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uber
Guest
So I just made seniority. Do I get no vacations for this year?
Leftinbuilding
Well-Known Member
A copy of the contract is your best friend. You can get it online.
OptimusPrime
Well-Known Member
You get whatever you had from your time in the building. If you are off the street, then no dice.
U
uber
Guest
Point me in the right direction.
barnyard
KTM rider
iowa boy
Well-Known Member
When you make seniority, you are treated as a new employee for vacation purposes. Meaning, you keep all your weeks you are qualified for, but you have to wait a year to use them.
U
uber
Guest
Always busting my balls.
Anonymous 10
Guest
Yea but eventually you will have seven a year and you will wonder where the time went.
Bubblehead
My Senior Picture
Now that you have made seniority, search out your steward.
Learn the contract and the seniority list.
Once you know both, identify the top 5-10 by seniority.
Now you're looking for the 2 or 3 that don't look scared, mad, or glassy eyed.
Befriend these drivers and listen to all they have to say.
You will be much better served with this system rather than following the advice you will get here.
I don't mean this as an insult to anybody giving advice here.
It's just that it is so different from building to building, like it or not.
Learn the contract and the seniority list.
Once you know both, identify the top 5-10 by seniority.
Now you're looking for the 2 or 3 that don't look scared, mad, or glassy eyed.
Befriend these drivers and listen to all they have to say.
You will be much better served with this system rather than following the advice you will get here.
I don't mean this as an insult to anybody giving advice here.
It's just that it is so different from building to building, like it or not.
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Anonymous 10
Guest
thats what I did and the rest is history. I rose to the top(or the thankless position of steward) because I was taken under the wing of all the tough ass charismatic old union and whacked out teamster guys as a twenty four old newbie who was scared of the dark and ready to fight because I had a chip on my shoulder wild card grievance filer and straight up loyal to a fault young buck. Take bubbles advice it's from his heart.
S
serenity now
Guest
your worn out body will remind you on a daily basis where the time went
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
Yes you get Saturday-Sunday off.
You're in Portland right? Your pt seniority gets halved. So if you have 4 years, you get it cut to two so you'll get 3 wks vaca on your driving seniority date next year.
