IV.        EXTRA BOARDS

A.            Until the UP and SP extra boards are consolidated per (B) below the SP prior right board shall protect  yard vacancies with an on duty point in the Brooklyn yard and the UP Second District and UP consolidated First and Second district extra boards shall protect  other Portland Terminal Yard vacancies.

B.            The three engineer road extra boards at Portland shall be consolidated based on the following time table.

1. The Carrier may serve notice within 8 months from the date of implementation of this agreement to combine the UP 1st and 2nd district extra boards at Portland.  The notice will be a 30 day notice that will permit the combining of the two boards on the first day of the month on or after the 30 day notice is given.  If notice has not been served at the end of the 8 month period then it shall be deemed to have been served on the last day of the 8 month period after implementation.

2. The Carrier may serve notice to combine the consolidated UP road extra board and the SP road extra board within 12 months from the date of consolidation of the extra boards in (B) (1) above. The notice will be a 30 day notice that will permit the combining of the two boards on the first day of the month on or after the 30 day notice is given.  If notice has not been served at the end of the 12 month period then it shall be deemed to have been served on the last day of the 12 month period after implementation.

C.            Other UP extra boards currently in zone 1 not mentioned above shall continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of the surviving CBA.

D.         Any location not listed shall be covered by the nearest extra board or  additional extra board(s) may be established pursuant to the  provisions of the surviving CBA.  It is the intent to establish an extra board at Oakridge.

E.            Exhausted extra boards.

1.         If prior to consolidation, one of the Portland extra boards  is exhausted, then  another Portland extra board may be used prior to using other sources of supply.  If the Eugene or Oakridge extra board is exhausted then the other extra board may be used prior to using other sources of supply.  If prior to an agreement/award in zone 2 the Second District extra board at Hinkle is exhausted the Third District extra board may be used prior to using other sources of supply.

2.         An engineer called from his/her extra board for an assignment in another area not principally covered by their extra board shall be handled as follows:

a. Pay received for this assignment shall not be used as an offset for  extra board guarantee but shall be in addition to, however, it shall be used in computing whether the engineer is entitled to protection pay at the end of the month.

b. An engineer unavailable at time of call shall have a deduction made in their extra board guarantee in accordance with the extra board agreement and shall have an offset to their protection in accordance with the protection offset provisions.  If miss called for secondary calls, the engineer shall not be placed on the bottom of the board but will hold his/her place.

c. An engineer unavailable at time of call shall not be disciplined.

3.         Prior to the Carrier using a third extra board, all other sources of supply in the area where the vacancy exists must be exhausted.

NOTE:  The nearest extra board will be determined by highway miles.  When new assignments are established, the bulletin will identify the protecting extra board.