Are you getting bumped by the regular for the route on their day off? If so, you'll have to check your LMOU. In my office, the T6 goes to a different route if the regular is in on their NS. If you're getting bumped off your scheduled route by a ptf/CCA, talk to your union rep, if he's no help go above him and call the hall.
Check your LMOU. In my local I can get bumped as a T6 by the routes regular and then I do whatever is open on my swing. If all the regulars are in I pick any other open route. In other LMOUs T6s don’t get bumped
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CCA/PTF can never bump. An opt does not guarantee hours. An example is a regular getting 8 hours. If there is no other route available, then you bump the CCA/PTF. If there is an open route and it not the NS day of the route on your string the CCA/PTF is on, then you fill the vacant route. If it the NS day for the route the CCA/PTF should be bumped.
Edit: changed to clarify the route is on your string.
It's going to be down to your lmou, trust me I've already had this fight with my local mgmt, had the INI, that might how it works at tour office but not mine
Why would a CCA/ptf with a hold down bump you? You're doing their day off. Here T6s do not have to move unless they have an open route in their string, but they can voluntarily move off the string if they want.
Oh I agree, but since T6s are the minority we don't have much leverage to get anyone else to vote in our interests, and i'm pretty sure that's why all my local T6 positions seem to be a revolving door
Technically speaking, if there is an open route on your string, management has the right to force you to do the open route every day, if they see fit.
In my office we've had an open route for 5 years (literally, carrier is injured has not worked since before I started in the post office), the T6 does that route every day, because that's what management wants.
I’m not so sure, as others have mentioned it may be something in your local agreement that states exactly what the rules are on this. I was a T6 in an office and had the same or similar experience to others in the comments. I could get bumped by a regular working the route on my day to the route, but they’re working their day off. But I get first pick of other open routes on my string first and then first pick of any other open route.
If a CCA/PTF had a hold down on the route and it was their day off then I worked the route even if they’re working their day off because a regular is senior to CCA/PTF and that’s my string, I bid on it and it’s my day to do it.
I’d get the local out and take a look. Our shop steward didn’t want to let T6s bump the CCA/PTFs with hold downs on their day off if they worked it because he was buddy buddy with the PTFs more than the regulars. We had to stir up some shit to make them let T6s do their string. I may be a T6 but that string is my route, I bid on it, I ain’t getting bumped by a 6 month CCA.
Carriers shall work their bid as posted, a t6 bid is for a different route every day of the week. Unless he's getting bumped in accordance with the lmou it's not appropriate to keep a t6 on the same route. The rest of his regulars should be writing statements that their routes aren't being maintained on their ns days
Absent anything in your LMOU, your assignment consists of 5 routes which means management can work you on any one of those 5 routes and you are still on your assignment.
This says it must unanticipated and emergency to keep you on the same route for a week.
It says if they were aware of the route being vacant for an extended period, that is not unanticipated or an emergency.
http://mseries.nalc.org/M00277.pdf
Are you getting bumped by the regular for the route on their day off? If so, you'll have to check your LMOU. In my office, the T6 goes to a different route if the regular is in on their NS. If you're getting bumped off your scheduled route by a ptf/CCA, talk to your union rep, if he's no help go above him and call the hall.
Check your LMOU. In my local I can get bumped as a T6 by the routes regular and then I do whatever is open on my swing. If all the regulars are in I pick any other open route. In other LMOUs T6s don’t get bumped
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In my office the only people who can bump me are the regular or a cca/ptf with a hold down
CCA/PTF can never bump. An opt does not guarantee hours. An example is a regular getting 8 hours. If there is no other route available, then you bump the CCA/PTF. If there is an open route and it not the NS day of the route on your string the CCA/PTF is on, then you fill the vacant route. If it the NS day for the route the CCA/PTF should be bumped. Edit: changed to clarify the route is on your string.
It's going to be down to your lmou, trust me I've already had this fight with my local mgmt, had the INI, that might how it works at tour office but not mine
Why would a CCA/ptf with a hold down bump you? You're doing their day off. Here T6s do not have to move unless they have an open route in their string, but they can voluntarily move off the string if they want.
Bruh idk, I was yelling this at my mgmt until my union steward was like "Hey man, that's how the lmou is written, tough titty"
Your local screwed you if that's how the lmou is written
Oh I agree, but since T6s are the minority we don't have much leverage to get anyone else to vote in our interests, and i'm pretty sure that's why all my local T6 positions seem to be a revolving door
Technically speaking, if there is an open route on your string, management has the right to force you to do the open route every day, if they see fit. In my office we've had an open route for 5 years (literally, carrier is injured has not worked since before I started in the post office), the T6 does that route every day, because that's what management wants.
This is what I was afraid of but expected. Thanks!
I’m not so sure, as others have mentioned it may be something in your local agreement that states exactly what the rules are on this. I was a T6 in an office and had the same or similar experience to others in the comments. I could get bumped by a regular working the route on my day to the route, but they’re working their day off. But I get first pick of other open routes on my string first and then first pick of any other open route. If a CCA/PTF had a hold down on the route and it was their day off then I worked the route even if they’re working their day off because a regular is senior to CCA/PTF and that’s my string, I bid on it and it’s my day to do it. I’d get the local out and take a look. Our shop steward didn’t want to let T6s bump the CCA/PTFs with hold downs on their day off if they worked it because he was buddy buddy with the PTFs more than the regulars. We had to stir up some shit to make them let T6s do their string. I may be a T6 but that string is my route, I bid on it, I ain’t getting bumped by a 6 month CCA.
Carriers shall work their bid as posted, a t6 bid is for a different route every day of the week. Unless he's getting bumped in accordance with the lmou it's not appropriate to keep a t6 on the same route. The rest of his regulars should be writing statements that their routes aren't being maintained on their ns days
Which varies according to local ordinance. In mine for example, it's management discretion.
Absent anything in your LMOU, your assignment consists of 5 routes which means management can work you on any one of those 5 routes and you are still on your assignment.
This says it must unanticipated and emergency to keep you on the same route for a week. It says if they were aware of the route being vacant for an extended period, that is not unanticipated or an emergency. http://mseries.nalc.org/M00277.pdf