I would be more worries about a union rep not doing his job. If your rep doesn't care about you now, why would he when you are full time? As far as seniority and transfers, it varies stat to state and local to local. Watertown has a 7-10 yr wait for full time, while Syracuse has a 10-15 yr wait. With the new pension rules, full time is going to take that much longer. Don't worry about another building, I'm sure enough
is going on in yours. We need to stick together.