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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1198560" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>Not true, at least under my supplement. PT'ers bid on preferred jobs (irregs, clerk, small sort, etc.) and the most senior employee on the bid list (typically these lists are maintained in the sort manager's office -- one of the best kept secrets at UPS are where the preferred job bid lists are kept) are awarded the job if there is a vacancy. The company has the right to "layoff" workers in reverse seniority order (from the bottom up) and bump them back to their prior non-preferred job (unload/outbound) but must recall them in reverse order (most senior laid off small sorter, for example). </p><p></p><p>In practice, however, the company typically picks who they want (usually a slower loader/unloader or females) for a small sort slot but this is a quick/immediate fix if the steward is worth a <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1198560, member: 42270"] Not true, at least under my supplement. PT'ers bid on preferred jobs (irregs, clerk, small sort, etc.) and the most senior employee on the bid list (typically these lists are maintained in the sort manager's office -- one of the best kept secrets at UPS are where the preferred job bid lists are kept) are awarded the job if there is a vacancy. The company has the right to "layoff" workers in reverse seniority order (from the bottom up) and bump them back to their prior non-preferred job (unload/outbound) but must recall them in reverse order (most senior laid off small sorter, for example). In practice, however, the company typically picks who they want (usually a slower loader/unloader or females) for a small sort slot but this is a quick/immediate fix if the steward is worth a [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG]. [/QUOTE]
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