REALIGNMENT OR REDUCTION a) In the event that the Company declares a realignment or reduction affecting employees, the Union and Local Union will be notified in advance of the realignment or reduction taking effect and given the opportunity to review and provide its input to the Company in connection with the realignment or reduction.
REALIGNMENT OR REDUCTION a) In the event that the Company declares a realignment or reduction affecting employees, the Union and Local Union will be notified in advance of the realignment or reduction taking effect and given the opportunity to review and provide its input to the Company in connection with the realignment or reduction. Permanent vacancies filled by lateral assignment or demotion in conjunction with a realignment or reduction affecting employees may not be posted and the Job Posting System of this Agreement will not When the Company decides it is necessary to reduce the number of employees in a ladder for a period of time which it expects to be in excess of thirty (30) days, it will, on the basis of the ladder test, select such employees commencing at the entry classification of the ladder and moving to the next higher until the required reduction has been attained. When the Company decides it is necessary to reduce the number of employees in a non-ladder classification for a period of time which it expects to be in excess of thirty (30) days, the Company will select such employees on the basis of the reverse order of seniority unless it determines that the requirements and efficiency of operations and the qualifications, ability and skill of the remaining employees to do the work in the classification require otherwise.
REALIGNMENT OR REDUCTION. In the event that the Company declares a realignment or reduction affecting employees, the Union and Local Union will be notified in advance of the realignment or reduction taking effect and given the opportunity to review and provide its input to the Company in connection with the realignment or reduction. Permanent vacancies filled by lateral assignment or demotion in conjunction with a realignment or reduction affecting employees may not be posted and the Job Posting System provisions of this Agreement will not apply. When the Company decides it is necessary to reduce the number of employees in a ladder for a period of time which it expects to be in excess of thirty (30) days, it will, on the basis of the ladder test, select such employees commencing at the entry classification of the ladder and moving to the next higher until the required reduction has been attained. When the Company decides it is necessary to reduce the number of employees in a non ladder classification for a period of time which it expects to be in excess of thirty (30) days, the Company will select such employees on the basis of the reverse order of seniority unless it determines that the requirements and efficiency of operations and the qualifications, ability and skill of the remaining employees to do the work in the classification require otherwise. Employees reduced from a ladder or from a non-ladder classification will be reassigned within their own pay grade, demoted or laid off, as the case may be, as follows: If there is a vacancy in another classification within the same pay grade as affected employees, the Company will canvass in order of seniority all affected employees and all other employees in the ladder classifications from which affected employees are being reduced, The senior canvassed employee wishing to be considered or, if no such employee, the senior affected employee, will be assigned to the vacancy subject to the ladder test where the vacancy is in a ladder classification and the non-ladder test where the vacancy is in a non-ladder classification. If there is no vacancy in another classification within the same pay grade as affected employees, the senior employee will displace the employee in another classification in the same pay grade with the least seniority who has less seniority than such senior employee subject to the ladder test where the attempted displacement is in a ladder classification and the non-ladder test where the attempted displacement is in ...
