Originally Posted by
highfarfast
I didn't know about the arbitrator's ruling. When I read the contract the language seemed a little murky on reserve assignment seniority though (don't have it with me right now). Also, the reason I didn't bother calling in the second instance to argue is that in the first instance, I was basically told "tough" and "we'll consider this call confirmation of your RAP 2". I did not want to risk "confirming" on the second instance given there is a way out of that one.
When we lost the grievance over the company's unilateral invention of "default" RAPs, the arbitrator's ruling mentioned that even though the company was allowed to give out default RAPs, that they still had to honor seniority when giving out RAPs, as per our contract. The rumor I heard is that our petty management refused to sign the arbitration award because they didn't want to be beholden to that detail, though they still give out default RAPs. I heard that rumor secondhand, unconfirmed.