i am a pt cover for 5 years now.still waiting to go ft like all other cover drivers. we have a route posted to be bid but no driver wants to commit to it because it is a terrible route. my question is since i am the only driver that has bid, would the company make me a ft driver to cover the route daily? i am under the southern supplement and can not find the answer, any suggestions?
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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If no FT seniority, cover or casual drivers want to sign the bid the route should be yours for the taking.
packageguy
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Daniel Bryant
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Same thing happened to me back when I was a cover driver. Downtown route and I was happy to bid on it if it got me driving everyday. I was told it would be my route only when I was needed on the road. That if they didn't need me to drive I didn't get to come in and run it. Was better for me to stay unassigned and run something good every now and then.
IF your the highest seniority person that bids the FT route that is open it's yours and your a FT driver. Seniority rules however you have to bid the job in order for seniority to mean anything. They can't say that it's not your route because others that didn't sign the bid have more seniority than you. T
They can't force someone to take a bid job just because they have more seniority than someone else. That would be like saying every PTimer will have to driver sooner or later.
menotyou
bella amicizia
You'd be shocked what goes on in NY.
I guess I would. In the union it should go the way I said. I know in my area that is how it works... But than again we don't have PT cover driver only FT cover. Pt's only driver Air and only on Sat.
thanks for all the info everyone. with the company trying to keep part timers from advancing i thought i could slip under the radar by doing this. i am still going to leave my name posted as of right now i am still the only bid for the route. we will see what happens. i WILL keep everyone posted for future reference.
If you want the job sign the bid list if you don't sign the list you can't win the bid... LEAVE YOUR NAME ON THE BID LIST. Pull out your contract and read your supplement / rider. Specificly the section dealling with seniority.
If you are pt and drive,and you are next on list you have to take the bid. You can't say no i don't like that route. We had too many seniority issues with people passing. This is a union rule
