ARTICLE IX ‑ VACATIONS

Insofar as applicable to employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the vacation agreement dated April 29, 1949, as amended, is further amended by substituting the following revised portions of paragraphs (b) and (g), effective January 1, 1968, for the corresponding paragraphs in amended Section 1 contained in the Agreement of November 7, 1966:

(b) Effective January 1, 1968, each employee, subject to the scope of schedule agreements held by the organizations signatory to the April 29, 1949 Vacation Agreement, having two or more years of continuous service with employing carrier will be qualified for an annual vacation of two weeks with pay, or pay in lieu thereof, if during the preceding calendar year the employee renders service under schedule agreements held by the organizations signatory to the April 29, 1949 Vacation Agreement amounting to one hundred sixty (160) basic days in miles or hours paid for as provided in individual schedules and during the said two or more years of continuous service renders service of not less than three hundred twenty (320) basic days in miles or hours paid for as provided in individual schedules.

(g) Where an employee is discharged from service and thereafter restored to service during the same calendar year with seniority unimpaired, service performed prior to discharge and subsequent to reinstatement during that year shall be included in the determination of qualification for vacation during the following year.

Where an employee is discharged from service and thereafter restored to service with seniority unimpaired, service before and after such discharge and restoration shall be included in computing three hundred twenty (320) basic days under Section l(b), and sixteen hundred (1600) basic days under Section 1(c), and thirty‑two hundred (3200) basic days under Section l(d).