Line Operations Only. The Union reserves the right to cut the road seniority board when the average weekly earnings fall to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or less. This is not to be construed as imposing a limitation on earn- ings. After the Union notifies the Employer verbally to cut the board and the Employer refuses to do so, the Union shall immediately sub- mit its request again, in writing, to the Employer. If the Employer still refuses to cut the board after receiving the written request, then his refusal to do so shall be considered a grievance to be handled in accordance with the grievance procedure set forth in this Agreement. After the Local Joint Committee or the Joint Area Committee renders a decision favorable to the Union, if the Employer still refuses to cut the board then in such case the Union shall have the right to strike notwithstanding any provisions in this Agreement to the contrary, and the Employer shall be obligated to pay all employees under this Agreement for all time lost. In determining whether average weekly earnings will fall to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or less, only the earnings of the lower twenty-five percent (25%) of the driv- ers on the seniority board counting from the bottom up, shall be con- sidered. The average shall be calculated for the thirty (30) day period preceding the Union’s original request. After such calculation is made, the average earnings of the drivers for the top seventy-five percent (75%) of the seniority board must also average more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) per week, or layoff shall be made in accordance with seniority. The above provisions shall also apply to any extra board exclusively for sleeper drivers.
