ARTICLE II
SENIORITY CONSOLIDATIONS
A. To achieve the work efficiencies and allocation of forces that are necessary to make the Salina Hub operate efficiently as a unified system, a new seniority district will be formed and a master Trainmen Seniority Roster - UP/UTU Salina Merged Roster #1 will be created for trainmen holding seniority in the territory comprehended by this Agreement on the date of implementation of this Agreement. (Where the word "trainmen" is used in this Agreement, it refers to conductors/foremen and brakemen/yardmen collectively.) The new roster will consist of three (3) zones. Prior rights Zone 1 is already intact and will remain unchanged by this Agreement. New prior rights Zones 2 and 3 will be created under this Agreement.
- Switchmen/brakemen placed on these rosters will be dovetailed based upon the employee's current seniority date. If this process results in employees having identical dates, seniority will be determined by the age of the employees with the older employee placed first. If there are more than two (2) employees with the same seniority date, a random process jointly agreed upon by the Director of Labor Relations and the appropriate General Chairman (men) will be utilized to effect a resolution. It is understood this process may not result in any employee running around another employee on his former roster.
- Conductors placed on this roster shall reflect the exact UP and SSW relative standings as exists on the dovetailed brakeman roster; however, within such relative standing both former UP and SSW conductors shall rank in the same order that they did on their former properties.
B. Employees assigned to the newly-created zone seniority rosters for Zones 2 and 3 shall be afforded prior rights on said zones. Placement on these rosters and awarding of prior rights to said zones shall be based upon the following:
1. Zone 2 - This roster will consist of former UP trainmen with rights on Salina (Roster Nos. 360301 and 360401) and Oakley (Roster Nos. 072301 and 072401).
a. The prior rights roster for Zone 2 will consist of a prior rights conductor and brakeman roster.
2. Zone 3 - This roster will consist of former UP trainmen with rights on Wichita (Roster Nos. 058311, 058411 and 058511) and Coffeyville (Roster Nos. 059312 and 059412) and former SSW trainmen with rights on SSW Pratt (Roster Nos. 304301, 304401 and 304501), Salina and SSW Herington (Roster Nos. 303301, 303401 and 303501).
a. The prior rights roster for Zone 3 will consist of a prior rights conductor, brakeman and yardman (Wichita) roster.
C. Employees holding seniority on one (1) of the prior rights zones will be afforded common seniority on the other zones in the Salina Hub. New employees hired after the date of this Agreement shall hold common seniority on all zones in the Salina Hub.
D. Entitlement to assignment on prior rights Zones 2 and 3 and to the master roster shall be by seniority order canvass of the employees holding seniority in the territory, subject to roster sizing limits. Prior to the roster formulation process, the Organization and the Carrier shall reach agreement upon the total number of employees assigned to the expanded Salina Hub master seniority roster.
E. With the creation of the new seniority district described herein, all previous seniority outside the Salina Hub held by trainmen on the new roster shall be eliminated and all seniority inside the new hub held by trainmen outside the district shall be eliminated. All pre-existing prior rights, top and bottom, or any other such seniority arrangements in existence prior to formulation of the Salina Hub, if any, are of no further force or effect and the provisions of this Article shall prevail in lieu of thereof.
F. All trainmen vacancies within the Salina Hub must be filled prior to any trainmen being reduced from the working list or prior to trainmen being permitted to exercise to any reserve boards. This provision is not intended to modify or supersede existing agreement provisions, if any, which prohibit forcing prior rights trainmen to vacancies outside the territory comprehending their prior rights.
G. Trainmen who have been promoted to engine service and hold engine service seniority inside the Salina Hub shall be placed on the appropriate roster using their various trainmen seniority dates.
D. Entitlement to assignment on prior rights Zones 2 and 3 and to the master roster shall be by seniority order canvass of the employees holding seniority in the territory, subject to roster sizing limits. Prior to the roster formulation process, the Organization and the Carrier shall reach agreement upon the total number of employees assigned to the expanded Salina Hub master seniority roster.
E. With the creation of the new seniority district described herein, all previous seniority outside the Salina Hub held by trainmen on the new roster shall be eliminated and all seniority inside the new hub held by trainmen outside the district shall be eliminated. All pre-existing prior rights, top and bottom, or any other such seniority arrangements in existence prior to formulation of the Salina Hub, if any, are of no further force or effect and the provisions of this Article shall prevail in lieu of thereof.
F. All trainmen vacancies within the Salina Hub must be filled prior to any trainmen being reduced from the working list or prior to trainmen being permitted to exercise to any reserve boards. This provision is not intended to modify or supersede existing agreement provisions, if any, which prohibit forcing prior rights trainmen to vacancies outside the territory comprehending their prior rights.
G. Trainmen who have been promoted to engine service and hold engine service seniority inside the Salina Hub shall be placed on the appropriate roster using their various trainmen seniority dates.
