local804
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Thanks all for weighing in. 804's response was rather not helpful. I guess she/he must be immune from making mistakes. I am one of 6 Stewards who does try to protect the rights of 160 or so full and part-time employees. That is why the ask for help from you all.
I feel bad for all 4 employees caught up in this quagmire. 804 you are right as far as the blame laying goes. I don't say BA's and Stewards are blameless in this. 18 months ago I was having my 2nd lumbar surgery an was out for 6 months recovering. Our previous Manager was burnt out and slowly quitting for two years leaving a few messes in his wake. But do I approach an aggrieved employee and fellow Brother Teamster and say "sorry.. you are stupid." ? That sort of violates Article 37 (a) last sentence.
The procedure for routes on the board really doesnt take rocket science 101. It has nothing to do with Local 804 making mistakes or not. When the route is taken off the board(usually 2 weeks) the steward runs down the list and asks in seniority order if the person wants the route. The alternate steward also should know this, along with the other 5 or so steward in your building. Your other scenerio looked like the person had the route, didnt know it was a freshie up for bid. I dont think I said to call the employee stupid, but you have to wonder where his head has been for the last 18 months since putting his name up on that board. There is no language in my locals contract about a 10 day period for a route to be filled or anything on this subject. Article 44 deals with over 70 service and package handling in our master and ends on 39 in our local.
All of our bid sheets have 3 things highlighted when posted.
1.Bid start date
2.bid finsh date
3.date employee starts assigned route.
might want to look into changing your sheets.