unforeseen and becomes available on the day of the assignment and if out of operational necessity the work must be assigned immediately, the District may assign the partial work to an available Operator on a first come, first served basis. This provision is intended to allow uninterrupted service to the public, and is a continuation of an existing practice of covering partial assignments which remain after the Operator sign-up list has been depleted.

29.01 Classification of Assignments
A. Work for Operators in passenger service shall be designated full-time regular assignments, extra board assignments, part-time assignments, extra spread assignments, biddable trippers, and special assignments.

30.01 Types of Assignments
Work assignments will consist of three types: Regular Assignments, Extra Board Assignments and Extra Spread Assignments. All Assignments will be made available on a classification seniority basis for sign-up at the Quarterly Bid.

A. An Operator having regular assignments or extra spread assignments which have, as part of her work, schedules which do not operate during portions of the bid period will also bid the Extra Board for these periods of non-operation. An Operator who has chosen a regular or extra spread assignment will bid by classification seniority for an order of report and will be polled regarding other options available to Extra Board Operators. She will occupy this position during periods of non-operation. The Operator's days off will be those of her regular assignment or extra spread assignment. Except by mutual agreement between the Union and the District, these affected Operators may not take hold-downs during these periods.

30.04 Sign-Up Procedure
A. Facilities and Representatives:

The Union and the District shall jointly conduct the quarterly bid sign-up. The District shall furnish the necessary facilities, equipment, and personnel for the sign- up. The Union shall designate and the District will compensate one Union representative per Operations Base to conduct the quarterly bid sign-up for all time spent in conducting the sign-up. All other costs will be covered by the District. The District and the Union shall each designate one spokesperson and each shall be the sole spokesperson of the group for which she is designated to speak. Each Operator shall have fifteen minutes to select a work assignment. An Operator shall bid for Annual Leave in accordance with Article 13.

B. Posting of Work Assignments for Quarterly Bid:
It is the District's responsibility to submit the bid schedule to the Union seven (7) calendar days prior to posting. The bid schedule shall include all known recurring passenger service work performed by the District. Bids containing known periods of non- operation shall be asterisked, and known days of non-operation noted in the bid schedule. All work not included in the regular assignments and extra spread assignments shall be separated into biddable and non-biddable trippers.

A list containing the vehicle number of the bus to be assigned to each regular and extra spread assignment for the duration of the quarterly bid shall be included with the bid schedule. Should that bus be unable to operate in passenger service for mechanical or other special reasons, another bus of the same type if available may be assigned to that block for the time it takes to make necessary repairs or the special assignment is completed. The District and the Union recognize the maintenance benefits of consistently assigning the same bus to the same block.

A list, showing all Operators eligible to bid for assignments, holiday(s) and Annual leave in order of classification seniority shall be posted at each Operations base. The list shall contain the date and time that each Operator must report to bid her assignment, holiday(s) and Annual Leave. The District shall provide a copy of the bid schedule to each Operator eligible to bid. A master copy of the bid schedule and the scheduled order of sign-up shall be posted at each Operations Base and kept current by the Union representative for the duration of the bidding.

C. Bidding:
Bidding for assignments will be completed thirteen (13) calendar days before the assignments take effect. The bidding time will be mutually agreed upon by the District and the Union. It shall be the responsibility of each Operator to bid or submit a written proxy, or proxy by telephone. If working at the time and desiring relief, it shall be her responsibility to request a relief from the Scheduling Department in writing, on a 'Request for Time Off' form. The request shall show the Operator's name, date, and time she is to be present to choose her assignment and time desiring relief and location (nearest point to home Base). Submittal of request will not guarantee relief.

D. Proxy Bid:
In the event an Operator is unable to be present at her scheduled time, she may submit a written proxy bid with a list of bid choices in order of preference to the Union representative, who shall bid for that Operator. An Operator not bidding by written proxy is allowed to bid by phone at the completion of a route or at a designated Transit Center. The phone proxy shall be completed prior to the end of the Operator's scheduled bidding time.

In the event an Operator fails to bid at her appointed time, she will be held over to bid in order of classification seniority at the conclusion of her bidding day. If an Operator again fails to bid, the Union representative shall bid for that Operator at the conclusion of the Operator's bidding day.

E. Eligibility to Bid:
The District will determine which Operators are eligible to bid. To be eligible to bid if absent due to illness or injury the Operator must present written documentation from a medical provider of fitness for duty so as to be able to work one (1) signed on workweek beginning within the first thirty (30) calendar days after commencement of the new bid. Annual Leave signed on at least six (6) months in advance of the commencement of the bid and scheduled during the first thirty (30) calendar days of the bid, shall be considered time worked for the purposes of this Section.

