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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 2548256" data-attributes="member: 14176">If I understand it correctly, Local 177 bid their jobs indefinitely, not annually.With this in mind, the only &quot;transfers&quot; as you termed it, will be through rebids as a result of attrition or the business expanding.As I see it, the only scenario for the Company to have any liability in the form of retraining, will be in packages.Feeders and 22.3 jobs don&#039;t require the same retraining &quot;learning curve&quot;.Either way, any redistribution of staffing will be gradual.I speak from experience, as my Local has the Seniority Application that I describe.At such time as I decide, in my 23rd year or going forward, that humping bundles is no longer for me, I will take my full time seniority to a feeder or 22.3 job as it should be.In late 2014, 35 feeder drivers were hired off street here.This was due to an expanded and unprecedented need in feeders and a lack of package drivers willing to make the move.If the Company were honest, I don&#039;t believe they wanted 35 additional package car driver training for this staffing expansion and the residual effects in packages.How can anybody think that these off street hires should have any type of seniority rights over me if I were to bid into feeders?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 2548256, member: 14176"] If I understand it correctly, Local 177 bid their jobs indefinitely, not annually. With this in mind, the only "transfers" as you termed it, will be through rebids as a result of attrition or the business expanding. As I see it, the only scenario for the Company to have any liability in the form of retraining, will be in packages. Feeders and 22.3 jobs don't require the same retraining "learning curve". Either way, any redistribution of staffing will be gradual. I speak from experience, as my Local has the Seniority Application that I describe. At such time as I decide, in my 23rd year or going forward, that humping bundles is no longer for me, I will take my full time seniority to a feeder or 22.3 job as it should be. In late 2014, 35 feeder drivers were hired off street here. This was due to an expanded and unprecedented need in feeders and a lack of package drivers willing to make the move. If the Company were honest, I don't believe they wanted 35 additional package car driver training for this staffing expansion and the residual effects in packages. How can anybody think that these off street hires should have any type of seniority rights over me if I were to bid into feeders? [/QUOTE]

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