Originally Posted by
slaveship
H,
If this communication from the MEC is exactly as you have quoted thn this makes for a very definitive loud and clear complaint that the leadership should address. Have you ever complained to the flock (us) so we could also support you? Just curious.
This horse is bloody but what they hay...I'll throw a Baby Ruth in the punch bowl.
I called
contract enforcement after getting what I thought were the facts. My impression junior dude checked out before senior dude i.e. passover? I don't know so I call the experts and get treated like crap. Now maybe S.A. lost in cricket that day or he got the stiff arm from the wife, who knows who cares. Is it a gray area, loop hole in the CBA or did the company screw up and some dudes got hosed. Is my rep addressing this? Yes. Will anything come of it, who knows? Does the MEC care? I don't know.
Bottom line...was pure seniority protected? No. Why? Too much money for the grievance, couple hundred new guys who don't deserve WB pay, we won't win so why try, other? My opinion is fight hard to protect all seniority equally or don't...but don't preach to the masses that seniority must be protected and only fight certain battles i.e. retro.