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OK HERES MY STORY, HIRED OUT OF GLENDIVE MT, MARCH 2012, HAD NO IDEA AT THE TIME THAT EASTERN MONTANA WAS A CLOSED SENIORITY DISTRICT (NOT SYSTEM WIDE SENIORITY) WHEN JOB WAS POSTED ON BNSF.COM NO MENTION OF SENIORITY DISTRICT, AND NOT ADVERTISED AS A PRIMARY RECALL POSTING.
WENT TO INTERVIEW, AND SOMEONE ASKED IF WE WOULD BE LOCKED DOWN TO GLENDIVE FOR 3 YEARS, THE ANSWER GIVEN WAS THAT THE PERSON DOING THE INTERVIEWS WAS NOT FROM THIS DIVISION AND WASNT SURE. (NOT REALLY AN ANSWER)
ON THE 3RD DAY OF TRAINING WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE WERE IN A CLOSED SENIORITY DISTRICT, AND THAT THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF TRANSFERS WOULD NOT SIGN ANY TRANSFERS BEFORE WE HAD COMPLETED 3 YEARS SERVICE, AT WHICH TIME YOU LOSE SENIORITY, AND THAT IF WE WERENT COMMITTED TO THAT THEN THERES THE DOOR, AS HE POINTED TO THE DOOR. WELL AFTER TRYING TO GET HIRED FOR A YEAR, I STAYED.
I UNDERSTAND THE SENIORITY DISTRICTS, AND HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT, I SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER TO A DEPOT THAT ALWAYS HAS OPENINGS, AS I WAS TOLD BY THE DISTRICT UTU PRESIDENT THAT TRANSFERS CAN HAPPEN PRIOR TO THE 3 YEAR HOLD DOWN IF THE DISTRICT YOU ARE LEAVING HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE, AND THE DISTRICT YOU WANT TO TRANSFER TO HAS A SHORTAGE.
ALSO 2 MONTHS AFTER MY HIRE DATE, MY WIFE SUSTAINED A SERIOUS BACK INJURY, WHICH WILL REQUIRE MAJOR SURGERY AND UP TO A YEAR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY WITH LIMITED PHYSICAL RESTRICTIONS. OUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE IS IN WYOMING 300 MILES AWAY. HER PRIMARY CARE GIVER AND RECOMMENDED NEUROLOGIST (SURGEON) ARE ALSO IN OUR HOMETOWN. THE 2 DOCTORS EACH WROTE A STATEMENT RECOMMENDING THAT I BE TRANSFERRED AS MY WIFE WOULD NEED ON GOING CARE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THIS WAS ALL SUBMITTED WITH REQUEST FOR TRANSFER PAPERWORK.
WITH THE DRIVING FROM WORK TO HOME 300 MILES AWAY TO CARE FOR MY WIFE I ALREADY HAD A MISSED CALL AND DO NOT WANT OR NEED ANY MORE MISSED CALLS. THIS HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.
AND ONE MORE PIECE OF INFORMATION IS, AS STATED ABOVE MY CLASS WAS NEVER TOLD THAT WE WERE IN A 3 YEAR HOLD DOWN CLOSED SENIORITY DISTRICT UNTIL AFTER WE WERE HIRED ON OUR 3RD DAY OF TRAINING.
SINCE THAT TIME THERE WERE CLASSES HIRED AFTER US OUT OF GLASGO, AND MINOT AT WHICH THOSE NEW HIRES WERE MADE TO SIGN A FORM STATING THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE CLOSED SENIORITY DISTRICT AND THAT THEY WERE LOCKED DOWN FOR 3 YEARS. (MAKES ME WONDER WHY THAT STARTED)
SO IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANYTHING I CAN DO TO GET HELP GET MY TRANSFER APPROVED, I AM ALL EARS AND WILLING TO TRY ANYTHING.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTORS IN THIS SAME DISTRICT THAT WANTED TRANSFERRED AND GOT TRANSFERRED RIGHT OUT OF TRAINING BUT DONT KNOW HOW THEY DID IT.
