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06-11-2022, 02:37 AM
#71
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2016
Position: Left
Posts: 1,260
I hope you feel this strong about someone who picks up POT during the picket .
06-11-2022, 04:04 AM
#72
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2018
Posts: 766
Its not so much working over vacation, its working over a coveted summer vacation. No-one cares that people work over a vacation block, they just wish they wouldn't use the summer blocks or holiday blocks, when someone wanted those.
06-11-2022, 05:21 AM
#73
weekends off? Nope...
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Posts: 2,021
Take a look at how many July floating vacation weeks went unused and maybe those weeks aren’t so coveted?
06-11-2022, 06:02 AM
#76
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,672
06-11-2022, 06:20 AM
#77
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Joined APC: Jun 2016
Posts: 26
06-11-2022, 07:05 AM
#78
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 291
I understand that. But in my head it’s like complaining about someone that’s senior to you getting awarded a trip or a line because of their seniority. It’s THEIR vacation. They can spend it how they want. I’m taking a vacation later this year. Currently, don’t have vacation on that week. Doesn’t matter, I’ll make it happen. I’ve taken trips and some stuff without vacation here even year one - including a 7 day trip year one. I paid for it the rest of the month. I’m all for changing the vacation rules like swapa proposed. I’d rather bid any two weeks to start. But this is what we got.
06-11-2022, 07:48 AM
#79
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2016
Position: Left
Posts: 1,260
If they are available for the month you want vacation ,you can trade from your vacation month for the vacation month you want. The downside is you get no overlap pay. You will still get the overlap drop though. It’s a great deal if you’re concerned about getting that vacation month, not so great for maximizing vacation pay.
Once again this is a great example of people complaining about not getting the month they want but yet they could have it. KTC
06-11-2022, 07:53 AM
#80
weekends off? Nope...
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Posts: 2,021
instead of dropping the 2 pairings a normal vacation would drop, a floating vacation will float over the lesser paying vacation and drop that one only. Flat pay of 26.25 too, regardless of the pairing pulled. So fewer days dropped and less pay, but more attainable for the junior folks who would not otherwise be able to bid for or trade into a prime week.
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