Seniority Boundaries. Territory 56.1 The following designated and defined districts shall constitute seniority territory for locomotive engineers on the Prairie and Mountain Regions, and no change will be made in the territories as herein defined, except through the negotiations between the appropriate officer of the Company and the General Chairman. 56.2 Seventh Seniority District, all lines, branches and terminals on the Canadian National Railways (except the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific) between Thunder Bay, Armstrong, Churchill, Vermilion, Wainwright, Hemaruka, Kindersley and Eatonia, including the Yards at Thunder Bay, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Kindersley and Eatonia, but excluding the Yards at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Vermilion and Wainwright. 56.3 Ninth Seniority District, all lines, branches and terminals on the Canadian National Railways west of Vermilion, Wainwright, Hemaruka, Kindersley and Eatonia, including the lines on Vancouver Island and the Yards at Vermilion and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, but excluding the Yards at Kindersley and Eatonia and shall include all lines, branches and terminals of the Great Slave Branch, North of Roma Junction, Alberta, up to and including the Hay River Yard at Hay River, Northwest Territories. 56.4 Where seniority districts join, locomotive engineers can operate in and out of a terminal. Establishment 56.5 The seniority date of a locomotive engineer hired in keeping with Company requirement and regulations shall be the date of his first service as locomotive engineer, provided, however, that all firemen/helpers with a seniority date as such prior to February 3, 1958 will not be deprived of their right to qualifications as and promotion to locomotive engineer based on their seniority. Qualification as locomotive engineer is subject to Company requirements and regulations. (a) A qualified locomotive engineer will be eligible for service as a locomotive engineer; and will be promoted to the locomotive engineers' seniority list on January 1 of the year following the year during which qualified in the order of his standing on the firemen/helpers' list, provided eligible firemen/helpers his senior are qualified and promoted. (b) Employees other than firemen/helpers who are qualified as locomotive engineers in keeping with Company requirements and (c) An employee who has insufficient service requirements under Agreement 4.3 which prevents him from having sufficient qualifications to apply for training as a Locomotive Engineer will have his seniority awarded as if he qualified in paragraph (b) of this article provided: (i) he applies for the first course advertised following attaining the necessary qualifications - it is incumbent upon the employee to apply to the first course advertised; and (ii) he successfully qualifies as a Locomotive Engineer in the first course attended. (d) (i) The Company may select as locomotive engineer trainees candidates from terminals where a shortage of qualified locomotive engineers exists or is expected to exist, notwithstanding that such candidates are junior to candidates from other terminals where no such shortage exists. Senior candidates who are held off a course as a result of the selection of junior employees, and thereby prevented from training and qualifying as a locomotive engineer, will be promoted to the locomotive engineers' seniority list in the manner set out in this article as if trained and qualified in the first course from which held off provided they successfully qualify as a locomotive engineer on the first course attended.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Seniority Boundaries. Territory
56.1 The following designated and defined districts shall constitute seniority territory for locomotive engineers on the Prairie and Mountain Regions, and no change will be made in the territories as herein defined, except through the negotiations between the appropriate officer of the Company and the General Chairman.
56.2 Seventh Seniority District, all lines, branches and terminals on the Canadian National Railways (except the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific) between Thunder Bay, Armstrong, Churchill, Vermilion, Wainwright, Hemaruka, Kindersley and Eatonia, including the Yards at Thunder Bay, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Kindersley and Eatonia, but excluding the Yards at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Vermilion and Wainwright.
56.3 Ninth Seniority District, all lines, branches and terminals on the Canadian National Railways west of Vermilion, Wainwright, Hemaruka, Kindersley and Eatonia, including the lines on Vancouver Island and the Yards at Vermilion and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇Wainwright, but excluding the Yards at Kindersley and Eatonia and shall include all lines, branches and terminals of the Great Slave Branch, North of Roma Junction, Alberta, up to and including the Hay River Yard at Hay River, Northwest Territories.
56.4 Where seniority districts join, locomotive engineers can operate in and out of a terminal. Establishment
56.5 The seniority date of a locomotive engineer hired in keeping with Company requirement and regulations shall be the date of his first service as locomotive engineer, provided, however, that all firemen/helpers with a seniority date as such prior to February 3, 1958 will not be deprived of their right to qualifications as and promotion to locomotive engineer based on their seniority. Qualification as locomotive engineer is subject to Company requirements and regulations.shall
(a) A qualified locomotive engineer will be eligible for service as a locomotive engineer; and will be promoted to the locomotive engineers' seniority list on January 1 of the year following the year during which qualified in the order of his standing on the firemen/helpers' list, provided eligible firemen/helpers his senior are qualified and promoted.
