America West's flight attendants appealed to the international union's board to protect them by altering seniority rules for mergers.

Johnson has largely inherited his staff from the Board of Education, through seniority rules.

And he said that seniority rules hampered the city's efforts to effectively manage and deploy administrators.

And the union, lifting seniority rules, let managers recall the most skilled workers first.

Some unionized restaurants contend that seniority rules make new job openings for blacks very scarce.

The union's decision not to make an exception to its seniority rules has embittered some Eastern pilots.

That court-mandated action, combined with seniority rules and the overcrowding, rippled through the building.

But House Republicans do not always follow strict seniority rules.

Besides, the Commons' seniority rules are a lot less ironclad.

Delta promised to take 2,000 flight attendants," she said, "but they didn't have to follow seniority rules.