Primary and Secondary Bid Procedure Sample Clauses

Primary and Secondary Bid Procedure. The Company will fill interdepartmental Primary and Secondary Bids from an on-going Skilled Trades Bid List (the “Bid List”) to be maintained by the Labor Relations Department. The Bid List will be closed at the end of each month and such Bid List will be used to fill any Primary and Secondary Bids in the immediately following month. Employees signing the Bid List may select any departments and shifts, in preference order. Subsequent placements will be based on seniority pursuant to the Agreement. In the event that two or more Primary or Secondary Bid opportunities are to be filled on the same date, an employee’s department and shift preference ranking shall be used. Once an employee has been awarded a bid, his or her name shall be removed from the Bid List until such time as the employee again adds his or her name to the list. Employees will be periodically reminded to update their preferences on the Bid List. In order to facilitate the internal shift preference moves which are made in conjunction with a Primary or Secondary Bid posting, all maintenance departments shall maintain an on-going shift preference list whereby Skilled Trades personnel would indicate their desire to move to a preferred shift, if and when one becomes available. The shift preference list will be closed at the end of each month and will be used to effect any shift preference moves necessary as the result of a Primary or Secondary Bid opportunity to be filled during the following month. The Company will make every attempt to place Primary and Secondary Bid winners and backfills (newly hired employees or newly graduated Apprentices) in their new departments simultaneously and as soon as possible after the bid winners are determined. The Company further commits to make an announcement prior to filling a bid opportunity.