IV.       EXTRA BOARDS

A.       The following shall govern changes in the administration and operation of extra boards in Zone 2:

1.        Spokane

a.        Carrier may establish a single consolidated combination (road/yard) extra board at Spokane which consolidates the former Oregon 5th Seniority District and SI extra boards. To establish the consolidated combination extra board, Carrier will serve a sixty (60)-day advance written notice to the General Chairman.

b.       Assignments to the Spokane extra board(s) shall be made based on the employee's standing (1st) on the Hinkle-North sub-zone prior rights roster and (2 ) on the Zone 2 master roster. Existing prior rights and/or mileage or work pro rations involving the former Oregon 4th or 5th Seniority District and/or the former Spokane International Railroad shall not be used in making assignments to this Spokane extra board.

2.        Hinkle (Road)

a.        The road (conductor/brakeman) extra board presently established at Hinkle will be a Zone 2 extra board manned by employees holding seniority on the Zone 2 master roster.

b.        This Hinkle Road Extra Board will protect Zone 2 service and vacancies originating at Hinkle, as it presently does. It may also provide hours-of-service relief into Hinkle, to and including, Bonifer (east), Blalock (west), and Ayer (north) by geographic direction.

(i)       This extra board will be used to protect vacancies, service and  hours-of-service relief on the territory comprising the former Oregon 4th Seniority District when the Walla Walla extra board is either exhausted or has been eliminated as a result of the attrition of the employees listed on Attachment "B."

NOTE 1: The Walla Walla extra board will perform hours-of-service relief (dogcatching) on territory comprising the former Oregon 4th Seniority District unless there is already a hours-of-service relief (dogcatch) crew (from the Hinkle road extra board) on duty and available with time remaining to perform the work.

NOTE 2: If the first hours-of-service relief (dogcatch) is to be performed in the territory comprising the former Oregon 4th Seniority District, the Walla Walla extra board will be used.

The Hinkle Road extra board will continue to protect Zone 2 service and vacancies on assignments working to/from the coal power utility plant located near Castle, as it presently does.

3.       Walla Walla

a.       The existing Walla Walla extra board will be retained until one of the following events have occurred:

(i)       All employees listed on Attachment "B" have attrited or resigned and are not in active service with Carrier, or have, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, had their names removed from Attachment "B";

(ii).      All remaining employees on Attachment "B" are assigned to other 4 District positions; or

On the expiration of six (6) years from the date this Agreement is implemented the Walla Walla extra board will cease to exist.

During its continued existence, the Walla Walla extra board will protect service, vacancies and hours-of-service relief in the territory comprising the former Oregon 4th Seniority District.

                                    If the Walla Walla extra board is exhausted, or it has

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been eliminated in accordance with this Agreement, service, vacancies and hours-of-service in the territory comprising the former Oregon 4th Seniority District will be protected by the Hinkle Road extra board.

e.        (i) Only those employees listed on the Attachment "B" who do not permanently relocate to Spokane may be assigned to the Walla Walla extra board.

(ii)      Assignment of eligible employees to this extra board will be made according to their relative standing on the Attachment "B" of this Implementing Agreement.

d.        Recognizing the ebbs and flows of business in this territory, the parties acknowledge that the Walla Walla extra board will be reestablished as necessary to meet Carrier's commitment to employees listed on Attachment "B."

B.       The following shall govern changes in the administration and operation of extra boards in Zone 3:

1.        Nampa

a.        i. The existing conductor, brakeman and yardman extra boards at Nampa will, effective with implementation of this Agreement, be consolidated into a single combination road/yard (conductor/brakeman/yardman) guaranteed extra board. The existing conductor, brakeman and yardman extra boards will be abolished. Assignments to the new combination road/yard guaranteed extra board will be based on the employees' conductor seniority date on the Zone 3 master seniority roster.

ii.        This extra board shall protect service, vacancies and/or hours-of-service relief between Glenns Ferry and (excluding) Huntington. In addition, this extra board may be used to provide hours-of-service relief for eastbound through freight crews tying up under the Hours-of-Service Act at or east of Huntington.

b.        For as long as Nampa remains a home terminal for the LaGrande - Nampa through freight pool, this extra board shall also protect temporary pool freight vacancies on "Nampa" positions at Nampa. Once Nampa ceases to be a home terminal, vacancies in this pool will be protected by the LaGrande extra board.

2.        Pocatello


The existing conductor and brakeman extra boards at Pocatello will, effective with the implementation'of this Agreement, be consolidated into a combination road (conductor/brakeman) guaranteed extra board. The existing conductor and brakeman extra boards will be abolished. Assignments to the new combination road guaranteed extra board will be based on the employees' conductor seniority date on the Zone 3 master seniority roster.

3.        Other Zone 3 Extra Boards (except Nampa and Pocatello)

At those Zone 3 locations (except Nampa and Pocatello, which are addressed in Paragraphs 1 and 2, above), including but not limited to Dillon and Montpelier, where separate brakeman, conductor and/or switchman extra boards have been established, Carrier may, effective with the implementation of this Agreement, establish consolidated combination road/yard (conductor/brakeman/switchman) guaranteed extra boards or a consolidated road (conductor/brakeman) guaranteed extra boards.

4.        Zone 3 guaranteed extra boards shall be governed by applicable provisions set forth in the Idaho District Crew Consist Agreements.