RULE 18-

USED OFF SENIORITY OR ASSIGNED DISTRICT

 

(a) Rights on Districts: Rights of men on the different dis­tricts will be established by the proper officers of the Company and the Committee representing the employees. Trainmen will not be run off their respective seniority district, except in cases of emergency, and when a trainmen is run off his seniority district he shall not be required to make more than one trip to a terminal, or to an intermediate point and return to point of departure, before being returned to a terminal of his seniority district. Otherwise, trainmen will be confined to districts where rights are located,

 

(b) Used Off Seniority District From Intermediate Point: When trainmen are used o f their assignment from an Intermediate point onto another seniority district, they will be allowed a minimum of 100 miles therefor at the rate and under the rules governing the class of service performed on the extra trip, but such miles or hours will not be used in computing time on the assignment.

 

(c) Used Off Assigned District – Penalty: Pool crews used off their assigned district in an emergency will be deadheaded or run back light without regard to the first‑in first‑out provisions at the terminal to which sent; provided, however, that in an emergency, where no crews from the district entitled to the turn are available, or can be made available, such crews may be worked back but will start on pay at end of rest period, if held beyond rest period to work back.

 

(d) Pool Or Assigned Crews Used Intact In Emergency: Under circumstances where no pool freight crew is available or can be made available and it is necessary to use an assigned crew, or a pool crew from another district, in an emergency, such crew will be used intact. Available extra men will not be considered run around.