wart57 wrote:This week and last week were black out weeks for us, no-body could take off, yet about 10 people are off today.
Cough, cough, I think I have the black lung. I may need to go home.
For Christmas, Thanksgiving, 4th of July, and Memorial Day weeks you need to have at least worked here for 25 years before you can even think of getting those weeks off. So in about 15 more years I might be able to get it off.
With my job its first come first serve, unless you got had that holiday week off last year then you cant take it again. Gives everyone the opportunity to get those holiday weeks off, its nice. With me being there 4 months I dont lose out on a guy who has been there longer.
Working for a union means we have no choice but to go in seniority order.
Worked for a union and lossed my job when the place closed two yrs before the contract was up, Never again.
I'm not sure AT&T is going to go belly up any time soon but I think our contract is up next year. It may suck because they are already talking about striking due to health care issues (not that its anything new, it happens every contract year)
