OPERATOR SENIORITY & SYSTEM SELECTION Sample Clauses

OPERATOR SENIORITY & SYSTEM SELECTION. Seniority of each of the full-time operators covered by this Agreement shall be on a system basis. The years of service of each of the full-time operators with each of their respective, immediate predecessor transit companies shall be counted from date of last employment and given full credit in the seniority roster. There shall be a system selection by the operators every year effective the first Monday following Thanksgiving Day of each year, for the purpose of selecting the station at which operators desire to work, except that upon request by the Union, an interim system selection pick shall be held when a station has been abandoned or consolidated or a major bus line shifted from one station to another or a major change in scheduling made. At least one (1) month prior to every such system selection of work, the Agency shall post a notice at all stations announcing that a system selection of stations will be held at some central location. In accordance with a Master System Seniority List, also posted by the Agency, the operator with the highest seniority in service on the system may select any station of his choice, provided he is qualified for the work selected. The operator with the next highest seniority in service may then make his selection, and so on down the seniority list. The term “seniority” for the purpose of this Section 21 shall be computed from the date of last employment with the Agency as a full-time operator. In selecting the station at which they desire to work, the number of operators are not to exceed the quota established by the Agency for each station. Operators who fail to appear at the central location of selection on the date designated and at the time specified, will be deemed to have elected to remain at the station to which they are then assigned. Operators may send in written notice of their selection provided it is received at least two (2) days in advance of the date designated for the pick to commence. System selections are to be completed in time to permit the posting of station seniority lists in advance of the station pick of runs which follow system selections.