Hello everyone. Having a slight issue at work. Title sort of explains it. Every week on Wednesday we get a schedule for the weekend emailed to us. I work in a factory on third shift. When I received the schedule in my email on Wednesday it stated I did not work the weekend. So naturally as an adult who does things, I made plans. On Thursday afternoon I opened my work email to another email stating that the one side of the plant has decided it needs to run this weekend to complete a product run. In the email it stated I now have to come in Friday night because the other employee who has lower seniority than me is on vacation and I’m next in line. Normally, this wouldn’t bother me.
My problem is I received the schedule telling me I was off, then after a day and a half was told I have to. I will not be going in and will be calling off as I’ve made reservations for something I can’t cancel or I lose my money. At our factory we have a points system. 1 point for a call off. 12 points is the max. I’m no where near that (I think I have 3), but I still don’t want to gain a point for a screw up on their end with the schedule. Do I bring this up to my union and see if I can not get a point because of the such late notice? Is it worth it? I’ve discussed it with my fellow employees who are also union members and they agree it’s ridiculous but I haven’t brought it up to any union stewards yet. Thanks for any advice you guys can give!