Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
Yeah? Never would happen in YOUR local no way. Like how the collective bargaining unit voted down the last contract and it was passed anyway? That never happened in your local?
Feeder bid back to package car? HATE feeders
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Thebrownblob
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LOL no didn’t happen in the local, it was the international. The 2/3 rule was a legitimate provision in the international constitution, and now it’s gone.
So what? They had SENIORITY.
Been with the company longer, been a Teamster longer. That's what it's all about.
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
My point is we didn’t want it and it was forced on us. Now it is law. Doesn’t matter if we like it or not, you have to follow it. Same thing with the classification seniority situation in my local.
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
If that were the case I would be 200 spots higher than what I am now.
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
Well actually it’s not law anymore people going to their locals and the meetings actually got it taken out. Every delegate that went understood The members wanted it gone. So it is, so be ready.
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Thebrownblob
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If I were to decide to go to feeders my seniority would put me more than halfway up 600 person feeder department seniority list.
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
What’s stopping you?
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
I’m pretty happy where I’m at.
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
Still feel pretty good, if the body can’t take it I’ll go. Really only want five more years and as of right now I feel like I can do that in package, we shall see.
olroadbeech
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Cowboy Mac
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The bad part about that is to gain seniority you have to bid a run. If you don’t bid the first run you can get, you could get stuck on the backup list, while the junior driver who took the run jumps you in seniority.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
What’s wrong with that
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
Little different here. You can’t bid on new runs, that’s for drivers with seniority and your name won’t even be on the list to bid on them. You can win a 4th move bid but that’s only if no one else wanted it and if it gets that far you are going to be forced on it. You can bid in the annual bid in April but if you don’t pick, you will be forced. You have no option in staying on the extra board.
Cowboy Mac
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I have a FT seniority date of 01/01/2015.
A junior driver has a FT seniority date of 01/09/2015.
We both go through feeder training, me a week before him. We pass and we are on the backup list.
A sleeper run comes up for bid, I turn it down because I want to be home every night.
Junior driver accepts the sleeper run on 05/10/2022. That is his feeder seniority date.
A month later I bid a night run, home every night. My feeder seniority date is 06/10/2022.
When it comes time to bid again, he gets to pick first. Even though I have more FT seniority.
That’s where I have an issue because you either take the run you don’t want or let one or multiple junior drivers jump ahead of you.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
To keep drivers from jumping ship without paying the dues.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
It counts, you go to the bottom. You can bump the next guy that comes in. You won't be waltzing in 20 years later and bump a feeder driver that had to work nights the past 19 years while you stayed in package to be home nights with the kids.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
While you stayed package busting ass everyday in and out of a package car a couple hundred times
Let’s be real if you’ve been in pkg for any length of time you’ve paid your dues
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
It ain't like working nights. Night shift takes years off ya'.
