so that means there is no such thing as "seniority" so if a driver comes to work, they make him wash trucks, off load or load if they want or send them home and work someone else. Got it. I guess that's why all the managers in my building do whatever they want and send employees home and have the supervisors do all the work instead of paying the union people.
Tell us the whole story, what were your original grievances for?
Br contract, they have to pull you out of your area by seniority. Meaning the bottom person goes first not the top. Unless you volunteer to go.
Where does it say that?
In the contract. Central Region Supplement.
NE supplement here and everything is done inside with consideration for seniority. It was not always like this, particularly on shifts without OGs. It took a few years to restore these things for part-timers. End-of-shift cuts are done top to bottom, part-timers can work a preferred job, and bumps are done via seniority. I am proud of our current BA and the workers who stuck their necks out as 5 years ago seniority didn't mean a thing.
Many people here are going to tell you seniority doesn't matter in regard to job preference and other things. If your supplement doesn't have strong seniority catch-all language, look into past practice on other shifts and see how things are done.
My original grievances date back for years. 1 grievance was I would call in sick ( i had 16 sick days) and he would never pay me for them, this happened 3 times. I put in slips for optional days because at the end of the year I had not used them, so In October I put in my slips, HE SIGNED THEM and then didn't pay me for them. My start was 6:30 pm, but during Christmas he said I could come in early, and he would change my time. I started at 5:30 pm and he never changed my time. so in February I filed a grievance and I got paid for all the hours he didn't pay me. This has been going on for 5 of the 6 years he's been there.
If your in Burtonsville, they just don’t care, they pay grievances for supes working like kids trick or treating, they just wont stop. So I here from the Feeder News Network.
I'm in Landover. A shop Steward told me one guy made over 40,000 in grievances, that's insane
Thank you so much for this
Now go forth and smite thine enemy.
Maybe it’s time to get the national involved? Especially since you have grievances going on for years.
What does that mean, "get the national involved"?
