Northern New England General Freight Supplemental Agreement

(B) A probationary employee is a new employee hired to work at a
new terminal under the provisions of this Agreement for a thirty
(30) days worked probationary period, within which time such
employee may be dismissed without protest by the Union. Such dismissal
must be in writing by the Employer with a copy sent to the
Local Union. A probationary employee who has been dismissed
(disqualified) may not be employed, under this Agreement, by the
same Employer for a period of six (6) months. Failure on the part of
the Employer to comply with this restriction and such employee
works one (1) day within the six (6) month period, that employee
shall gain seniority as of their last day worked.
The Employer may not discharge or discipline for purpose of evading
this Agreement or discriminating against Union members. After the
thirty (30) days worked probationary period, probationary employees
shall be placed on the seniority list as regular employees provided they
have worked thirty (30) days within a ninety (90) calendar day period.
The seniority date for such employee shall be the thirtieth (30th) day
worked within the ninety (90) calendar day period. Probationary
employees shall be called for work ahead of replacement employees,
if qualified and available. Abuse of the above provisions shall subject
the Employer to the grievance procedure.
(C) Preference shall be given to employees older in service and in
the order of seniority to the work available, provided that such
employees are available at such time as the work is assigned and are
qualified to perform the work required, except as provided for in
Article 52, Section 2.
(D) Employees in the order of their seniority shall have preference:
(1) In selection of starting times from the schedule.
(2) In filling of job vacancies and in filling of new jobs when such
new jobs will result in additions to the existing seniority list. In the
event a vacancy or new job (as defined herein) develops, any
employee desiring to change his job shall be given an opportunity
to change such classification provided he is qualified for the job to
be filled. This is not intended to give any employee the right to
“bump” from one classification to another.
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