ARTICLE III - DEFINITIONS.

(a-1) Must-Fill. A must-fill position is a brakeman/yardman position contractually required to be filled by protected or non-protected brakeman/yardman under schedule rules or agreements and may not be blanked.

(a-2) Must-fill positions in any class of service for which no bids are received will be filled in accordance with existing schedule rules or agreements .

(b-1) Blanked. A blanked position is a second brakeman/yardman position that is not occupied by any protected employe and a position that need not be filled by a non-protected employe.

(b-2) The method to arrive at a blanked position is through absolute attrition as provided for in Article I, Section 2, or when no protected employe elects, by exercise of seniority (displaces, makes application, or bids), to occupy the second brakeman/yardman position under schedule rules or agreements, except as specifically provided for in this Agreement.

(c) Blankable. Blankable positions are all second-brakeman/yardman positions, except those which must be filled under the provisions of Article I. (Intpns. Pg. 15)

Section 2. Protected Employes.

(a) Protected. For the purpose of this Agreement, protected employes are all employes on road freight train and/or yard service seniority rosters (including employes on authorized leave of absence) as of September 15, 1980, and any employe in a dismissed (discharged), terminated or suspended status as of September 15, 1980, who is subsequently returned to service with seniority rights unimpaired.

NQTF: 1: Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed, interpreted or applied so as to change or modify the following Crew Consist Agreements dated prior to this Agreement, as those agreements relate to the protection of employes, reduction, and restoration of positions:

August 25, 1964 NWD
March 1, 1968 NWD (Oregon Division)
March 1, 1968 ED
March 1, 1968 NWD (Idaho Division)
March 1, 1968 SCD

NOTE 2: When any of the crews involved in the above named 1964 and 1968 Agreements are worked with a conductor/ foreman and one brakeman/yard helper, they will be paid the special allowance and the Productivity Fund will be credited.

(b) Displacement Rights. A protected employe shall retain the right to exercise seniority to any blankable (blanked) position, except under certain conditions provided for in this Agreement. (Intpns. Pg. 15)

(c) Furloughed. Except as provided in Section 2(a), (Note 1) hereof, and Article II, subsections 2 and 3, (New Business and Non-Revenue), no protected employe will be furloughed or on furlough so long as a crew consisting of one conductor/foreman and one brakeman/yard helper is operated in a seniority district.

Section 5. Non-Protected. Train/yard service employes hired after the effective date of this Agreement will not have claim for blanked or blankable second brakeman/yard helper positions.