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Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

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Jimmyafc1978
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Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by Jimmyafc1978 »

Hi can someone tell me if the union rep and his number 2 gets first choice of duties in a re-sign??
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by roger »

Jimmyafc1978 wrote:Hi can someone tell me if the union rep and his number 2 gets first choice of duties in a re-sign??
No
whatamess!!
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by whatamess!! »

This should not happen unless the office agrees to it, it goes on seniority.
But! in saying that if you appreciate the work your rep does and time it takes, the pressure he is possibly under, what is wrong with making sure that he gets some time built into a duty, so his union tasks can be done to their full potential. He should get 2 hours built in on one day to have a resource meeting with the Dom(depending on size of unit).
Under the new revision walks should be fair and equal :left: so choosing first should just be on duty type and geography. What he could try and do is choose a duty of say around 30-32 hours so he has the time in the week to assist members, a PTimer can then be made up on a temp basis to do a 39 hour job. Everyone is then happy!
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by michael61 »

quite simply no tell them where to go to be nice or fcuk off
Jimmyafc1978
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by Jimmyafc1978 »

It's on late collections with 17 drives and 2 reserves
whatamess!!
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by whatamess!! »

Jimmyafc1978 wrote:It's on late collections with 17 drives and 2 reserves
Quite simply with such a small group the answer has to be no! There can't be that much difference in him picking first or his seniority postion :crazy:
Jimmyafc1978
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by Jimmyafc1978 »

But in a office so small where we won't be getting anyone new in anymore why would a resign be Necessary! The senior people are the ones that have cut there jobs up making them so easy why the junior people will get knocked off the duties they've protected over the last 5 years!

Annual leave in our office is done on a rotate each year if you didn't get first choice this year you go to the top the next year!

Why not with a resign!

We've been told that a rep can pick any duty they want after a revision!
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by dvbuk55 »

Jimmyafc1978 wrote:But in a office so small where we won't be getting anyone new in anymore why would a resign be Necessary! The senior people are the ones that have cut there jobs up making them so easy why the junior people will get knocked off the duties they've protected over the last 5 years!

Annual leave in our office is done on a rotate each year if you didn't get first choice this year you go to the top the next year!

Why not with a resign!

We've been told that a rep can pick any duty they want after a revision!
Who told you that - not the rep by any chance :whistle
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by makingsounds »

feathering ones nest comes to mind :no no
shepherdess
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by shepherdess »

All walks are picked on seniority. But he should have 10 minutes a day built into his duty in duty builder
dre33dd
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by dre33dd »

i am a rep and picked in my seniority order.....you should never!!! feather your own nest so to speak!
i do have 2 hours release built in to my duty tho and i only use them if i need them
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by fishtank »

Genius.
Why didn't i think of that?
You have to hand it to these reps,they're pretty smart.
You have to wonder about the members though...
If i tried to pull that stunt in my D.O. they would be much lols and rofl and whatever else is text speak for pissing themselves laughing.
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by clashcityrocker »

I was at a meeting with a Divisional Rep who told us that when going through the revision process, we should ensure there is a rep's duty which was smaller than the other duties to ensure there was enough time in the day/week for union work.

As my colleague told him - if I went back to my office and told them I was going to have a smaller duty, you would have 70 less union members tomorrow.
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Re: Rep gets first choice of duty in resign

Post by dvbuk55 »

clashcityrocker wrote:I was at a meeting with a Divisional Rep who told us that when going through the revision process, we should ensure there is a rep's duty which was smaller than the other duties to ensure there was enough time in the day/week for union work.

As my colleague told him - if I went back to my office and told them I was going to have a smaller duty, you would have 70 less union members tomorrow.
Well he would probably think that for two reasons, that he doesn't work and if the rep had more time off then the rep would be able to attend to the div reps work giving him more free time to ...............erm, erm