Originally Posted by
Hiwaymiles
This is the real issue: Seniority is a negotiated benefit.
Unless there is a deadlock. Then arbitration takes over. In this case, binding arbitration. Right now, your contract contains important items that were arbitrated, not negotiated. You're blurring the issue.
Had they negotiated the list, we wouldn't have this problem. But they didn't. They submitted it to an arbitrator, and agreed to accept his award.
"I had my fingers crossed!" doesn't count.
Originally Posted by
Hiwaymiles
Restated: If motivated by a legitimate union objective, a reordering of a (proposed, arbitrated) seniority list is not a violation of DFR.
If done only because you want a do-over, it is.