ARTICLE V
VACANCIES - WORKING

1. When permanent vacancies occur on a regular position of guaranteed extra board, employee on a regular assignment or guaranteed extra board or on a reserve board may elect by application to fill the vacancy in seniority order.

2. If the vacancy is not filled in the above manner it will be filled in the following manner

(a) Recall of the junior Tier I or Tier II Reserve Board employe in the applicable territory holding only Zone 100 or Zone 200 seniority.

(b) If the vacancy cannot be filled pursuant to 2(a) above, then the junior employe holding only Zone 100 or Zone 200 seniority on a Ready Reserve Board shall be forced to the vacancy.

(c) If the vacancy cannot be filled pursuant to 2(a) or (b) above, then the junior prior rights employe on any Reserve Board shall be recalled to their prior rights district .

(d) If no prior rights employe is on any Reserve Board and the Ready Reserve Board is exhausted where the vacancy occurs, then the junior employe holding only Zone 100 or Zone 200 seniority working where a Tier I or Ready Reserve Board does exist shall be forced to the vacancy and their resultant vacancy shall be filled in accordance TA7i th the ahovre

(e) If there are no employee holding only Zone 100 or Zone 200 seniority working where a Tier I or Ready Reserve Board exists, the junior prior rights employe working under their Zone 100 or Zone 200 seniority shall be recalled to the vacancy in their prior right district if there is an active reserve boards(s) at the location the prior right employe is working.

Example (1): There is a vacancy in Council Bluffs and the Zone 100 Tier II Board is exhausted. The junior employe holding only Zone 10O seniority on a Reserve Board is at North Platte. This junior Zone 10O employe is recalled prior to recalling prior rights employee from the Reserve Board(s] at Council Bluffs.

Example (2): There is a vacancy at Council Bluffs and there are no Zone 10C employee on any Reserve Board. The junior prior rights employe on any Reserve Board shall be recalled to their prior rights district.

Example (3): There is a vacancy at Council Bluffs and there are no Zone 10( employee on any reserve board and al] reserve boards at Council Bluffs are exhausted. The junior employe holding only Zone 100 seniority working is at Kansas City where reserve boards are manned so that employe is forced to Council Bluffs.

NOTE: The phrase "where the vacancy exists" refers to a vacancy at any location within a prior right area. The designation of cities for the establishment of Tier I Reserve Boards is meant td cover an entire prior rights area.