LOCALS 1001, 1092 and 76

LOCALS 1001, 1092 and 76

of the LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION

OF NORTH AMERICA

and

CITY OF CHICAGO

PREAMBLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1 - RECOGNITION AND INTEGRITY OF BARGAINING UNITS.......

Section 1.1 - Recognition................................

Section 1.2 - Unit Work; All Unions Bound................

Section 1.3 - Abolishment of Job Classification..........

Section 1.4 - New Classifications or Successor Titles....

Section 1.5 - Assignment of New Work to Bargaining Unit..

Section 1.6 - Jurisdictional Disputes....................

ARTICLE 2 - UNION RIGHTS........................................

Section 2.1 - Right of Access............................

Section 2.2 - Union Stewards.............................

Section 2.3 - Employees..................................

Section 2.4 - Union Business and Activities..............

Section 2.5 - Union Leave of Absence.....................

Section 2.6 - Personnel Transactions.....................

Section 2.7 - Bulletin Boards............................

Section 2.8 - Backpay Awards.............................

ARTICLE 3 - RULES OF CONDUCT CHANGES............................

ARTICLE 4 - DISCIPLINE AND GRIEVANCE/ARBITRATION................

Section 4.1 - Disciplinary Action .........................

Section 4.2 - Procedure For Department Review of Disciplinary Action Including Suspension ..

Section 4.3 - Conduct of Disciplinary Investigations......

Section 4.4 - Grievance and Arbitration...................

ARTICLE 5 - NON-DISCRIMINATION..................................

Section 5.1 - Equal Employment Opportunities.............

Section 5.2 - No Discrimination..........................

Section 5.3 - Grievances.................................

Section 5.4 - Reasonable Accommodation...................

ARTICLE 6 - HOLIDAYS............................................

Section 6.1 - (a) Full Time Hourly

(b) Full Time Salary .....................

Section 6.2 - Payment for Holiday........................

Section 6.3 - Determining Work Days as Holidays..........

Section 6.4 - Failure to Report to Work on Scheduled Holiday....................................

Section 6.5 - Holiday Observance.........................

Section 6.6 - Use of Compensatory Time...................

ARTICLE 7 - LEAVES..............................................

Section 7.1 - Leaves with Pay............................

Section 7.1.1 - Bereavement Pay............................

Section 7.1.2 - Military Leave.............................

Section 7.1.3 - Jury Duty Leave/Subpoena...................

Section 7.1.4 - Sick Leave.................................

Section 7.2 - Leaves Without Pay.........................

Section 7.2.1 - Personal Leave.............................

Section 7.2.2 - Medical Leave..............................

Section 7.2.3 - Duty Disability Leaves.....................

Section 7.2.4 - Return from Leaves.........................

Section 7.2.5 - Education Leave............................

ARTICLE 8 - RECORDS AND FORMS...................................

Section 8.1 - Attendance Records.........................

Section 8.2 - Personnel Files............................

Section 8.3 - Contents...................................

Section 8.4 - Employee Notification......................

Section 8.5 - Undated Forms..............................

Section 8.6 - Incomplete Forms...........................

Section 8.7 - Telephone Numbers..........................

ARTICLE 9 - HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME..........................

Section 9.1 - Purpose....................................

Section 9.2 - Definition of The Work Week................

Section 9.2.1 - Non-Salaried Employees.....................

Section 9.2.2 - Salaried Employees.........................

Section 9.2.3 - Refuse Collectors..........................

Section 9.3 - Starting Times.............................

Section 9.3.1 - Shift Schedules............................

Section 9.3.2 - Change of Shift Schedule...................

Section 9.3.3 - Permanent Changes in Shift Schedule........

Section 9.4 - Call in Guarantee..........................

Section 9.4.1 - Outside Regular Working Hours..............

Section 9.4.2 - Contiguous to Regular Working Hours........

Section 9.5 - Reporting Pay..............................

Section 9.5.1 - Hourly Paid Employees......................

Section 9.5.2 - Salaried Employees.........................

Section 9.6 - Notice of and Distribution of Overtime.....

Section 9.7 - Payment of Overtime........................

Section 9.7.1 - Payment....................................

Section 9.7.2 - Compensatory time..........................

Section 9.8 - Medical Attention..........................

Section 9.9 - Standby....................................

Section 9.10 - Deferred Compensation......................

Section 9.11 - Meals Scheduling...........................

Section 9.12 - Degree Days................................

ARTICLE 10 - VACATIONS..........................................

Section 10.1 - Vacation Eligibility........................

Section 10.2 - Pro Rata Vacations.........................

Section 10.3 - Forfeit of Vacation........................

Section 10.4 - Termination................................

Section 10.5 - Rate.......................................

