AGREEMENT

ARTICLE III GUARANTEED EXTRA BOARDS

Section 1 (a) Pursuant to practices, understandings and Agreements established for the purpose of filling vacancies in Yard and Road service assignments, protecting Extra work and providing a source of supply for relief of regularly assigned employees, Guaranteed Extra Boards will replace existing Extra Boards. The total number of employees initially assigned to the Guaranteed Extra Boards will be determined and agreed upon by the Director of Labor Relations and the General Chairman. (See Side Letter #24)

(b) Guaranteed Yard Extra Boards shall be established at Albina Yard (Portland) and Hinkle Yard (Hermiston), Oregon, for the protection and filling of Yard service vacancies and Extra Yard service. Yardmen assigned to these Boards will be guaranteed minimum earnings equivalent to eleven (11) basic days' pay at the Yard Helper's rate in each payroll period.

(c) Guaranteed Conductor's Extra Boards shall be established at Albina (Portland) and LaGrande, Oregon for the protection and filling of all Conductor vacancies and Extra Conductor service. Each Extra Conductor will be guaranteed the .equivalent of five (5) round trips as they are allowed in the Interdivisional Service Agreement dated August 26, 1972, and supplements thereto per pay period at the Conductor's Local Rate of pay, 1-80 car count.

(d) A Guaranteed Brakemen's Extra Board shall be established at Albina (Portland) for the protection and filling of all Brakeman vacancies and Extra Road service and a Guaranteed Combination Extra Board shall be established at LaGrande, Oregonservice. Each Extra Brakeman will be guaranteed the equivalent of five (5) round trips as they are allowed in the Interdivisional Service Agreement dated August 26, 1972, and supplements thereto per pay period at the Brakeman's Local Rate of pay, 1-80 car count.

(e) A new Guaranteed Combination Extra Board shall be established at The Dalles, Oregon, for the protection and filling of all Conductor/Brakeman/Yardman vacancies and Extra service. The provisions of this Article III will supersede The Dalles Road/Yard Guaranteed Extra Board Agreement dated April 1, 1973, which will have no further force or effect upon implementation of this Agreement. The Guarantee for qualified Conductors on this Extra Board will be equivalent to 1700 miles per pay period at the Yard Foreman rate. The Guarantee for non-promoted employees on this Extra Board will be equivalent to 1700 miles at the Yard Helper rate. All service off of this Extra Board will be on a strictly rotating, first-in, first-out basis subject to the rules of rest and availability.

Section 2 (a) Guarantee payments, including adjustments, shall be made in the pay period following the payroll half in which the guarantee was earned or adjusted. Guaranteed Extra Board pay will be prorated for days employees are on the Board. Employees will receive credit for Guarantee purposes for the day added to or removed from the Extra Board if marked up on the Board for twelve (12) or more hours during said calendar day. Guarantees will be subject to all future wage and COLA increases provided by National negotiations. (See Side Letter #2/Q4A #19)

(b) All earnings received by an employee assigned to a Guaranteed Extra Board will be used in computing the employee's guarantee, except, penalty claim payments due employees will be paid in addition to the earnings received as a Guaranteed Extra Board employee. Such computations will not include non-taxable income such as meal, lodging and personal auto mileage payments. (See Side Letter 122)

Section 3 (a) A Guaranteed Extra Board employee standing first out who lays off, lays off on call, misses call or is not available for call will have the guarantee reduced by the amount he would have earned had he not laid off, missed call or not been available for call, with a minimum reduction of one guaranteed day. (See Q&A #17)

(b) An employee who misses a call as a result of another Guaranteed Extra Board employee laying off on call, missing call or not available for call when that other Guaranteed Extra Employee is first out or an employee who lays off when other than first out will have his guarantee reduced by one (1) day for each 24-hour period or portion thereof. (See Q&A #17)