ALSO LOOKING AT A PRETTY STRONG CHANCE OF GETTING FURLOUGHED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
PLEASE HELP
OK HERES MY STORY, HIRED OUT OF GLENDIVE MT, MARCH 2012, HAD NO IDEA AT THE TIME THAT EASTERN MONTANA WAS A CLOSED SENIORITY DISTRICT (NOT SYSTEM WIDE SENIORITY) WHEN JOB WAS POSTED ON BNSF.COM NO MENTION OF SENIORITY DISTRICT, AND NOT ADVERTISED AS A PRIMARY RECALL POSTING.
WENT TO INTERVIEW, AND SOMEONE ASKED IF WE WOULD BE LOCKED DOWN TO GLENDIVE FOR 3 YEARS, THE ANSWER GIVEN WAS THAT THE PERSON DOING THE INTERVIEWS WAS NOT FROM THIS DIVISION AND WASNT SURE. (NOT REALLY AN ANSWER)
ON THE 3RD DAY OF TRAINING WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE WERE IN A CLOSED SENIORITY DISTRICT, AND THAT THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF TRANSFERS WOULD NOT SIGN ANY TRANSFERS BEFORE WE HAD COMPLETED 3 YEARS SERVICE, AT WHICH TIME YOU LOSE SENIORITY, AND THAT IF WE WERENT COMMITTED TO THAT THEN THERES THE DOOR, AS HE POINTED TO THE DOOR. WELL AFTER TRYING TO GET HIRED FOR A YEAR, I STAYED.
I UNDERSTAND THE SENIORITY DISTRICTS, AND HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT, I SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER TO A DEPOT THAT ALWAYS HAS OPENINGS, AS I WAS TOLD BY THE DISTRICT UTU PRESIDENT THAT TRANSFERS CAN HAPPEN PRIOR TO THE 3 YEAR HOLD DOWN IF THE DISTRICT YOU ARE LEAVING HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE, AND THE DISTRICT YOU WANT TO TRANSFER TO HAS A SHORTAGE.
ALSO 2 MONTHS AFTER MY HIRE DATE, MY WIFE SUSTAINED A SERIOUS BACK INJURY, WHICH WILL REQUIRE MAJOR SURGERY AND UP TO A YEAR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY WITH LIMITED PHYSICAL RESTRICTIONS. OUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE IS IN WYOMING 300 MILES AWAY. HER PRIMARY CARE GIVER AND RECOMMENDED NEUROLOGIST (SURGEON) ARE ALSO IN OUR HOMETOWN. THE 2 DOCTORS EACH WROTE A STATEMENT RECOMMENDING THAT I BE TRANSFERRED AS MY WIFE WOULD NEED ON GOING CARE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THIS WAS ALL SUBMITTED WITH REQUEST FOR TRANSFER PAPERWORK.
WITH THE DRIVING FROM WORK TO HOME 300 MILES AWAY TO CARE FOR MY WIFE I ALREADY HAD A MISSED CALL AND DO NOT WANT OR NEED ANY MORE MISSED CALLS. THIS HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.
AND ONE MORE PIECE OF INFORMATION IS, AS STATED ABOVE MY CLASS WAS NEVER TOLD THAT WE WERE IN A 3 YEAR HOLD DOWN CLOSED SENIORITY DISTRICT UNTIL AFTER WE WERE HIRED ON OUR 3RD DAY OF TRAINING.
SINCE THAT TIME THERE WERE CLASSES HIRED AFTER US OUT OF GLASGO, AND MINOT AT WHICH THOSE NEW HIRES WERE MADE TO SIGN A FORM STATING THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE CLOSED SENIORITY DISTRICT AND THAT THEY WERE LOCKED DOWN FOR 3 YEARS. (MAKES ME WONDER WHY THAT STARTED)
SO IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANYTHING I CAN DO TO GET HELP GET MY TRANSFER APPROVED, I AM ALL EARS AND WILLING TO TRY ANYTHING.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTORS IN THIS SAME DISTRICT THAT WANTED TRANSFERRED AND GOT TRANSFERRED RIGHT OUT OF TRAINING BUT DONT KNOW HOW THEY DID IT.
ALSO LOOKING AT A PRETTY STRONG CHANCE OF GETTING FURLOUGHED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
PLEASE HELP
