Craft Seniority. For all employees hired on or after November 17, 2005, craft seniority shall commence as of the day an employee is awarded a position of apprentice, helper or higher in a particular craft and may be used only for the purpose of bidding for positions vacated or new positions established within the craft. Jobs within a particular class shall be selected by persons of that class and craft according to their craft seniority. In the event of a tie, the job will be awarded according to the employees’ class seniority. An employee cannot hold two craft seniorities at any time. Once an employee bids out of his or her craft and is awarded a position in another craft, he or she shall lose his or her craft seniority in the vacated craft and will be placed at the bottom of the craft roster in his or her newly selected craft. Except in instances of retrenchment or involuntary transfer, an employee’s craft seniority shall be location-specific. Any employee who voluntarily transfers to a new location shall lose his or her respective craft seniority. All corresponding sections of the Agreement shall be revised to reflect craft seniority. One year after ratification of the Agreement and after each successive one-year period thereafter, either party may give notice that it does not wish this provision to remain in the Agreement. In the event either party exercises this right, employees, seniority rights shall be determined by reference to the seniority system in place in the parties’ 2004 Agreement. In the event neither party exercises this right, upon the expiration of this Agreement, this sunset provision shall expire, and the craft seniority system shall be incorporated into the Agreement. In the event that SEPTA and the Union do not enter into a Joint Apprenticeship Training Program Agreement on or by November 1, 2007, this provision will cease to exist and be deleted from the Agreement, and employees’ seniority rights during the term of this Agreement will be solely determined by reference to the seniority system in place in the parties’ 2004 Agreement. Employees hired before November 17, 2005, may utilize craft seniority against employees hired after the ratification date of this Agreement, but may not utilize it against other employees hired before the ratification date of this Agreement. No employee hired before the ratification date of this Agreement shall be bumped in any respect by virtue of an employee’s craft seniority.
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