Teamsters
Local Union No. 763
And
City
of
Interest
Arbitration
Arbitrator: Eugene V. Wolfe
Date
Issued:
Arbitrator:
Wolfe; Eugene V.
Case #: 01268-I-77-00046
Employer:
City of
Date Issued:
IN THE MATTER OF ARBITRATION
Between
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AND ) Case No. 1268 - 77 - 46
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) REPORT AND DECISIONS
TEAMSTERS
LOCAL
) (Pursuant to RCW 41.56)
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ARBITRATION PANEL
V. Eugene Wolfe, Chairman; Jon L. Rabine,
Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 763;
John D. Lawson, City of
APPEARANCES
For
TEAMSTERS LOCAL
Russ Christensen, James Taylor
For THE CITY OF
BACKGROUND
Initial negotiations between the City of
15,
1977. After eleven meetings, the last one ending
conjoint
agreement, the two parties proceeded into media-
tion process in an attempt to resolve their
differences.
After three meetings with a
state mediator there was
failure
in negotiations. Pursuant to RCW 41.56, the City
of
arbitration
through the
Relations
Commission.
Through determinations by the arbitration panel and the
parties
concerned, it was agree that ten (10) issues
would
be arbitrated.
ISSUES ARBITRATED
1. Union
Security 6. Holidays
2. Dues
Check-off 7. Training
3. Work
Period 8. Health, Welfare and
4. Overtime Insurance
5. Callback/Court
Time 9. Wages
10. Term of Agreement
DECISIONS
ISSUE
NO. 1 - UNION SECURITY
It shall be a condition of employment that all employees
of
the employer, covered by this Agreement, who are members
of
the
Agreement shall remain members
in good standing and those
who
are not members on the execution date of this Agreement,
shall
on or before the thirty-first (31) day following the
execution
date of this Agreement, become and remain members
in
good standing in the
month a
service charge equivalent to regular union dues to
the
this
Agreement. It shall also be a condition of employment
that
all employees covered by this Agreement and hired on
or
after its execution date shall, on the thirty-first (31)
day
following the beginning of such employment, become and
remain
members in good standing in the
thereof
pay each month a service charge equivalent to regular
union
dues to the-Union as a contribution towards the
administration
of this Agreement. Provided: Objections to
joining
the
tenets
or teachings of a church or religious body of which
such
employee is a member will be observed. Any such employee
shall
pay an amount of money equivalent to regular union
dues
to a nonreligious charity or to another charitable
organization
mutually agreed upon by the employee affected
and
the bargaining representative to which such employee
would
otherwise pay the dues and initiation fees. The
employee
shall furnish written proof to the
payment
has been made.
ISSUE
NO. 2 - DUES CHECK-OFF
Upon receipt of a voluntarily signed authorization by an
employee
covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall deduct
from
the employee's wage the regular monthly Union membership
dues
payable by him to the
for
in the signed authorization, provided, however, that
no
such authorization shall be irrevocable for a period of
more
than one year or beyond the termination date of this
Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. The Employer will remit
said
monthly dues to Teamsters Local Union No. 763 on a
monthly
basis.
ISSUE
NO. 3 - WORK PERIOD
Patrol Division: The workweek shall consist of six (6)
consecutive
days; each workday shall consist of eight (8)
hours
on duty with sixteen (16) hours off duty. Each six
(6) day
workweek will be followed by two (2) consecutive
24-hours days off, except that
on every fifth week, four
(4) consecutive
days will be taken off.
Non-Patrol Division: The workweek shall consist of
five
(5) consecutive days. Each workday shall consist of
eight
(8) hours on duty with sixteen (16) hours off duty.
Each five (5) day workweek
will be followed by two (2)
consecutive
24-hour days off.
A workday will include at least a 30-minute lunch break
and
two 15-minute coffee breaks. All employees are subject
to
immediate call during coffee and lunch breaks.
The above schedules-shall apply except for regularly
scheduled
shift changes, and for bona fide emergencies,
declared
by the Mayor or Chief of Police, which could not
otherwise
be anticipated and which require overriding the
schedule.
ISSUE
NO. 4 - OVERTIME
Overtime as used in this
Agreement shall mean that time
an
employee works in excess of eight (8) hours in a workday
or
forty (40) hours (forty-eight (48) hours for Patrol
Division) in any workweek,
which shall be compensated at
the
rate of one and one-half times the regular hourly rate.
A workweek is defined as any
7-day period for the Non-
Patrol Division and an 8-day
work cycle for the Patrol
Division.
All overtime shall be
authorized in writing by the Chief
of
Police or his designee, in advance or within 24 hours
after
the work has been performed in order to qualify as
paid
or compensatory time. Overtime will be adjusted by
compensatory
leave or by overtime pay in accordance with
the
heretofore agreed-upon Article on Compensatory time.
ISSUE
NO. 5 - CALLBACK/COURT TIME
Employees called back to service after completing a
duty
shift, while on their day off, or more than three (3)
hours
before the start of their regular shift, shall be
compensated
for actual time spent, but in no event shall
compensation
be less than three (3) hours at the overtime
rate
as provided for in the Article regarding Overtime.