An Operator who does not return to work during the thirty (30) day period shall, upon return to work, be assigned to the Extra Board for the duration of the bid under the provisions of Article 31.05. It is the District's responsibility to give notice of the bid sign-up to an Operator on leave at her most recent address in the files of the District. The District will give the Union written notification that the action has been taken. It shall be the responsibility of an Operator on leave to inform the District and the Union in writing by the date and time specified in the letter if the Operator will be ready and able to work during the new Bid. An Operator on leave failing to provide written notification to the District and the Union shall be ineligible to bid. An Operator on leave who is ineligible to bid shall be allowed to exercise classification seniority on the Extra Board when returning to work, under the provisions of Article 31.05.

The provisions of this section apply solely to qualifications to bid on work assignments and holiday assignments, and shall in no way prohibit an Operator from bidding for Annual Leave at the quarterly bid sign-up in accordance with the provisions of Article 13. An Annual Leave bid proxy shall be submitted by each Operator by 5:00 P.M. of the day the Operator is scheduled to bid for Annual Leave in accordance with her seniority. In the event an Operator fails to submit her Annual Leave proxy by the 5:00 P.M. deadline, but does submit her Annual Leave proxy, time stamped no later than 12:00 midnight of her day to bid for Annual Leave, the affected Operator’s seniority number for choice of Annual Leave shall fall to the bottom of the bid list for her Annual Leave bidding day. The seniority lost by that placement shall determine the Operator’s eligibility for Annual Leave as noted on her proxy. In the event more than one Operator misses the 5:00 P.M. deadline on the same day of bidding, the affected Operators shall be ranked for choice of Annual Leave by their respective classification seniority numbers in relation to each other. Failure to meet the final midnight deadline shall result in placing the affected Operator(s) at the bottom of the bid list for that bidding period for choice of Annual Leave. An Operator who fails to submit her Annual Leave proxy by the completion of the entire bidding period shall forfeit her right to bid Annual Leave for the period.

F. Holiday Bidding:
An Operator shall bid for Holiday work assignments and time off on holidays listed in Article 12.01A in conjunction with the quarterly bid sign-up. The holiday sign-up shall be for holidays occurring within the upcoming bid period. An Operator shall choose by classification seniority an assignment, an extra board slot, or time off for the holiday schedule as defined in Article 12.05. An Operator must choose a work assignment or time off. If no days off remain, the Operator must choose a work assignment.

A waiting list for time off on holidays will be established during the quarterly bid. The waiting list shall consist of ten (10) spaces. If an Operator elects to take a holiday off and the calendar is full for that day, she may choose to enter her name on the waiting list, provided there are spaces available.

No shift change request by an Operator provided for in Articles 30.09 or 31.04 to change assignments or extra board order of report will be honored for holiday work and New Years Eve, except in cases of extreme emergency by mutual agreement of the Union and the District.

The District reserves the right to change the order of report of an Operator to prevent a violation of the required ten (10) hour rest period under the provisions of Article 31.04C(1).

In cases where an Operator has not chosen work for the holiday because of ineligibility to bid, trading of assignments or hold-downs, the Operator will be placed on the Extra Board according to Article 31.05. The Scheduling Department shall notify an Operator when a change in status may affect her choice of Holiday work assignment. It will be the responsibility of the Operator to return the notice with a preference for displacement on the Holiday Extra Board in accordance with Article 31.05. If the Operator fails to submit a preference to the Scheduling Department prior to 10:00 A.M. the day preceding the holiday, she shall be assigned work so as not to violate the eight (8) hour sleep rule.

G. Bid Results:
All Operator seniority lists used for bidding and bid results shall be posted in each Base where they shall be visible to all Operators and kept up to date.

H. Allowance for Rest Time:
An Operator not rested to take over her new assignment on the day it is effective will be allowed to pick up her assignment at a regular relief point after the required eight (8) hour rest period. She shall be guaranteed the full earnings of the assignment as stated in Article 26.

31.01 Definition of Extra Board
An Extra Board is a list of available Extra Board drivers and available work, posted on a daily basis.

32.01 Definition of Hold-down
For the purpose of this Article, a hold-down is defined as a vacant weekly work assignment. Vacancies of seven (7) or more calendar days which are foreseen shall be posted for bidding.