Common use of EXTRA BOARDS Clause in Contracts

EXTRA BOARDS. A. The Carrier may establish extra boards at any location in accordance with the governing CBA. The Carrier will give a thirty day notice of the consolidation of pre-merger extra boards and the notice provisions of the governing CBA shall be used in the establishment of new extra boards. B. If there are no rested and available West Colton pool engineers at the away from home points LATC and the Harbor area, then the closest extra board may be used to work trains back to West Colton. When so used they will not be tied up at West Colton but will deadhead back to their on duty point. If sufficient traffic exists to warrant a pool to protect this service then a pool shall be established. The use of this pool shall be ahead of using a West Colton engineer in combination deadhead service. C. Exhausted extra boards. 1. If one of the above extra boards is exhausted, then another (secondary)extra board may be used prior to using other sources of supply. Secondary extra boards shall be identified by bulletin. 2. An engineer called from his/her extra board for an assignment in another area not principally covered by their extra board shall be handled as follows: a. Pay received for this assignment shall not be used as an offset for extra board guarantee but shall be in addition to, however, it shall be used in computing whether the engineer is entitled to protection pay at the end of the month. b. An engineer unavailable at time of call for secondary assignments shall have a deduction made in their extra board guarantee in accordance with the extra board agreement and shall have an offset to their protection in accordance with the protection offset provisions. If miss called for secondary calls, the engineer shall not be placed on the bottom of the board but will hold his/her place. c. An engineer unavailable at time of call for secondary assignments shall not be disciplined. D. On a temporary basis, until the Yuma area is under a merger agreement/award that provides for the consolidated Yuma extra board to cover El Centro vacancies and Yuma based assignments, The LA Hub extra board at Yuma will continue to protect all assignments that it protected pre-merger.

EXTRA BOARDS. A. The Section A---Regulation 1) Where there is sufficient work to justify it, Conductors' and/or Brakemen's Extra Boards shall be maintained, but they shall not consist of more employes than can earn a reasonable compensation. What constitutes "reasonable compensation" as used herein, will be defined locally by mutual agreement between the proper local Carrier may establish extra boards at any location Officer and proper Local Chairman. 2) Extra Boards will be regulated by agreement between proper local Carrier Officer and proper Local Chairman, and no additions or reductions will be made other than by agreement between the parties here mentioned. This will not, however, serve to preclude the General Chairman and the Director of Labor Relations from handling such matters should it become necessary. 3) Where there is a mutual agreement between the proper local Carrier Officer and the proper Local Chairman which results in an adjustment of an Extra Board in accordance with these provisions, the employe(s) affected by the Extra Board adjustment will be or will not be allowed deadhead pay in accordance with the governing CBA. The Carrier will give a thirty day notice of the consolidation of pre-merger extra boards and the notice provisions of the governing CBA shall be used in the establishment of new extra boardsArticle 22. B. 4) At points where there is a Conductors' Extra board maintained, the Callers' office will keep a list of promoted Conductors who are working as Brakemen (or Yardmen), who have signified in writing (with copy to the Local Chairman) their desire to be assigned to the Conductors' Extra board. When the Conductors' Extra Board is increased, the senior Conductor on that list will be assigned to the Conductors' Extra Board. If there are no rested and available West Colton pool engineers none on that list, the junior Conductor on the seniority district who is working as a Brakeman will be assigned to the Extra Board. Section B(1 1) of this Article provides that the newly assigned Extra Conductor will be marked up at the away from home bottom of the Extra Board as of the time he reports for mark-up on the board. 5) When the Brakemen's Extra Board is increased, furloughed employes will be recalled to the Extra Board and marked up thereon as soon as they report. At points LATC where ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Harbor areaYardmen hold joint seniority rights in accordance with Article 24, then the closest extra board may be used to work trains back to West Colton. When so used they will not be tied up at West Colton but will deadhead back to their on duty point. If sufficient traffic exists to warrant a pool to protect this service then a pool shall be established. The use Section F of this pool shall Agreement, a bulletin will then be ahead of using a West Colton engineer in combination deadhead service. C. Exhausted extra boards. 1posted (on the same day the Extra Board is increased) giving Yardmen the opportunity to exercise their Brakemen's seniority. If one of the above extra boards is exhausted, then another (secondary)extra board may This bulletin will be used prior to using other sources of supply. Secondary extra boards shall be identified by bulletin. 2. An engineer called from his/her extra board for an assignment in another area not principally covered by their extra board shall be handled as follows: a. Pay received for this assignment shall not be used as an offset for extra board guarantee but shall be in addition to, however, it shall be used in computing whether the engineer is entitled to protection pay at the end of the month. b. An engineer unavailable at time of call for secondary assignments shall have a deduction made in their extra board guarantee in accordance with the extra board agreement provisions of Article 14 of this Agreement. The senior employe making proper application will be assigned. 6) An assigned ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ may, if he desires, give up his regular assignment and shall have revert to the Brakemen's Extra Board (or an offset assigned Conductor may give up his regular assignment to their protection revert to the Conductors' Extra Board) under the provisions of Article 13, Section D of this Agreement if there is a junior employe assigned to the Extra Board. 7) When an employe, in accordance with the protection offset provisions. If miss called for secondary callsexercise of his seniority, places himself on the Conductors' or Brakemen's Extra Board, no one should be automatically cut off; but, if the Local Chairman and the proper local Carrier Officer later decide that there are too many employes on the Extra Board, the engineer shall not Extra Board will be placed reduced by removing the agreed number of junior employes then on the bottom of the board but will hold his/her placeboard. c. An engineer unavailable at time of call for secondary assignments shall not be disciplined. D. On a temporary basis, until the Yuma area is under a merger agreement/award that provides for the consolidated Yuma extra board to cover El Centro vacancies and Yuma based assignments, The LA Hub extra board at Yuma will continue to protect all assignments that it protected pre-merger.