Vacation Allotment Grievance

Brothers and Sisters; Approximately one month ago the MaBstoa Union Reps filed yet another Grievance against the TA. This time the TA violated the contract concerning vacation allotment. A little history on the subject of the non holidays we have been working as modified schedules reveals that the Transit Authority has not been satisfied with the fact that they have to pay people for showing for work and boost their pay to ...reflect picked run pay. In turn you must use banked time or vacation time if you wanted to be excused. (non holidays) As mentioned this is all revelant to the TA's plans to reduce schedules and pay for the 2011 non holiday prints, which will not be boosted up to picked run pay for 2011 because that signed stip will expire at the end of the year.As always, the Transit Authority tries to be slick! As noticed early on in the General pick, the TA increased the vacation alotment and the vacation weeks that can be picked in the course of the year to coinside with their non holiday schedule. In December the increase was 25% from the norm, which affected the summer prime weeks that could be picked! (reduced) This has an impact on a couple of things, 1 Summer Overtime and 2 your 1/52nd average for vacation pay.This Grivance has been filed against the TA claiming the violation of the contract including but not limited to Attachment E bus consolidation 6.2 5.1 Contractually, the TA is obligated to increase the prime weeks by 10% in the summer months. What they did was decrease the summer prime and increased the December non holiday by 25% in order to make their quota of getting people off, so as to not pay people for sitting around in the Depots on the non holiday prints. Stay Tuned!