ARTICLE VII
IMPLEMENTATION

1- a. Fifteen (15) days prior to the effective date of this Agreement, the Carrier shall bulletin for a period of ten (10) days to all eligible employes on the territories involved herein, the opportunity to select one of the following options: Separation Allowance, Regular Assignment, Guaranteed Extra Board or Reserve Board.

b. Assignments to these options shall be made by seniority preference. It is understood all regular must-fill jobs and Guaranteed Extra Board positions must be filled initially by eligible employes.

c. The effective date of all assignments will be fifteen (15) days from the date of said bulletin.2. Under this Article, an eligible employe is defined as an employe on the Union Pacific Railroad holding a regular or extra board trainman/yardman assignment or a reserve board position on the territories comprehended by this Agreement on July 1, 1991.

3. In the event, after all regular assignments and Guaranteed Extra Board positions have been filled, there are still surplus employes who are unable to hold an assignment in active service, such employes shall be placed on the appropriate Reserve Board for their zone.

4. Upon implementation of this agreement, employes will no longer be permitted to hold bankable positions. All brakeman positions in pool freight service and all second brakeman/second helper positions are blankable positions.