Feeder Seniority

[Dracula]

Was talking with another driver today, and we were wondering how different hubs classify feeder seniority; meaning, do package car drivers carry their seniority into feeders, or does feeder seniority reset?

We keep our seniority from PC when we go into feeders. We hear OK City, or that area resets seniority when drivers make it in feeders.

 

[PT Car Washer]

In my building (in the Midwest) FT employees carry their seniority no matter which job they bid. A lot of off the street Feeder drivers don't like it because whenever a package car driver bids into Feeders most likely they will get pushed back down the list.

 

[Johney]

We retain our seniority date as far as company seniority, but when we go into feeders you obtain a "new" feeder seniority date when you bid a run and do it for a day. For instance someone with 25 years friend/t p/c seniority can have more feeder seniority than say someone who comes into feeders later with 30 years friend/t p/c. Make sense?

 

[Dracula]

Johney, are in Oklahoma?

 

[Johney]

Johney, are in Oklahoma?

Southeast. Way south.

 

[Jones]

We used to have classification seniority but got rid of it a few contracts ago, now you take your FT seniority with you.

 

[QKRSTKR]

We carry our seniority over from packages

 

[MaceFremonti]

UPS company seniority here.....'91 seniority can get you a day run at my building.

 

[Johney]

UPS company seniority here.....'91 seniority can get you a day run at my building.

Day run and deal with the a-whole drivers all day? No thanks.

 

[upschuck]

In my building (in the Midwest) FT employees carry their seniority no matter which job they bid. A lot of off the street Feeder drivers don't like it because whenever a package car driver bids into Feeders most likely they will get pushed back down the list.

Same here

 

[upschuck]

Southeast. Way south.

Antarctica?

 

[Johney]

Antarctica?

Don't have enough seniority for that run. Besides isn't that just south not southeast?

 

[upschuck]

Don't have enough seniority for that run. Besides isn't that just south not southeast?

Not that old.

 

[Johney]

Not that old.

Oh I'm old enough.

 

[MaceFremonti]

Day run and deal with the a-whole drivers all day? No thanks.

LOL...'tis true, but we have a few runs here and there where day traffic is very light.

 

[CTRUPS]

The right to move up to feeder goes by company seniority but all new drivers are given a new feeder seniority date. They still maintain their package seniority for when they go back to package. So a feeder driver can have numerous seniority dates (part time start date, full time start date that also leads to an adjusted start date and then a transfer date and or a package seniority date and then finally feeder seniority) but only feeder seniority matters in feeder.

 

[Dracula]

The right to move up to feeder goes by company seniority but all new drivers are given a new feeder seniority date. They still maintain their package seniority for when they go back to package. So a feeder driver can have numerous seniority dates (part time start date, full time start date that also leads to an adjusted start date and then a transfer date and or a package seniority date and then finally feeder seniority) but only feeder seniority matters in feeder.

What part of the country are you in?

 

[CTRUPS]

Ontario ca.

 

[Johney]

The right to move up to feeder goes by company seniority but all new drivers are given a new feeder seniority date. They still maintain their package seniority for when they go back to package. So a feeder driver can have numerous seniority dates (part time start date, full time start date that also leads to an adjusted start date and then a transfer date and or a package seniority date and then finally feeder seniority) but only feeder seniority matters in feeder.

Here if you obtain feeder seniority you don't go back to package. If you do you lose your package seniority along with your run and are considered the bottom guy. You can "bump" any other job in the building as long as they have less company seniority than you or two jobs if necessary to get your 8 excluding 22.3 jobs. Also once feeder qualified we must pick vacation off feeder vac list.

 

[CTRUPS]

We have 2 classes of "Feeder" drivers on the seniority list. "Bid" drivers and "Cover" drivers. Bid drivers are planned to be in feeder permanently and cover drivers are brought into feeder(by seniority) as needed and when they aren't needed in feeder they are in package. In the 90s there was several seniority lists combined and so the conclusion for basis of seniority was when a driver trained to be in feeder as several drivers had been cover drivers in domiciles(2 bid and 2 cover drivers) where they were only feeder when bid drivers were on vacation. So our "feeder seniority" is based on when you take your class to be a feeder driver and once you pass class you start picking vacations and holidays off of feeder vacation list.