🧭 Seniority Rights: Fairness You Can Count On

In a unionized workplace, seniority means stability, fairness, and opportunity. No more favoritism or nepotism — your time and commitment are what matter.

Under the union contract, seniority is the sole determining factor in key areas of your employment. Here's what that looks like in practice:

🔁 Layoffs and Recalls

• Layoffs happen in reverse seniority order — the newest employees are laid off first.
  
  

• When work picks back up, recalls happen in order of seniority — the longest-serving employees get called back first.
  ✅ This protects experienced employees from being replaced by new hires or part-timers during slow periods.
  
  

📆 Work Schedules and Weekly Hours

• Weekly hours are scheduled based on seniority, not favoritism or favoritism-based availability.
  
  

• Your workweek start time and days off are awarded based on your seniority rank within your classification.
  ✅ This ensures consistent, predictable hours and fair access to desirable schedules, especially for full-time employees.
  
  

📌 Job Postings

• When full-time or preferred positions open up (excluding supervisor roles), they must be posted and awarded based on seniority.
  
  

• As long as you're qualified, your time served gives you first opportunity — not personal favoritism, family ties, or politics.
  ✅ Promotions and transfers are now a matter of earned time, not "who you know."
  
  

🛡️ Why This Matters

Seniority eliminates the guesswork and power games that too often control non-union workplaces. It gives you:

• Security — You know where you stand and what your future looks like.
  
  

• Opportunity — Access to better jobs, better shifts, and more hours.
  
  

• Fairness — Equal treatment across the board, regardless of favoritism.

✅ Quick Summary

How Seniority Applies:

Layoffs

Reverse order of seniority

Recalls

Senior-most qualified workers return first

Weekly Hours

Scheduled by seniority

Start Times/Days Off

Chosen in seniority order

Job Postings

Awarded to senior-most qualified bidder

“You put in the time, you get the reward. That’s how it should be — and with a union, that’s how it is.”