FIREMAN SENIORITY. A.1. Each Locomotive Engineer Trainee shall be given a seniority date as a fireman upon successful completion of the initial training class in the order of his/her relative standing on the Trainmen Seniority Roster or System ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Seniority Roster among the members of that class, and below all who have previously established seniority as fireman or engineer except as set forth in B. 1., below. The term "trainmen" in this agreement includes switchmen. A.2. Section 4(4) of Article XIII of the October 31, 1985 National Agreement sets forth the circumstances under which the Company may train others (other than trainmen or hostlers) for engine service. If more than one such "other" is trained in a group, relative seniority among such "others" will be assigned in order of initial date of uninterrupted service with the Company, but following any hostlers or trainmen within the same training group. A.3. If any group of trainees, or individual trainees within a group, have identical seniority dates or initial service dates and equal priority as set forth in Sections A.l. or A.2., this Article, with no relative standing between them previously established, such trainees will have their relative seniority standing among themselves determined by date of birth, with preference given to the earlier date. Once so determined, the trainees will then rank in relative order with other trainees in the group as set forth in Sections A.1 and A.2, this Article. A.4. If more than one class of firemen, either on the same seniority district or on different seniority districts, establish seniority as firemen on the same date, the participants of the classes will establish relative standing among themselves in accordance with the terms of this agreement. B. 1. Hostlers and trainmen who are eligible to enter a class and who are not available due to: (a) serving in the U. S. Armed Forces, (b) furlough, (c) being suspended or dismissed and later reinstated with seniority rights unimpaired, (d) maternity leave, (e) jury duty or (f) on verifiable medical absence at the direction of a physician shall, upon return from such absence, be allowed to enter the first class held on the district on which the class was missed, and upon successful completion of that class, shall be ranked in proper standing among the members of the class that was missed. An employee eligible under this provision may irrevocably declare, in writing to the Company and the Local Chairman, UTU-E, of his/her intent to enter the next available class on the District. Once declared, the employee will not be subject to involuntary assignment to a class on a different engine service seniority district, however, the employee may voluntarily bid to a class on a different district and will assume his/her relative standing among the other members of that class and below all who have previously established seniority as fireman or engineer on that District.
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