Sentence examples for seniority plan from inspiring English sources

Pilots at Sabena are planning a full-day strike on Thursday to protest management's refusal to accept a seniority plan, the Belgian Cockpit Association said.

One reason that merger succeeded was that Delta and Northwest negotiated a seniority plan and a new collective bargaining agreement with the pilots, enabling the two companies to integrate their operations faster and more smoothly.

Even if union leaders at Northwest and Delta agree to a seniority plan, clearing a path for the largest airline merger ever, the deal could be scuttled months later if rank-and-file pilots decide the plan treats them unfairly.

For years in New York City we had a seniority transfer plan.

There was no significant effect of place of training and seniority on the management plan, neglect of the patient, right to override the right of the family, the best defining conditions for the patient's death or abuse of the code.

He said he received inadequate answers from Yankee ticket sales people about why two other fans, whom he said had lesser seniority, got a 41-game plan, or if seniority really mattered at all.

"Private Accounts Don't Have to Disturb Social Security" (Seniority, May 11) described an interesting plan to establish government-funded stock-and-bond accounts for workers, while leaving the basic Social Security system essentially intact.

• To the Editor: Re "Critics Say Cuomo's Teacher Plan Falls Short on Seniority Rule for Layoffs" (news article, March 3): Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is quoted as saying, "The length of time that you have worked is irrelevant to whether or not you can do what our children need to be self-sufficient as they become adults, and to enjoy the great American dream".

His co-workers said that on returning to work, he planned to use his seniority to change from the overnight shift to one that would have allowed him more time with his family.

Last year in New Jersey, the main union representing state workers fought bitterly against Gov. Christine Todd Whitman's plan to consider only merit, and not seniority, when deciding which civil servants to lay off.

Today, it pledged to replace the traditional, seniority-based compensation system with a more merit-based plan.