Employees called back to service after completing a duty
shift,
while on their day off, or more than three (3) hours
before
the start of their regular shift, to make court or
subpoenaed
appearances in City court, where the City is a
party
involved, or resulting directly in connection with a
dispatched
call, shall be compensated for the actual time
spent,
but in no event shall such compensation be less
than
three (3) hours at the overtime rate as provided for
in
the Article on Compensatory Time, provided that any
compensation
received by such employee for said appear-
ances shall be credited or turned over to the
Employer.
Employees called back or who make court or other
subpoenaed
appearances
while on off duty shall be required to perform
solely
that specific assignment for which they were speci-
fically called out.
Employees called back while on vacation or leave of
absence
will be reimbursed reasonable transportation costs
required
to return to duty, provided the employee is more
than
100 miles away from his home.
There shall be no compensation for callbacks occasioned
by
the employee's own neglect or where a case is dismissed
by
the court due to error or omission by the officer except
where
beyond the officer's control.
Court appearances made by an employee that are not
covered
by the second paragraph of this Article shall be
subject
to review by a three-member panel, at least one
being
of equal rank, if overtime compensation is denied.
Notice shall be given by the
employee as provided in
the
Article concerning Grievance Procedure.
ISSUE
NO. 6 - HOLIDAYS
The following days shall be considered Holidays for all
employees
covered by this Agreement:
New Year's Day Labor
Day
Lincoln's Birthday Thanksgiving
Day
Washington's Birthday The Day after Thanksgiving
Memorial Day Christmas
Day
Independence Day Veteran's
Day
All employees shall be paid at their regular rate of pay
for
the ten appointed Holidays; provided, if work be performed
on
any said Holiday the employee will be compensated at the
rate
of time-and-one-half for that portion of the shift that
falls
within the appointed Holiday. Each employee shall have
the
option, subject to the approval of the employer, of
electing
compensatory time in lieu of monetary compensation
for
work done on specified Holidays.
ISSUE
NO. 7 - TRAINING
When any employee is required to attend law enforcement
training
courses, unless otherwise paid for, the entire costs
shall
be borne by the Employer, by making arrangements to
be
billed by the school in advance for tuitions and actual
expenses
incurred, by reimbursement, or by a combination
of
these methods. Whenever permitted by state law, the
Employer shall make every
effort to obtain authorization
for
payment of expenses in advance to the end that the
employee
will not be required, to the extent possible, to
attend
such schools under a "pay-out-of-your-own-pocket-
and-be-reimbursed"
arrangement.
Any employee who by attending any required training on
the
individual's normally scheduled days off shall be given
compensatory
time off for days lost at a later date except
for
basic academy training and breathalyzer course.
The following training will be provided Clerk-Dispatchers
by
the City of Redmond:
During duty time:
1) Care and
Custody of Prisoners.
2) Booking
Procedures.
Voluntary, during off-duty time:
3) Basic
First Aid Courses.
4) Care and
Use of Firearms - including an issue
of annual minimum of
75 rounds of ammunition
for target practice
on firing range.
5) A minimum
of 8 hours every 6 months spent in a
patrol car riding
with a Commissioned Officer
or the Duty
Sergeant.
ISSUE
NO. 8 - HEALTH, WELFARE AND INSURANCE
The Employer agrees to provide such medical coverage,
for
those employees to whom it applies, as is mandated by
RCW Chapter 41.26, the Law
Enforcement Officers and Fire
Fighters Retirement System
Laws of 1969, as revised
(hereafter
called L.E.O.F.F. System).
The Employer agrees to cover all employees in the bar-
gaining
unit and their dependents under the City's Group
Medical and Dental Insurance
Program and further agrees to
pay
the premium for the employees and their dependents'
coverage.
It is understood and agreed that if there is an increase
in
premiums needed to maintain the present level of benefits,
during
the life of this Agreement, the Employer agrees to
maintain
such benefits at the cost determined by the insur-
ance carrier or, by option of the Employer,
through another
insurance
carrier.
The Employer shall carry adequate insurance, to the
extent
available, for employees covered by this Agreement
against
liability for the performance of their duties
with
the premiums for such insurance borne by the Employer.
The Employer and the eligible employees shall make
required
financial contributions to the L.E.O.F.F. disabil-
ity and pension system with the benefits of
this program
to
be available for all eligible employees as provided by
state
law.
ISSUE NO 9. - WAGES
Each employee covered by this Agreement shall receive
the
salary set forth as follows:
1) Effective January 1, 1978: Increased by 1% plus
the
CPI increase, August to August;
2) Effective January 1, 1979: Increased by 1% plus
the
CPI increase, August to August;
3) Effective January 1, 1980: Increased by 1% plus
the
CPI increase, August to August.
ISSUE
NO. 10 - TERM OF AGREEMENT
This Agreement shall be effective January 1, 1978, and
shall
remain in force through December 31, 1980, and may
be
extended thereafter by mutual agreement; provided, that
the
salary schedule set forth in this document shall be
subject
to amendment on January 1, 1979, and January 1, 1980.
All other Articles of the Mediated Agreement, not
specified
by
the Issues covered in this Agreement, were accepted by
both
parties .
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Eugene
Wolfe,
Arbitration Chairman