ITEM 44 B: Filling outlying vacancies-brakemen - 11th District
| Description: ITEM - 44(b)
IT IS AGREED - 1. An extra brakeman sent to an outlying point for a temporary vacancy will be released after seven days; or, if the assignment has a layover day, at completion of work on the day preceding the layover day. Extra brakemen who subsequently protect the vacancy will be released as herein provided so Long as the vacancy continues. 2. An extra brakeman released from an outlying point will be placed on the extra board at tie up time of the outlying vacancy. 3. An extra brakeman released from an outlying vacancy will not be called for a second consecutive outlying vacancy if another extra brakeman is available. 4. An extra brakeman who cannot be released as provided by Section 1 hereof will be notified prior to tie up on the seventh day, or the day preceding the layover day; and he will be relieved as soon as practicable. 5. In the protection of outlying vacancies, deadhead pay will be allowed only for the first trip to and the last trip from such vacancy. No intermediate deadhead tries will be paid for. 6. An extra brakeman standing for a temporary vacancy at an outlying point who lays off on call or is not available for call, will be sent to the outlying point when reporting for service if the vacancy still exists. 7. The provisions of Section 6 of this Agreement shall amply to an extra brakeman who lays off within 8 hours prior to call, unless a brakeman's vacancy in pool freight service for which the extra brakeman would have been called develops prior to calling time for the outlying vacancy. 8. An extra brakeman protecting an outlying vacancy who lays off prior to seven days, or the day preceding the layover day, shall return to the outlying point on reporting for duty, if the vacancy still exists, to complete the remaining portion of the protection period specified in Section 1 hereof. 9. This agreement shall be effective November 28, 1971 and will terminate ten days after written notice is served by either party. Dated at Omaha, Nebraska this 29th day of October, 1971. |
