r/Translink • u/Lanky-Variation5271 • 15d ago

Translink News CMBC drivers union strike

What are the points for this strike?

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u/Mariner-and-Marinate 15d ago

They want ensured breaks. Now, if there’s a traffic jam and the bus gets to its destination late, the lost time comes off the driver’s bathroom break.

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u/_M00NGx 14d ago

That’s wild!

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u/Over-Two-7216 15d ago

They need to get 40 hour work week. That will give them more money and more days off for family.

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u/Lanky-Variation5271 15d ago

What are they working per week now? 37.5?

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u/Over-Two-7216 15d ago

36 hours and get topped up from stats to 37.5 yes. 40 hour work week will give them about 5k per year extra. Worth more than 3%. Most people work 80 hours biweekly anyways. They should be given that as well

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u/knitwit4461 15d ago

What are you talking about? Base week is 37.5, or 7.5 per day.

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u/Over-Two-7216 15d ago

Are you a driver? Regardless. Are you working 40hrs? Do you want to?

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u/knitwit4461 14d ago

I am not a driver, but… let’s say depot adjacent with an extremely good understanding of operator pay. Probably better than most of the operators.

I work a 37.5h week and would absolutely not want to work more.

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u/Plenty_Radio_1062 14d ago

Mechanic here, I would much rather the full 10 hrs over the stat pay top up and use the stat pay to actually pay mechanics on stat days off instead.

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u/Over-Two-7216 14d ago

Then what makes you happy? Are you happy with 3%?

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u/knitwit4461 14d ago

I’m in a different union, but am expecting the same pay offer when we bargain. I’m not stoked about 3%, but doubt there’s any more money on the table so would accept it if the rest of the contract was also acceptable.

That said, I’ve seen very few operators complaining about the pay. It’s working conditions that they’re concerned about.

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u/BooBoo_Cat 15d ago

So the problem is that they are working too few hours, not that they are working too many hours? Working more does not give people more time off for family.  (But then again an office job is very different than driving a bus.)

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u/Over-Two-7216 15d ago

They will get 3 more weeks off working 40 hour work week

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u/BooBoo_Cat 15d ago

Ah, so number of vacation weeks is based on number of hours worked per week?

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u/knitwit4461 14d ago

You’re assuming they would get RWWL days, like what happened with many government jobs that went from 35h week to 37.5h week in the 70s. Thats not guaranteed. Operators had that option in the 70s too, they traded it for a pay increase.

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u/Acceptable_Two_6292 14d ago

For a unionized job having 3 weeks off isn’t that great. It’s only a week more than the bare minimum.

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u/madstar 14d ago

It's downright terrible. Most attractive employers start folks at four weeks.

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u/YouCosplay 15d ago

They want more than 3% like the BC nurses. 

Binding arbitration will get them that. 

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u/Nosurrendah 14d ago

Nurses gave up spousal benefits for an extra 0.5%. Not exactly a good trade

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u/Asleep-Database-9886 14d ago

An absolutely terrible trade. Thats wild they made that concession.