(c) Extra employees laying off on call or missing call twice within' a pay period, or who are unavailable for more than ninety-six (96) combined hours per pay period will forfeit their guarantee for that pay period. (See Q&A 117)

(d) The guarantee reductions will not apply for absences due to Bereavement Leave, Personal Leave Days, Vacations, Rules Classes, Jury Duty, Physical Examinations or other instances where the employee is held at the instruction of the Carrier. (See Side Letter 43)

Section 4 (a) The Carrier will regulate the number of employees on the Guaranteed Extra Boards, ensuring that a sufficient number of employees are on each Board to provide for reasonable layoff privileges, personal leave, vacation relief* and maintain an earnings average per pay period as follows: (See Side Letter *23):

Albina and Hinkle Yard Extra Boards: Nine (9) to thirteen (13) days.

Road Extra Boards: Four (4) to six (6) round trips as defined in Section 1 of this Article III.

The Dalles Combination Extra Board: 1500 to 1900 miles.

NOTE: See Side Letter $24 for Home or Feeder Board as provided for in Rule 30(d)'.

The Reserve Board as provided for in Article IV of this Agreement will not be used to supplement the Guaranteed Extra Boards except as specifically provided for herein. Employees recalled from furlough, or used in emergency while furloughed to supplement the Extra Board will create a position(s) on the Board for a period of seven (7) days. If an Extra Board is supplemented four (4) days in a seven (7) day period or multiples thereof, the Carrier will add to the Board one (1) additional position(s).

EXAMPLE: Two (2) employees on regular assignments are used in Extra service on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The Carrier will add two (2) positions to the Extra Board for a seven-day (7) period beginning on Friday.

(fbj) The number of employees initially assigned to the Guaranteedr~~Extra Boards will not be changed, except by mutual agreement, for one hundred twenty (120) days after the date" of implementation of this Agreement. After one hundred twenty (120) days, the parties shall make the initial adjustments in the Guaranteed Extra Boards. If a Guaranteed Extra Board is reduced on the initial adjustment, the number of Guaranteed Extra Board employees who are reduced will be added to the Reserve Board positions at the location of the Guaranteed Extra Board. The minimum number of Reserve Board positions will increase accordingly and this will establish the permanent number of Reserve Board positions. (See Side Letter #4)(c) Local Chairmen and Carrier Representatives will meet, if requested by either party, after the Guaranteed Extra Boards have been placed into operation to discuss all problems and will work to solve any problem that may exist.

Section 5. Extra Board jemployees shall be ^allowed guaranteed time off under the following' conditions":

(a) Employees who work/protect seven (7) to thirteen (13) consecutive days without a lay off will be allowed a guaranteed twenty-four (24) hour lay off.

(b) Employees who work/protect fourteen (14) or more consecutive days without a lay off will be allowed a guaranteed forty-eight (48) hour lay off. (See Side Letter #5)

(d) The employee shall be marked up to the bottom of the Extra Board automatically after the guaranteed lay-off period ends, unless other arrangements are made.

(e) Guaranteed lay offs shall be governed by Section 3(b) and (c) of Article III of this Agreement.

(f) Lay offs shall be granted depending on the needs of service, in accordance with guidelines set forth below:

(i) If twenty (20) percent or more of the Extra Board is off the Carrier may delay the guaranteed lay off until the Extra Board has a lower, lay-off percentage. (See Side Letter #25)

(ii) Preference will be given to requests made Monday through Thursday.

(g) Lay offs under this Section shall be given preference over personal business requests by employees who do not have seven (7) or more consecutive days of work.

(h) Employees entitled to personal leave under Article IX of the September 15, 1980 Agreement covering Crew Consist may request a paid personal leave day(s) to be deducted from their allotment. Such payment shall be in accordance with Section 3(d) of this Article III and Side Letter 13. The employee shall be allowed the day(s) without the need to wait for his/her train to be called as provided in the September 15, 1980 Agreement. (See Side Letter 130)