Guess that's one of the benefits of union, can't be denied vacation request unless too any other people are already scheduled for the same time. Each department is capped by department head count, but taking off meant getting behind the past couple years, so less people used it, and it rolled over vs lost. They didn't do layoffs, office personnel worked from home, hourly employees still reported and had extra duties dumped on them that office personnel couldn't do. They actually have plans to go places because office personnel were finally cleared to return so less demands, restrictions are almost nonexistent, and the extra cash from overtime has given them the chance. This is the first year I haven't HAD for work 60+ hours a week since covid.