ARTICLE II

GUARANTEED EXTRA BOARDS

 

1.      Guaranteed Extra Boards shall replace existing extra boards or  

   Guaranteed Extra Boards or shall be established where none now 

   exist in the following manner:

 

(a)           Guaranteed Road Extra Boards shall protect all brakeman  

     vacancies protected from the following locations Under

     applicable rules: council Bluffs (First District), North

     Platte (Second District), North Platte (Third District),

     Cheyenne (Fourth District), Cheyenne (Fifth/Sixth

     District), Rawlins (Seventh District), Ogden (Eighth   

     District), Kansas City (Ninth District), Salina (Tenth

     District), and Marysville (Eleventh District).

 

(b)           Guaranteed Yard Extra Boards shall protect all yard 

     vacancies protected from the following locations Under

     applicable rules: Omaha/council bluffs, North Platte,

     Cheyenne, Marysville, Salina, Topeka and Grand Island.

 

(c)           Guaranteed Combination Road/Yard Extra Boards shall protect all brakeman and yard vacancies at Denver, Oakley (Twelfth District) and Green River (Thirteenth District, including Rock Springs) under applicable rules.

 

(d)           Guaranteed Conductor Extra Board shall protect all 

     conductor vacancies protected from the following loca­tions

     under applicable rules: Council Bluffs (First District),

     North Platte (Second District), North Platte (Third

     District), Cheyenne (Fourth District), Cheyenne

    (Fifth/Sixth District), Rawlins (Seventh District), Ogden

    (Eighth District), Kansas City (Ninth District), Salina

    (Tenth District), Marysville (Eleventh District), Denver, 

     Oakley (Twelfth District), and Green River (Thirteenth

     District).

 

2. The guaranteed mileage on these Guaranteed Extra Boards shall

   be as follows:

 

   Brakeman  ‑ 1,925 miles per pay period at the brakeman's basic

               local freight rate of pay for the 1‑80 bracket.

 

   Yard      ‑ 11 days per pay period at the 5‑day yard

               helper rate of pay.

 

 Combination ‑ 1,925 miles per pay period at the brakeman's (brakemen/basic local freight rate of pay for the 1‑80 car   

helper)         bracket.

 

Conductor    ‑  1,925 miles per pay period at the conductor's basic  

                local freight rate of pay for the 1‑80 car bracket.

 

These rates of pay are subject to all subsequent adjustments in wages and COLA.

 

3. Payment of the guarantee shall be made in the payroll half following the payroll half in which the guarantee payment was incurred.

 

4. The Reserve Board, as provided for in Article III of this Agreement, will not be used to supplement the Guaranteed Extra Boards.

 

5. The Carrier shall regulate the number of employee on the Guaranteed Extra Boards; however, sufficient number of employee shall be maintained on the Road Extra Boards to ensure the average mileage does not exceed 4,200 miles per month. The Carrier shall not be subject to claims because of the regulation thereof. The Carrier shall also ensure that a sufficient number of employee are on the boards to provide reasonable lay‑off privileges, personal leave opportunities, and vacation relief.

 

(a) On January 1, 1995, all brakeman extra boards in Arti­cle II, Section 1(a) shall be eliminated and all Conduce tar Extra Boards in Article II, Section 1(d) shall become combination extra boards but paid at the conductor extra board rate. An employe must be conductor qualified to hold these extra boards.

 

(b) If in the application of Presidential Emergency Board 219, it is determined that all employee must take promotion to conductor, and in the application of those provisions, a pre‑October 31, 1985 employe who can hold any job other than a conductor's position will not be obligated to take the conductor's examination. If, however, the employe is later unable to hold such a position, the employe will be given thirty (30) days in which to take promotion. Failure to do so will disquali­fy the employe from holding a position. When conditions exist that require an employe to take the conductor's examination, such employe will also be subject to any

 

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     penalties that may be imposed through the National Agreement.

 

          NOTE: This section is phased in to provide

                opportunity for non‑promoted brakemen to become

                qualified Conductors.

 

(c)           The Carrier will hold promotion classes on a regular basis

to provide the opportunity for non‑promoted trainmen to qualify.

 

7.                (a)  All earnings (excluding Productivity Fund Shares)       

          received by an employe assigned to a Guaranteed Extra        

          Board will be used in computing the employe's guarantee    

          except as provided in Article I, Section 5(d). Time   

          claim payments for periods of time when not assigned to

          a guaranteed extra board will be paid in addition to

          guarantee payments made to an employe. Penalty claim

          payments due employee assigned to a guaranteed extra

          board will be paid in addition to the earnings received

          as a Guaranteed Extra Board employe. Such computations

          will not include non‑taxable income such as meal,

          lodging and personal auto mileage payments.

 

     (b)  A Guaranteed Extra Board employe standing first out who

          lays off, lays off on call, misses call or is not

          available for call will have the guarantee reduced by

          the amount he would have earned had he not laid off on

          call, missed call or not been available for call, with a

          minimum reduction of one guaranteed day.

 

     (c)  An employe who lays off when other than first out will

          have his guarantee reduced by one (1) day for each

          24hour period or portion thereof.

 

  (d)  An employe assigned to a Guaranteed Extra Board who is  

       unavailable for more than two (2) occurrences per pay

       period or who is unavailable for more than eighty‑four

      (84)combined hours per pay period, will forfeit his

       guarantee for that pay period. Elected union

       representatives who are unavailable because of union

       work will not be subject to this Section (d) but will be

       covered by Section (e) of this Article II.

 

     (e)  An employe who misses a call as a result of another

       Guaranteed Extra Board employe laying off on call,

       missing call or not available for call when that other

       Guaranteed Extra Board employe is first out will have  

       his

 

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          guarantee reduced by one (1) day for each 24‑hour period

          or portion thereof.

(f)  The guarantee reductions shall not apply for absences

       due to Bereavement Leave, Personal Leave Days,

       Vacations, Rules Classes, Jury Duty, Physical

       Examinations or other instances where the employe is

       held at the instruction of the Carrier.

 

8. (a)  An employe added to a Guaranteed Extra Board will be paid a guarantee for the day added provided the employe meets the availability requirements of this Agreement. All earnings made on the day added will be included in the computation of the guarantee. Guarantee will not be paid to an employe on the day reduced from a Guaranteed Extra Board if notified by 1:30 P.M. If an employe is reduced from a Guaranteed Extra Board but is not notified by 1:30 P.M., then the employe will be paid the guarantee for that day unless the employe voluntarily bid off the Guaranteed Extra Board.

 

(b) All guarantee compensation paid to employee will be considered as service rendered for vacation pay and qualification purposes.