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National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement For the Period ...

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Article 4<strong>the</strong> employee has a right to Union representation must waive Union representation inwriting. If a Union requests a copy of waiver, <strong>the</strong> Employer shall promptly furnish it.The steward and <strong>the</strong> alternate have no authority to take strike action, or any o<strong>the</strong>raction interrupting <strong>the</strong> Employer's business, except as authorized by official action of<strong>the</strong> Union. The Employer recognizes <strong>the</strong>se limitations upon <strong>the</strong> authority of <strong>the</strong> stewardand <strong>the</strong> alternate, and shall not hold <strong>the</strong> Union liable for any unauthorized acts. TheEmployer in so recognizing such limitations shall have <strong>the</strong> authority to impose properdiscipline, including discharge, in <strong>the</strong> event <strong>the</strong> steward or designated alternate hastaken unauthorized strike action, slowdown or work stoppage in violation of this<strong>Agreement</strong>.Section 1.Definition of TermsARTICLE 5.SENIORITY"Company seniority" is a term that is applied to an employee's date of hire by <strong>the</strong>Employer."Terminal seniority" is a term that is applied to <strong>the</strong> employee's most recent date ofemployment at a specific terminal."Dovetail seniority" is a term that is applied when two (2) or more seniority lists aremerged or combined into a single seniority list which recognizes <strong>the</strong> terminal senioritydate of each employee. The list is arranged by terminal seniority date with <strong>the</strong> mostsenior employee at <strong>the</strong> top."Endtail seniority" is a term that is applied when an employee or group of employeesare placed at <strong>the</strong> bottom of a terminal seniority list although <strong>the</strong>y retain <strong>the</strong>ir companyseniority date for fringe benefits."Terminal" is a term that is applied to any facility of an Employer to which employeesare assigned to work whe<strong>the</strong>r called a branch, terminal, division or operation."Fringe Benefits", as used in this Article, is a term that shall apply to vacation accrualonly.16

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