Common use of Bidding and Job Openings Clause in Contracts

Bidding and Job Openings. Section 1. Initial Station Bid - Full-Time Drivers Within three (3) months following the ratification of this Agreement, the Employer shall post for bid all available driver/dock positions at each station covered by the terms of this Section. Eighty per cent (80%) of such posted positions shall be posted as full-time dock and/or routes, including geographical descriptions (rough boundaries), scheduled start times and normal workdays. A regular established starting time is defined as not varying by more than two (2) hours, and such variance shall not occur more than one (1) day per workweek as set forth on the bid, provided, no employee shall have more than two (2) different start times in any given week. The remaining bid positions at each station covered by this Section shall be posted as Cover Driver bids. Cover Drivers shall be offered work in seniority order. Employees covered by the terms of this Section will bid on available routes in their station in order of station seniority, and the bid will be completed within four (4) weeks of its posting at the station in question. Subject to the guarantees contained in the Pick Up and Delivery Operational Supplement, cover drivers shall have a daily, but not weekly, guarantee. A route permanently vacated or newly established (including a leave of absence to exceed three months) shall be posted within five (5) days for five (5) working days, during which time drivers shall be afforded the opportunity to bid such vacated or new routes based on station seniority. The successful bidder shall be the most senior qualified driver and shall be awarded the posted vacancy or new route the Monday following the expiration of the five (5) working day posting period. Vacancies created as a result of this bidding procedure shall be posted and bid as set forth herein. There shall also be a station bid for part-time employees.