Lots of package car drivers would see their families more if they worked nights. I'm not sure how getting home at 8 or 9 pm is better for family life.
Same at my local.
You’re lucky
Like @BigUnionGuy said, it depends on your supplement. A lot places allow your package seniority to dovetail into feeders, mine does not. You will start at the bottom no matter how many years you have. I got lucky in my situation to where I got in at the beginning of a massive feeder driver hiring increase so I wasn’t at the bottom for long. Other places, you could be a bottom feeder for a long time.
The first month is a total chaos. It takes 6 months to get comfortable. Some people just cant handle that initial pressure.
He misses his center manager chewing him out for someone else in the center making a pickup early.
Not allowing your seniority to count when you go from packages to feeder has to be the most absolute
Really weird that a local would agree to screw over seniority drivers. Had to be some payoffs made.
How long were you in package ?
I can see it both ways. You may have a 10 year package driver bid into feeders, and he can bump a feeder driver with 9.5 years. I can understand why a 9.5 year feeder driver would be upset if a feeder newby moved ahead of him without paying his dues, so to speak. I didn't mind starting over as long as everyone had the same rules to follow.
There are a lot of policies in place that we never “accepted”. The people that speak for us spoke over us.
What do you mean not paying his dues? What? Driving a package car safely all day every day isn't as hard as feeders?
Gee, isn't that why you have union meetings? To speak up if you're unhappy? And I'd sure be unhappy
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