Elimination of Route. When an Employee’s AM/PM route is eliminated or when a driver/aide is displaced the affected driver/aide may bid an open route a standby with less seniority or displace the least senior Employee AM/PM route in addition to any less senior employee midday not to exceed forty hours per week. Or any standby with less seniority. Employees owning a mid-day may displace a less senior employee whose route will accommodate their midday without exceeding forty hours within the week. If there are no open routes or position available, the reduction in force (RIF) procedure will be implemented. A bidding situation will not occur when activity/behavior/late/sick route deletions occur.
Elimination of Route. If a driving assignment is eliminated, the employee whose driving assignment is eliminated shall retain his/her seniority according to the Union Seniority List and shall have the right to the comparable driving assignment held by the person with the least seniority. A comparable driving assignment is defined as a driving assignment less than or equal to the same number of hours as the driving assignment that was eliminated. A second seniority list shall contain those individuals driving Pre-K/ Kindergarten routes. If a Pre-K/ Kindergarten route is eliminated, those individuals on the Pre-K/ Kindergarten seniority list shall be released as per their Pre-K/ Kindergarten driving experience as reflected on the Pre-K/ Kindergarten seniority list.