Section 10.6 - Picks......................................

Section 10.7 - Prior Service..............................

Section 10.8 - Non-Consecutive Vacation Days..............

ARTICLE 11 - CONTINUOUS SERVICE.................................

Section 11.1 - Definition.................................

Section 11.2 - Interruption in Service....................

Section 11.3 - Reciprocity................................

Section 11.4 - Break in Service...........................

Section 11.5 - Probationary Employment....................

Section 11.6 - Seasonal Employment........................

Section 11.7 - Hand Laborers..............................

ARTICLE 12 - GROUP HEALTH, VISION CARE, DENTAL, LIFE AND

ACCIDENT BENEFITS................................

ARTICLE 13 - LAYOFF AND RECALL..................................

Section 13.1 - Reasons for Layoff.........................

Section 13.2 - Notice of Layoff or Reduction in Force.....

Section 13.3 - Layoff Procedure...........................

Section 13.4 - Bumping....................................

Section 13.5 - Recall.....................................

Section 13.6 - Hiring During Layoffs......................

Section 13.7 - Lottery....................................

ARTICLE 14 - NO STRIKES - NO LOCKOUT............................

Section 14.1 - No Strikes..................................

Section 14.2 - Preventive Efforts..........................

Section 14.3 - Discipline..................................

Section 14.4 - No Lock-Out.................................

ARTICLE 15 - FILLING OF PERMANENT VACANCIES.....................

Section 15.1 - Definition of Vacancy.......................

Section 15.2 - Filling of Permanent Vacancies..............

Section 15.3 - Acting in a Higher-Rated Job................

Section 15.4 - Acting in a Lower-Rated Job.................

Section 15.5 - Detailing...................................

Section 15.6 - Balancing the Workforce and Reassignment Procedure..................

ARTICLE 16 - TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT................................

ARTICLE 17 - HEALTH AND SAFETY..................................

Section 17.1 - Safety.....................................

Section 17.2 - Safety Committee...........................

ARTICLE 18 - WORKLOADS..........................................

Section 18.1 - SWLMC.......................................

Section 18.2 - Procedures..................................

Section 18.3 - Review of Standards.........................

Section 18.4 - Data Requests...............................

Section 18.5 - Advance Notice..............................

Section 18.6 - Expedited Grievances........................

Section 18.7 - Expedited Arbitration.......................

Section 18.8 - Expedited Procedure.........................

ARTICLE 19 - CAREER ADVANCEMENT.................................

Section 19.1 - Career Advancement.........................

Section 19.2 - Training...................................

Section 19.3 - Labor Management Training Committee........

ARTICLE 20 - SUB-CONTRACTING....................................

Section 20.1 - Subcommittee...............................

Section 20.2 - Prevailing Rate Jobs.......................

Section 20.3 - Non-Prevailing Rate Jobs...................

Section 20.4 - Layoff of Employees........................

ARTICLE 21 - TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE...............................

Section 21.1 - Definition..................................

Section 21.2 - Notification of Union.......................

Section 21.3 - Meeting with Union..........................

Section 21.4 - Non-Prevailing Rate Jobs....................

Section 21.5 - Union Jurisdiction..........................

ARTICLE 22 - SEPARABILITY.......................................

ARTICLE 23 - DUES CHECK-OFF AND FAIR SHARE FEE..................

Section 23.1 - Check-off...................................

Section 23.2 - Fair Share..................................

Section 23.3 - IPLRA.......................................

Section 23.4 - Maintenance of Membership...................

ARTICLE 24 - WAGES..............................................

Section 24.1 - Rates.......................................

Section 24.2 - Prevailing Rate Jobs........................

Section 24.3 - Non-Prevailing Rate Jobs....................

Section 24.4 - Sanitation Laborers.........................

Section 24.5 - Special Wage Increases......................

Section 24.6 - Automobile Reimbursement....................

Section 24.7 - Payment of Wages............................

ARTICLE 25 - DRUG TESTING ......................................

Section 25.1 - Policy Statement...........................

Section 25.2 - Definitions................................

Section 25.3 - Disciplinary Action........................

Section 25.4 - Drug and Alcohol Testing...................

Section 25.5 - Employee Assistance Program................

ARTICLE 26 - INVESTIGATIONS AND PERSONNEL MATTERS...............

Section 26.1 - POLYGRAPH..................................

ARTICLE 27 - MANAGEMENT RIGHTS..................................

Section 27.1 - Management Rights...........................

ARTICLE 28 - RATIFICATION AND TERMINATION.......................

APPENDIX A (Job Classifications Under Agreement)

APPENDIX B (Prevailing Wage Rates)

APPENDIX C (Union Wage Rates)

APPENDIX D - I (Salary Rate Charts)

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