ARTICLE 90 
MERGERS, LEASES, COORDINATIONS, ETC.
1		When, through lease, purchase, merger, consolidation or other
2	cause, a line or lines of a carrier or a portion thereof is taken over by
3	another carrier or where, because of establishment of a new line by an
4	existing carrier or for other reasons, traffic is permanently diverted from
5	one carrier to another or from one road and/or yard seniority district to
6	another on the same carrier and such affects the seniority rights of
7	employees on such carriers, General Committees of Adjustment shall
8	arrange for a fair and equitable division of the work. Prior seniority
9	rights of employees to service on their former seniority district or
10	territory shall be preserved to the extent possible. Permanently, as
11	used herein, is intended to mean some reasonable degree of regularity
12 	in excess of thirty (30) days.
13		General Committees shall give consideration to all factors involved,
14 	including but not limited to hours worked, cars and tonnage handled
15 	where applicable, and mileage of operations on each seniority district 
or
16 	territory involved prior to the change in operation, consolidation, or the
17 	diversion or re-routing of traffic.
18		In circumstances in which a new line is established by a carrier and
19 	no seniority rights exist, employees from the line from which traffic is
20 	diverted, will be transferred to the new line in equal percentage to the
21 	mileage of the traffic diverted from the old line. If the portion of line
22 	transferred is insufficient in extent to constitute a separate seniority
23 	district, the employees taken over therewith in the merger may be
24	placed on the roster of the proper seniority district to which the merged
25	line	is attached with seniority on such roster in their respective classes
26 	from a date not later than the date of merger.
27		In applying this Article to bus lines the International and its
28 	Legislative Department will intervene with the ICC for a reservation of
29 	jurisdiction, for the imposition of conditions, for at least three (3) years
30	for employees who may be adversely affected.
31		Disputes arising under this Article which cannot be resolved by the
32	General Committee or General Committees shall be referred to the
33	International President. The International President shall promptly
34	assign an officer to assist the General Committee or General
35	Committees involved in resolving the dispute. Failing to resolve the
36	dispute the officer shall make a complete report and recommendation
37	to the International President who, in turn, shall decide the dispute.
38		Any local or member of a local affected by action or decision of a


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39	Chairperson, Sub General Committee or General Committee, or by the 
40	decision of the International President with respect to this Article may
41 	appeal such action or decision to the Board of Appeals, provided such
42 	appeal is filed with the General Secretary and Treasurer within ninety
43 	(90) days from the date of the action or decision. The Chairperson
44 	Sub General Committee, General Committee, or International President
45 	as the case may be, shall be allowed thirty (30) days from the date the
46 	appeal is filed in which to reply to the appeal. The parties involved in
47 	an appeal shall exchange copies of the appeal and reply to the appeal,