ARTICLE II - CREW CONSIST CONDITIONS
Section 1. Crew Reduction by Attrition. The
reduction of road freight service brakeman or yard helper
position from any crew shall be made solely on a pure
attrition basis, i.e., no road freight brakeman or yard
helper position available to a protected employe under
schedule rules will be blanked, except as set forth in this
Agreement.
(a) So long as there are protected employes
furloughed on a division, reduced crews may be operated on
that division only as provided for in the Crew Consist
Agreement dated March 1, 1968 (crews permitted to be oper-
ated as reduced crews prior to this agreement) and in
Article X (Personal Leave).
(b) When there are no protected employes fur-
loughed on a division, reduced crews may be operated as
provided for in Article III, Section 2 (b) and (e) (Not
Reporting/Not Completing Shift); Article IV, Section 2 (New
Business), Section 3 (Non-Revenue), and, Section 4 (Hours of
Service Relief Crews); Article X (Personal Leave); and the
Crew Consist Agreement dated March 1, 1968.
Q-l: In reference to Section l(b), above, if
the protecting extra board is exhausted
of protected brakemen (at the time of
call) or yardmen (within 1'15" of the
on-duty time) and no protected employes
are furloughed on the division, may the
position be blanked for that trip or tour
of duty?
A-l: Yes.
Section 2. Passenger Service. Nothing in this
Agreement changes existing Crew Consist arrangements in
passenger service.
Section 3. Manual Retainers. A train or a cut of
cars handled in heavy descending grade territory, requiring
the use of hand operated retainers, under the Carrier's
instructions, shall be manned by a standard crew.
Q-l: A train not requiring hand-operated
retainers leaves the terminal with a
reduced (1 and 1) crew. After departure
from the terminal, strictly mechanical
malfunctions occur on the train enroute
which necessitate the use of manual
retainers. Would the extra brakeman who
would have been called at the terminal
(had the crew been a 1 and 2 crew) be
entitled to payment for not being called
for the assignment?
A-l: No, because when the train departed the
terminal the mechanical malfunctions were
unknown and developed enroute.
Section 4. Minimum Crew Size. No service shall
be required of any crew manned by less than one conductor/
foreman and one brakeman/yard helper. Nothing in this
Agreement shall prevent the Carrier from adding an addi-
tional position(s) of road brakeman/yard helper to any
assignment when in its judgment the additional position(s)
is deemed necessary and will be so designated.
Section 5. Employes will not be required to
perform any service with less than the required train/yard
crew consist specified in this Agreement nor will they be
censured or disciplined in any manner or be required to lose
time for refusal to do so.
Q-l: Do the provisions of this Section apply
to pick ups made enroute which would
result in exceeding the agreed-to train
length limits for a reduced crew?
A-l: Yes.
Section 6. Except as provided in Article V of
this Agreement, no brakeman/yard helper will be moved from a
standard crew of one conductor/foreman and two brakemen/yard
helpers to a reduced crew of one conductor/foreman and one
brakeman/yard helper in order to make such crew a standard
crew of one conductor/foreman and two brakeman/yard helpers.
Q-l: If a crew leaves the initial terminal as
a standard crew, will it remain a
standard crew to its objective terminal
and if a crew leaves the initial terminal
as a reduced crew, will it remain a
reduced crew to its objective terminal?
A-l: Yes.
Q-2: If a standard or a reduced crew is
deadheading with a reduced crew and while
enroute to their objective terminal
conditions require a full crew, will one
member of the deadhead crew be required
to make the reduced crew a standard crew?
A-2: No, nor will a deadheading standard crew
be pressed into service enroute to
supplement the working reduced crew.
Q-3: Will crews be required to change or
exchange trains for the purpose of
meeting the requirements of the Crew
Consist Agreement?
A-3: No.
Section 7. Displacement Rights - Protected
Employes. A protected employe shall retain the rightto
exercise seniority to any must-fill or blankable (blanked)
position, except under conditions provided for in this
Agreement.
Q-l: How shall a protected employe acquire the
right to exercise seniority to a blank-
able (blanked) position?
A-l: By seniority right to obtain such position
under governing existing Schedule Rules
and as further provided in this Agreement.
Q-2: If a protected employe displaces on a
reduced crew, with a non-protected
employe occupying the brakeman/yardman
position, must the protected employe
displace the non-protected employe from
the must-fill position or may he place
himself on the blanked vacancy?
A-2: The protected employe would displace the
non-protected employe.
Section 8. The method to arrive at a blanked
position is through pure attrition as provided for in
Article II, Section 1, or when no protected employe elects,
by exercise of seniority (displaces, makes application, or
bids), to occupy the blankable position under schedule rules
or agreements, except as specifically provided for in this
Agreement.
NOTE: The crew caller will notify
trainmen and yardmen when
called for a reduced crew.
Section 9. Displacement Rights - Non-Protected
Employes. Non-protected employes will not have the right to
exercise seniority to a blanked or blankable second
brakeman/yard helper position.
Section 10. Nothing in this agreement gives the
Carrier the right to work reduced crews by failing to call
the required brakeman/yardman.
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