Burlington, Ontario | (161 school bus drivers and mechanics) and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2177
Renewal agreement: September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027.
Wage adjustments:
2024: 10%
2025: 4%
2026: 4%
Shift premium: $1 per hour per wheelchair run and driver trainer. $15 help rate per 30 minute interval. $15 cross-border premium. $0.25 per hour for mechanics for each ASE course completion.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years.
Overtime: Time-and-a-half for any authorized time worked over 40 hours in one week or 8 hours in any one day (or 10 hours in any one day for employees working on a 10-hour shift).
Meal allowance: For charters: after 5 hours $17, after 8 hours $30, after 12 hours $40. Included in $250/day rate for overnight extra work.
Medical Benefits: Employer pays 90% of the cost of health and welfare program. Part-time employes can choose to participate and pay 100% of cost.
Vision: 100% reimbursement up to $240 per person per 24 months. $75 every 24 months for eye exam.
Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 90% of the cost of coverage on first day of accident or hospitalization or 7TH calender day of illness, up to 15 weeks.
Life insurance: Employer pays 90% of the cost of $30,000 coverage.
Pension: Employer provides eligible employees with Group RSP Plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 paid days for death of spouse (including same-sex or common-law spouse and fianceé), child, step-child, parent, step-parent, primary caregiver, sibling, step-sibling, parent-in-law, child-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling-in-law. 1 day can be reserved to attend memorial at later date. Additional days without pay may be granted with prior notice.
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Probationary period: 45 workdays.
Safety shoes: $350 per year reimbursement.
Uniforms/clothing: When required by employer, employer will supply in full. Appropriate rainwear provided to all wheelchair bus drivers when required. $300 per year for prescription safety lenses, $60 per year for non-prescription safety lenses. 1 high-visibility winter parka to each maintenance employee and driver trainer, with replacement when required.
Tool allowance: $475 per year for each maintenance staff employee ($500 in 2026).
Sample rates of pay:
Big bus and wheelchair minibus and vans special work rate, public and extracurricular charter rate, part-time driver trainer, private charter: $23.07 (2024) rising in 2 steps to $24.95 (2026).
Bus monitor: $20 (2024) rising in 2 steps to $21.63 (2026).
S licensed mechanic w/o ASE certification: $39.14 (2024) rising in 2 steps to $41.50 (2026).
S&T licensed mechanice w/o ASE certification: $40.85 (2024) rising in 2 steps to $43.34 (2026).
Lead hand maintenance w/o ASE certification: $42.57 (2024) rising in 2 steps to $45.15 (2026).
Maintenance staff – parts person: $20 (2024) rising in 2 steps to $21.22 (2026).
Maintenance staff – bus washer, summer help: $17.60 (2024) rising in 2 steps to $18.67.
Click here to view the original collective agreement.
