Good Ole Greg
Member
At my station, there was an injured RCA (bad back-out for 2.5 years) when a bid for regular was opened. She was number one in seniority and won the bid, although she was unable to perform the duties. I read the rules and learned that she had 6 months to claim the route. A few weeks before the 6 months were up, her doctor finally gave her clearance. She did the route for about 4 weeks and claimed injury again and hasnt worked in a few months.
I asked the local steward about the situation and was told that basically this woman found a loophole to the 2 year injury window rule (since she wasn't a regular when it started) and can now keep the rest of us from moving up in the line for another 19 months. So basically she will have been out on injury for 5 years before one of us can bump her and become regular. I'm just curious if anybody has any info I can use in regards to such a situation. Did she find a loophole and is able to restart the clock or can I challenge her doctors assurance that she was able to do the job when she clearly was not able?
I asked the local steward about the situation and was told that basically this woman found a loophole to the 2 year injury window rule (since she wasn't a regular when it started) and can now keep the rest of us from moving up in the line for another 19 months. So basically she will have been out on injury for 5 years before one of us can bump her and become regular. I'm just curious if anybody has any info I can use in regards to such a situation. Did she find a loophole and is able to restart the clock or can I challenge her doctors assurance that she was able to do the job when she clearly was not able?