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<blockquote data-quote="just chillin&amp;#039;" data-source="post: 3492921" data-attributes="member: 33261">Acquisition of SeniorityAfter forty days of work within a seventy consecutive work day period, (excluding orientation) a new employee will acquire seniority and the employee shall be given a seniority date as of his/her first day of employment (orientation) worked within such 70 consecutive work day period. If, however, the employee does not complete the 40 days within these 70 days his/her seniority date will be the first day of the 40 worked within any subsequent seventy (70) workday period. Time spent in the Company orientation program will not count toward the acquisition of seniority. this was taken from my local supplement where its now 40 days and not 30 to &quot;make book&quot;. after the 30 or 40 days (depending on what local your hired in) are worked you will then see a deduction in that weeks paycheck for union initiation fees. im not sure how much that is these days. im thinking a couple hundred bucks spread over 3 or 4 paychecks. after that union dues are then deducted monthly and calculated at approximately 2 and 1/2 times your hourly rate. like $10 an hour would equate to $25 a month. the thing to remember is that your seniority date will kick back to the very first day of paid orientation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="just chillin', post: 3492921, member: 33261"] [B]Acquisition of Seniority[/B] After [B][I]forty[/I][/B] days of work within a seventy consecutive work day period, (excluding orientation) a new employee will acquire seniority and the employee shall be given a seniority date as of his/her [B][I][U]first day of employment (orientation)[/U][/I][/B] worked within such 70 consecutive work day period. If, however, the employee does not complete the 40 days within these 70 days his/her seniority date will be the first day of the 40 worked within any subsequent seventy (70) workday period. Time spent in the Company orientation program will not count toward the acquisition of seniority. this was taken from my local supplement where its now 40 days and not 30 to "make book". after the 30 or 40 days (depending on what local your hired in) are worked you will then see a deduction in that weeks paycheck for union initiation fees. im not sure how much that is these days. im thinking a couple hundred bucks spread over 3 or 4 paychecks. after that union dues are then deducted monthly and calculated at approximately 2 and 1/2 times your hourly rate. like $10 an hour would equate to $25 a month. the thing to remember is that your seniority date will kick back to the very first day of paid orientation. [/QUOTE]

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