OPERATIONAL TRANSFER. 1. It is recognized that to meet the necessities of the business or to advance the Employer's equal employment opportunity program, transfer of employees either within the geographical jurisdiction of a Union party to this Agreement or from the jurisdiction of one such Local Union to another such Local Union may be required. In such cases where such transfer is effected by the Employer, the transferred employee will carry to such employee's new assignment all seniority, as defined above, acquired in the employ of the Employer. This transfer rule shall have application to both the "available" and "self-restricted" seniority lists. Transfers referred to in this Section shall not require an employee to travel one way more than twenty-five (25) miles between the employee's residence and the new location. Reasonable tolerance of these limits shall be allowed for temporary transfers such as vacation relief and store openings. If there are not three (3) stores within 25 miles of the employee’s residence, the Employer may transfer the employee to any of the three (3) closest stores to the employee’s residence but in no event shall the transfer require the employee to travel more than forty
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Retail Food, Meat, Bakery, Candy and General Merchandise Agreement