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Article 2
Application for Employment
Section 1
Applications for employment will be rejected within sixty (60) calendar days after seniority date is established, or application shall be
considered accepted. Applications rejected by the carrier must be declined in writing to the applicant.
After members of a single training class are qualified for service, the relative seniority order of those employees from the same seniority
district will be determined by the last four digits of their social security number (0001 first through 9999 last). This understanding does not
affect the determination by the supervisor of when an individual trainee successfully completes the training program and begins performing
service.
Section 2
Applicants required to make a student trip or trips Will be compensated therefore by being allowed one-half of one minimum day at the basic
through freight rate for each such student trip or tour of duty as required. Such allowance will be subject to and paid
only after the applicant remains in service sixty (60) calendar days. .
Section 3
An employee who has been accepted for employment in accordance with Section
1 will not be terminated or disciplined by the Carrier for furnishing incorrect information in connection with an application for employment or
for withholding information therefrom unless the information involved was on such a nature that the employee would
not have been hired if the Carrier had timely knowledge of it. .
Section 4
All trainmen shall keep the proper supervisory personnel advised of their current address.
Section 5
Any trainmen leaving the employ of the company will, upon request in writing, be given a service letter promptly by the superintendent, state
laws permitting, stating term of service and capacity in which employed. .