Roy Hegenbart
President
Local 3250

ARTICLE 22 - VACATIONS
1 Eligibility

(a) Employees with six (6) or more months of continuous service since the date of
the employee's most recent engagement shall be eligible for annual vacations
as follows:

(1) One (1) week of vacation after the completion of a term of employment of
six (6) months.
(2) Two (2) weeks of vacation after the completion of a term of employment of
twelve (12) months. When terms of employment of six (6) and twelve (12)
months are both completed in the same calendar year, only two (2) weeks
of vacation shall be granted during that year.
(3) Two (2) weeks during each calendar year after the year in which a term of
employment of twelve (12) months is completed.
(4) Three (3) weeks beginning with the calendar year in which a term of
employment of seven (7) years is completed.
(5) Four (4) weeks beginning with the calendar year in which a term of
employment of fifteen (15) years is completed.
(6) Five (5) weeks beginning with the calendar year in which a term of
employment of twenty-five (25) years is completed.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in the case of military leaves, an employee who
has been absent on account of disability or on a leave of absence shall be
eligible to a vacation provided the employee has worked six (6) months or more
after July 1 of the year preceding the current calendar year and provided such
vacation is completed prior to the last full week in April.

2 Part-time employees shall receive a vacation allowance equal to their applicable
part-time equivalent work week if eligible under Paragraph 1 (Eligibility) at the time of
their vacation.

3 An employee's vacation assignment in a particular vacation week or on a particular
vacation day shall not be modified because of illness or accident which occurs after
that vacation assignment has begun.

4 Day-at-a-Time Vacation
An employee may select vacation on a day-at-a-time basis during the vacation
selection process described in Paragraph 8 (Scheduling of Time Off).

5 Carry Over Vacation
(a) Employees may select all of their vacation during the carry-over period of the
following year during the vacation selection process as described in Paragraph
8 (Scheduling of Time Off).

(b) Subject to needs of the business and force requirements, employees may
reschedule a vacation period selected in the current calendar year to an
available vacation carry-over period in the following year.

(c) Any week or weeks of vacation carried over from one (1) calendar year into the
next must be completed no later than the last week ending in April of the year
into which they are carried over.

6 If an authorized holiday occurs during an employee's vacation, an additional day off
with pay will be scheduled. This additional day off will be considered a vacation day
for the purpose of determining work schedules, but need not be taken contiguous to
a vacation week.

7 Payments in Lieu of Vacation

(a) In the event of an employee's resignation, discharge (for other than misconduct)
or death before using all the vacation which the employee is eligible to receive
in the calendar year, an amount equivalent to such unused vacation shall be
paid to the employee, his or her beneficiary or estate.

(b) An employee who leaves the payroll because of retirement or layoff and who
has not yet become eligible for vacation under Paragraph 1(b) shall receive a
payment in lieu of the vacation for which they would have been eligible for had
they met the requirements of that paragraph.

8 Scheduling of Time Off

(a) Employees will select available time off for which they are eligible from the
schedule as determined by the Company in accordance with the procedures
provided in this Article. The period during which time off may be scheduled shall
extend through the last full week ending in April of the following calendar year.

(b) Time off for this purpose includes full weeks of vacation, day-at-a-time vacation,
Excused Work Days (paid or non-paid), floating holidays, and days in lieu of
holidays which occur during a scheduled vacation week. Employees may not
select half-tour vacations during the vacation selection process. However,
employees may subsequently request five (5) vacation days on
a half-tour basis and such request shall be granted if service and coverage
conditions permit.
The assessment, discussion, and decision whether to grant additional vacation in half-day increments will take place annually prior to the vacation selection process as
set forth in Article 22, Paragraph 8(d).

(c) Employees shall select time off in seniority order within each vacation selection
universe, in the priority set forth in this Article, as determined by the Company.
It is the intent of the parties that the employees' selection will be granted to the
extent practicable consistent with force requirements and the needs of the
business.

(d) The vacation selection process in a vacation selection universe will begin no
earlier than November 1. The entire process of scheduling time off shall be
completed by December 31, for employees covered by Article 37 (Operator
Services). For all other employees, the vacation selection process should
ordinarily be completed by December 31, but in any event should be completed
no later than April 1. Employees who will not be readily available between
November 1 and December 31 may express their preference for choices in
advance of November 1 and, if available, their choices will be assigned as
chosen in accordance with seniority provided that service requirements permit.
Prior to the beginning of the calendar year, management will canvass the
vacation selection universe to allow the employees to select scheduled vacation
weeks from the available dates. Only full weeks of vacation are included in this
first selection priority.

(e) In addition to the time off scheduled under Paragraph 8(d) above, employees
shall also select all other time off for which they are eligible, and such time will
be referred to as "Reserve Time" on the second selection priority canvass.

(f) An employee who is contacted must select the vacation period desired in a
reasonable period of time or that employee will be passed. Employees who are
passed shall have the right to make a selection from the remaining available
periods in accordance with their seniority, but may not preempt the period
selected by any other employee. For employees who have not selected their
vacation by the end of the selection period, the Company will have the option to
assign their remaining vacation.

(g) Subject to the needs of the business and force requirements, employees may
reschedule any of their vacation, whether assigned by the Company or selected
by the employee, to available vacation periods, but may not preempt the period
selected by any other employee.

(h) Employees shall not be permitted to exchange seniority rights in the selection of
vacation periods. After vacation schedules have been posted, however,
employees covered by Article 37 (Operator Services) shall be permitted to
exchange vacation periods subject to service and coverage conditions.

9 Rescheduling Vacation Due to Permanent Transfers, Assignments, or
Reassignments

(a) If an employee is permanently transferred, assigned, or reassigned to a
different work group as a result of a Company initiated transfer, assignment or
reassignment, then to the extent that needs of the business permit, the
employee will retain the vacation schedule that was approved in the prior work
group.

(b) If an employee initiates a transfer, he or she is required to reselect his or her
vacation from those days available within the new work group.

10 The decision of the Company on service and coverage requirements in this section
shall be controlling unless the Company is shown to have acted arbitrarily or in bad
faith. Any dispute concerning the interpretations or applications of this Article may be
taken up as a grievance and, if necessary, submitted to arbitration, in accordance
with Article 10 (Arbitration).

11 Payment for vacation shall be at the employee's Adjusted Rate plus any applicable
tour differential.