Common use of AVAILBLE WORK SELECTION Clause in Contracts

AVAILBLE WORK SELECTION. Drivers shall be given preference for available work hours based on seniority. 1 See Side letter #5 Memorandum on 40 Hour A.) Yard drivers shall be allowed to preference additional available scheduled work in the yard they are assigned by seniority. The parties agree that if a yard driver is regularly scheduled less than 5 days in a workweek and available scheduled days open up in the yard in which they work, the driver with seniority in the particular yard shall be awarded that work. Yard drivers are allowed to remain part time, with 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 scheduled shifts per week. See Articles 6 & 18 for more specific guidance. B.) Road drivers shall select their assigned days off two (2) times per year by seniority on or about August 31st and March 1st of each year. Local management shall begin this process no later than February 15th and August 15th respectively. All drivers on each road board shall be called by local management and offered to change scheduled off days at least 2 weeks prior to the March 1st and August 31st dates. If a driver is skipped, the process shall be repeated until all drivers are given the opportunity to change or keep their scheduled off days. C.) The Parties agree that the board rotation system for On Call Road Drivers shall continue. The Employer will make every reasonable effort not to deviate from the general rotation on the ‘board’ except for customer service or operational reasons but agrees that it will not so deviate in a discriminatory manner, or in any way that creates a pattern of favoring junior drivers over those with more seniority. D.) Drivers who are rested and assigned to a particular yard shall have preference where non-routine work (standing orders, flag jobs, irregular jobs) becomes available based on seniority. Management shall use and maintain a regular overtime list to be used for each yard, road-board and railroad. Drivers must request in writing to be on the overtime list or to be taken off the overtime list.