(b) Employees other than firemen/helpers who are qualified as locomotive engineers in keeping with Company requirements andand regulations will be eligible for service as locomotive engineers, provided eligible firemen/helpers are qualified and promoted. Effective March 17, 1982, such other employees will be promoted to the seniority list of locomotive engineers on January 1st of the year following the year during which qualified, and shall hold their relative standing in the group with which qualified as per their seniority date as Brakemen or Yardmen. If an employee has a seniority date in both classifications, the earliest date shall be used in determining his relative standing.
(c) An employee who has insufficient service requirements under Agreement 4.3 which prevents him from having sufficient qualifications to apply for training as a Locomotive Engineer will have his seniority awarded as if he qualified in paragraph (b) of this article provided:
(i) he applies for the first course advertised following attaining the necessary qualifications - it is incumbent upon the employee to apply to the first course advertised; and
(ii) he successfully qualifies as a Locomotive Engineer in the first course attended.
(d) (i) The Company may select as locomotive engineer trainees candidates from terminals where a shortage of qualified locomotive engineers exists or is expected to exist, notwithstanding that such candidates are junior to candidates from other terminals where no such shortage exists. Senior candidates who are held off a course as a result of the selection of junior employees, and thereby prevented from training and qualifying as a locomotive engineer, will be promoted to the locomotive engineers' seniority list in the manner set out in this article as if trained and qualified in the first course from which held off provided they successfully qualify as a locomotive engineer on the first course attended.
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Sources: Service Agreement
Seniority Boundaries. Territory
56.1 The following designated and defined districts shall constitute seniority territory for locomotive engineers on the Prairie and Mountain Regions, and no change will be made in the territories as herein defined, except through the negotiations between the appropriate officer of the Company and the General Chairman.
56.2 Seventh Seniority District, all lines, branches and terminals on the Canadian National Railways (except the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific) between Thunder Bay, Armstrong, Churchill, Vermilion, Wainwright, Hemaruka, Kindersley and Eatonia, including the Yards at Thunder Bay, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Kindersley and Eatonia, but excluding the Yards at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇Armstrong, Vermilion and Wainwright.
56.3 Ninth Seniority District, all lines, branches and terminals on the Canadian National Railways west of Vermilion, Wainwright, Hemaruka, Kindersley and Eatonia, including the lines on Vancouver Island and the Yards at Vermilion and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇Wainwright, but excluding the Yards at Kindersley and Eatonia and shall include all lines, branches and terminals of the Great Slave Branch, North of Roma Junction, Alberta, up to and including the Hay River Yard at Hay River, Northwest Territories.
56.4 Where seniority districts join, locomotive engineers can operate in and out of a terminal. Establishment
56.5 The seniority date of a locomotive engineer hired in keeping with Company requirement and regulations shall be the date of his first service as locomotive engineer, provided, however, that all firemen/helpers with a seniority date as such prior to February 3, 1958 will not be deprived of their right to qualifications as and promotion to locomotive engineer based on their seniority. Qualification as locomotive engineer is subject to Company requirements and regulations.
(a) A qualified locomotive engineer will be eligible for service as a locomotive engineer; and will be promoted to the locomotive engineers' seniority list on January 1 of the year following the year during which qualified in the order of his standing on the firemen/helpers' list, provided eligible firemen/helpers his senior are qualified and promoted.
(b) Employees other than firemen/helpers who are qualified as locomotive engineers in keeping with Company requirements and
(c) An employee who has insufficient service requirements under Agreement 4.3 which prevents him from having sufficient qualifications to apply for training as a Locomotive Engineer will have his seniority awarded as if he qualified in paragraph (b) of this article provided:
(i) he applies for the first course advertised following attaining the necessary qualifications - it is incumbent upon the employee to apply to the first course advertised; and
(ii) he successfully qualifies as a Locomotive Engineer in the first course attended.
(d) (i) The Company may select as locomotive engineer trainees candidates from terminals where a shortage of qualified locomotive engineers exists or is expected to exist, notwithstanding that such candidates are junior to candidates from other terminals where no such shortage exists. Senior candidates who are held off a course as a result of the selection of junior employees, and thereby prevented from training and qualifying as a locomotive engineer, will be promoted to the locomotive engineers' seniority list in the manner set out in this article as if trained and qualified in the first course from which held off provided they successfully qualify as a locomotive engineer on the first course attended.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement