Not necessarily, some places(like here)you lose your seniority when changing classification. So while having company time his feeder dept could have 20 or more people and would go to the bottom of the seniority list or less people and never get in.
That's the way it is here also.
That would suck, our full time seniority transfers to feeders here.
We had been holding 8 zip codes. 3 of which were densely populated towns on the way to rural zips. Our ORS and center manager lobbied to our DM to no longer hold the 3 "urban" zip codes and he agreed.
When I went to feeders my first year vacation picks were the only 6 weeks left. 3 weeks in January, 1 in February, 2 in March and what really sucked is that first year I didn't have feeder seniority and bounce back and forth between package and feeder. What was nice is there were guys with more company seniority that came in after me and I had more feeder seniority.
I filed a grievance for article 37 section 1 last week. We will see what happens.
Curious as to why you even mentioned over allowed. It's not recognized by the union or most drivers.
Honestly, it was because I had very recently spent some time reading this forum, & I saw a lot of animosity for drivers who were perceived to not be carrying their own weight.
Is your route one of those rural deferred routes? And do they just give you the day off when the route is cut? I retired a couple of years ago but stay in touch with some of the drivers still. In our center they happily offer that voluntary day off when it happens
I'm surprised they're not trying to push 4x10s
As you should. Work safe, within your means. Ride it out until retirement.
And if the drivers are taking it and not requesting their 8hrs then they are part of the problem. When the company is forced to pay for your 8hrs and get zero work from you, they'll start finding work real quick. Especially if you all stand together as a group and force your 8.
Best of luck to you.
I don't disagree with you there. But I understand the old timers not wanting to play that game anymore also. I don't know about your center but where I came from getting everyone on board will probably never happen
Go ahead and cut my route and put me on something different on a Monday
The word from the guys in my center seem to be pretty positive all around. Last time I talked to the business agent he said they only had about 4 9.5 grievances for the year so far. That surprised me because when I left as shop steward we usually had 8 or 9 per day to process.
Yeah but you're a stud...... you can't compare that
