Coast Mountain Bus Company

As you are aware the employer has notified the members and union of its intention to do a review of the depot and its processes. Our understanding of this review is that its primary focus is to identify if centralization is working and if not, what steps should be be taken to correct issues within […]

Please be advised that effective immediately, Doug Jeffs will be the temporary Union Representative in charge of servicing the members at Coast Mountain Bus Company until July 21. Union Representative Stephen Von Sychowski will be returning to work on Monday, July 24.If any member has questions or concerns about a workplace issue, please contact the […]

It has been brought to the attention of MoveUP that managers have been contacting members at their place of residence with regards to return to work or illness. If a manager contacts you at your place of residence please advise the manager that you are going to seek the advice of your Union before you […]

On April 18 I issued a bulletin attached here regarding the new Letter of Agreement regarding depot overtime distribution. Since that time I have received a number of inquiries regarding part 3) c) of the LOA. This part deals with the assignment of "short-notice" overtime; overtime which starts less than eight hours from the time […]

As you will recall, your union initiated a grievance late last year in response to the unilateral decision of the employer to require the signing of "SR Days". The practice of requiring signing is in violation of the collective agreement, which requires the days to be scheduled in the pay period they are earned, or […]

The Joint Worksite Occupational Health and Safety Committee at your location needs your help.  We are looking for members to join the Occupational Health & Safety Committee. This committee is made up of both union members and management who ensure your office/worksite is a safe and healthy environment in which to work.In accordance with Workers' […]

Recently your union became aware of a practice of split-shifts being allowed in the depot. By "split-shifts" we mean a shift which is not continuous and have a period of non-work time in between two periods of work. Normally this is two four-hour periods of work time divided by a period of non-work time. The […]

Recently your union received information from some of our members employed in the depots which indicated that in some instances the employer was not adhering to the Letter of Agreement (LOA) RE: Distribution of Overtime for Depot Coordinators.We took this issue up with the employer, who indicated that in their view the LOA was not […]