Common use of For Bus Drivers Clause in Contracts

For Bus Drivers. At the beginning of the school year bus drivers will be assigned the basic approximate runs that they had for the previous school year. During the first four (4) weeks of the school year the Employer shall have an annual bus run bid selection meeting. Bus drivers shall be given the runs and will become effective at the beginning of the fifth (5th) week. Bus drivers not attending the bid meeting shall be assigned to residual runs by the Employer. Bus drivers may use proxies to bid on the runs. Bus drivers with top seniority as per the seniority list, will be given first consideration for bidding runs or when a run becomes open. Change in bus runs through the bidding process may only be permitted once in a semester. In the event the bus route is changed by more than ten (10) minutes, the Employer, at the request of the Association, shall re-bid all runs within two weeks of said request by the Association. The Association must make such request within five (5) working days of the changes, or the current run schedule shall be deemed acceptable.