I really am not sure if I got the union withdraw card or not I just thought at that time when I gave my two weeks notice my Union seniority will automatically cancel itself out. I never knew that I might still owe union dues due to the two year absence. On anther note when I did fill out the union paper work they asked me if I was in a union with them before and I said yes and I put in the year that I was in, but my question will be would be with that information what will the union do with that information? Do I owe some union dues or will I able to recover my seniority ? And last but not least Will I have to start over? Sorry for all the qustions,but when it comes to the union stuff I really don't know that much.
About your seniority, the company has the right to start you all over again (pay rate, benefits entitlement, etc). It's up to their discretion. Maybe you'll get lucky, I hope you do.
You should have notified the union, yourself, when you left. No big deal, it's not common knowledge. But it is probably posted on the union bulletin board at work, and published in any newsletters you may have gotten from the union. Even if you didn't resign, but say you were going to be off work for a whole month (because of an injury), you could get a withdrawal card to save from having to pay dues for that month. Anyways, yes the union knows it hasn't been receiving your dues for a while, and I'm sure they asked the company about it and were told you left. Technically, you do owe monthly dues for all that time. However, if you contact the union dues department and explain the situation, they should be able to help you out. It would also save you from having to pay the initiation fee again (which is now double what you paid last time).
Why did you come back? Are you trying to become a full-time driver?
