HomeMy WebLinkAboutMOU - Master Agreement for CDL Premium Pay and Training – Teamsters Local Union No. 364MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of Understanding (this "MOU") is made on February 14 1 2023 (the
"Effective Date") and sets forth the agrecment between the City of South Bend, Indiana (the
"City"), and Teamsters Local Union No. 364, affiliated with the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters of America (the "Union") (collectively, the "Parties").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into a Master Agreement ("Agreement") to provide for
equitable and peaceful adjustment of differences which may arise, further a mutual and voluntary
effort to promote and maintain sound labor relations, and to establish other conditions of
employment for the calendar years 2022-2024; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana ("Common Council")
passed Ordinance Number 7997-89 on July 24, 1989, fixing the maximum wages and monetary
fringe benefits for Teamsters Union employees of the City for the calendar years 1990 tluough
1992. Further, each subsequent contract cycle, the Common Council has passed an ordinance
fixing the maximum wages for Union employees, most recently on October 11, 2021 in Ordinance
Number 10816-21 for the term commencing on January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024 (the
"Salary Ordinance").
WHEREAS, the Parties mutually desire to amend the Equipment Services Supplemental to
provide for premium pay for Employees required to hold a Commercial Driver's License ("CDL")
as part of their job description and to increase the dollar amount of CDL training payable by the
City.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
1. The following Section shall be added as follows as Section A.6. of the Equipment
Services Supplemental:
Employees validly holding a CDL that is required by their job description and job
responsibilities shall receive premium pay as follows, according to the level of CDL the
employee is required to hold:
a. Class A unrestricted: $1.25 per hour
b. Class A: $1.00 per hour
c. Class B: $0.75 per hour
2. Section F of the Equipment Services Supplemental, providing for CDL training in
an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) shall be amended to
provide for CDL training in an amount not to exceed Six Thousand One Hundred Dollars
($6,100.00), with no other changes to Section F.
3. This Memorandum of Understanding shall be effective beginning with the first
full pay period following the date of Board of Public Works approval through December 31,
2024. Every other provision of the original Master Agreement and all Supplemental
Agreements are hereby ratified, approved, and reaffirmed by the Parties and all other matters
previously agreed to and set forth in the original Master Agreement and Supplementals not
affected by this Memorandum of Understanding shall remain in full force and effect.
(Signature Page to follow)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Memorandum of
Understanding to be executed as of the day and year written below.
Date:
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
.a zes Mueller, Mayor
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, 1NDIANA
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Elizabeth A. Maradik, President
Gary A. Gilot, Member
Murray L. Miller, Member
Date: J. ` I — ZDz 3
TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION
NO.364
Affiliated with the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters of
America
Robert R. Warnock, 1II, President
Joseph R. Molnar, Vice President
Jordan V. Gathers, Member
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Attest: Theresa M. Heffner, Clerk
Date: February 14, 2023