1. Guaranteed Extra Boards shall replace existing extra boards or Guaranteed Extra Boards or shall be established where none now exist in the following manner:
(a) Guaranteed Road Extra Boards shall protect all brakeman vacancies protected from the following locations under applicable rules: Council Bluffs (First District), North Platte (Second District), North Platte (Third District), Cheyenne (Fourth District), Cheyenne (Fifth/Sixth District), Rawlins (Seventh District), Ogden (Eighth District), Kansas City (Ninth District), Salina (Tenth District), and Marysville (Eleventh District).
(b) Guaranteed Yard Extra Boards shall protect all yard vacancies protected from the following locations under applicable rules: Omaha/Council Bluffs, North Platte, Cheyenne, Marysville, Salina, Topeka and Grand Island.
(c) Guaranteed Combination Road/Yard Extra Boards shall protect all brakeman and yard vacancies at Denver, Oakley (Twelfth District) and Green River (Thirteenth District, including Rock Springs) under applicable rules.
(d) Guaranteed Conductor Extra Board shall protect all conductor vacancies protected from the following locations under applicable rules: Council Bluffs (First District), North Platte (Second District), North Platte (Third District), Cheyenne (Fourth District), Cheyenne (Fifth/Sixth District), Rawlins (Seventh District), Ogden (Eighth District), Kansas City (Ninth District), Salina (Tenth District), Marysville (Eleventh District), Denver, Oakley (Twelfth District), and Green River (Thirteenth District).
2. The guaranteed mileage on these Guaranteed Extra Boards shall be as follows:
Brakeman – 1,925 miles per pay period at the brakeman’s basic local freight rate of pay for the 1-80 bracket.
Yard – 11 days per pay period at the 5-day yard helper rate of pay.
Combination – 1,925 miles per pay period at the brakeman’s basic local freight rate of pay for the 1-80 car bracket.
Conductor – 1,925 miles per pay period at the conductor’s basic local freight rate of pay for the 1-80 car bracket.
These rates of pay are subject to all subsequent adjustments in wages and COLA.
3. Payment of the guarantee shall be made in the payroll half following the payroll half in which the guarantee payment was incurred.
4. The Reserve Board, as provided for in Article III of this Agreement, will not be used to supplement the Guaranteed Extra Boards.
5. The Carrier shall regulate the number of employees on the Guaranteed Extra Boards; however, a sufficient number of employees shall be maintained on the Road Extra Boards to ensure the average mileage does not exceed 4,200 miles per month. The Carrier shall not be subject to claims because of the regulation thereof. The Carrier shall also ensure that a sufficient number of employees are on the boards to provide reasonable lay-off privileges, personal leave opportunities, and vacation relief.
(a) On January 1, 1995, all brakeman extra boards in Article II, Section 1(a) shall be eliminated and all Conductor Extra Boards in Article II, Section 1(d) shall become combination extra boards but paid at the conductor extra board rate. An employee must be conductor qualified to hold these extra boards.
(b) If in the application of Presidential Emergency Board 219, it is determined that all employees must take promotion to conductor, and in the application of those provisions, a pre-October 31, 1985 employee who can hold any job other than a conductor’s position will not be obligated to take the conductor’s examination. If, however, the employee is later unable to hold such a position, the employee will be given thirty (30) days in which to take promotion. Failure to do so will disqualify the employee from holding a position. When conditions exist that require an employee to take the conductor’s examination, such employee will also be subject to any penalties that may be imposed through the National Agreement.
NOTE: This section is phased in to provide opportunity for non-promoted brakemen to become qualified Conductors.
(c) The Carrier will hold promotion classes on a regular basis to provide the opportunity for non-promoted trainmen to qualify.
7. (a) All earnings (excluding Productivity Fund Shares) received by an employee assigned to a Guaranteed Extra Board will be used in computing the employee’s guarantee except as provided in Article I, Section 5(d). Time claim payments for periods of time when not assigned to a guaranteed extra board will be paid in addition to guarantee payments made to an employee. Penalty claim payments due employees assigned to a guaranteed extra board will be paid in addition to the earnings received as a Guaranteed Extra Board employee. Such computations will not include non-taxable income such as meal, lodging and personal auto mileage payments.
(b) A Guaranteed Extra Board employee standing first out who lays off, lays off on call, misses call or is not available for call will have the guarantee reduced by the amount he would have earned had he not laid off on call, missed call or not been available for call, with a minimum reduction of one guaranteed day.
(c) An employee who lays off when other than first out will have his guarantee reduced by one (1) day for each 24-hour period or portion thereof.
(d) An employee assigned to a Guaranteed Extra Board who is unavailable for more than two (2) occurrences per pay period or who is unavailable for more than eighty-four (84) combined hours per pay period will forfeit his guarantee for that pay period. Elected union representatives who are unavailable because of union work will not be subject to this Section (d) but will be covered by Section (e) of this Article II.
(e) An employee who misses a call as a result of another Guaranteed Extra Board employee laying off on call, missing call or not available for call when that other Guaranteed Extra Board employee is first out will have his guarantee reduced by one (1) day for each 24-hour period or portion thereof.
(f) The guarantee reductions shall not apply for absences due to Bereavement Leave, Personal Leave Days, Vacations, Rules Classes, Jury Duty, Physical Examinations or other instances where the employee is held at the instruction of the Carrier.
8. (a) An employee added to a Guaranteed Extra Board will be paid a guarantee for the day added provided the employee meets the availability requirements of this Agreement. All earnings made on the day added will be included in the computation of the guarantee. Guarantee will not be paid to an employee on the day reduced from a Guaranteed Extra Board if notified by 1:30 P.M. If an employee is reduced from a Guaranteed Extra Board but is not notified by 1:30 P.M., then the employee will be paid the guarantee for that day unless the employee voluntarily bid off the Guaranteed Extra Board.
(b) All guarantee compensation paid to employees will be considered as service rendered for vacation pay and qualification purposes.
