Although seniority provides a way to reward long-serving employees, critics argue that the system needs an upgrade. That's because it rewards people based on longevity, and not according to merit.

Sandy Levin (D-Mich.), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee who is supporting Dingell, said a Waxman victory, “by definition, would affect the seniority system.” That worries senior ...

Hardison, 432 U. S. 63 (1977), the Supreme Court ruled an employer and a union that had agreed on a seniority system were not required to deprive senior employees of their seniority rights in ...

Second, the seniority-based system is by definition quality-blind, so districts are forced to let go of some promising young teachers before at least some less effective teachers who have greater ...

It would've weakened the seniority system, which has contributed to a preponderance of elderly lawmakers. House Democrats on Tuesday voted to reject a change to their party's rules that would have ...

People have invested in me, so I can invest in them' At the same time, the seniority system — in which everything from offices to committee chairmanships are decided by the length of one's ...

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan defended the seniority system. In a written statement, he said that “the seniority provisions in the school code were implemented to protect ...