21. Employees shall acquire seniority on the 90th day from the date they start working, after which their seniority shall be as of the day they started to work. 

21.1 Employees who are laid off before acquiring seniority shall maintain their service record unbroken for the purpose of acquiring seniority if they are reemployed within ninety (90) days from the date of lay-off. 

21.2 Until an employee has acquired seniority, the Company shall be the sole judge as to whether such employee shall be continued in employment. 

21 .3 Until an employee has acquired seniority they shall not be eligible to exercise shift preference or bid on open jobs. 

21.4 Such employee shall be governed by all other terms of this agreement except Skilled Trades employees shall not displace or be displaced under the provisions of Paragraph 26 until they acquire seniority. 

22. Employees shall establish residence in a seniority division as follows: 

22.1 A new employee shall establish residence in the seniority division in which he or she is then working at the completion of one year of continuous service. 

22.2 An employee with one or more years of seniority who is voluntarily transferred to or receives promotion to a new seniority division shall establish residence after he or she has been in the seniority division to which he or she has been transferred for five (5) consecutive days from the date of the initial opening. However an employee moving into a new division on voluntary transfer (34.2 & 34.3) may bid on a job in the new division providing the effective date is beyond the five (5) day period in which they establish residence.

22.2.1 Other than resident recalls, in the event a younger seniority employee arrives in the seniority division by reason of voluntary transfer or recall from layoff prior to a senior employee transferring in, the five (5) days will be waived and the senior employee will establish immediate temporary resident seniority for bidding purposes. 

22.3 If the employee is subject to lay-off during such period (prior to attaining residence in the seniority division in which he or she is working) the employee´s regular company seniority will become effective in that division for the purpose of assignment due to the lay-off only. He or she shall be subject to all other lay-off provisions of this Agreement. 

22.4 An employee with one or more years seniority who is laid off from his or her resident seniority division shall continue to maintain rights in the division for six (6) months from the date of lay-off from that division. 

22.5 If an employee with one or more years seniority is placed in another seniority division in accordance with Paragraph 38 or sub-paragraph 34.6 he or she shall automatically establish temporary residence in that division for six (6) months after which they shall establish regular residence, except for the provisions of sub-paragraph 22. 6 

22.6 An employee during such temporary residence must file written notice with the Industrial Relations Department stating that he or she does not desire to hold their resident seniority for the six (6) months allowable period as above in sub-paragraph 22.4. A copy of such notice will be retained by the employee. 

22.7 An employee with less than one year of seniority who is placed in a seniority division shall automatically establish temporary residence for the purpose of the provisions of Paragraph 29. 

23. Employees shall lose seniority because of 23.1 A quit. 

23.2 Justifiable discharge. 

23.3 Absence of four (4) consecutive working days without notifying the Company. 

23.4 Failure to return to work on the designated report-in date, provided five (5) working days have elapsed since written notice was sent, first class mail, to the last address given the Employment Department of the Company by the employee, unless sickness, accident, distance, or causes beyond the control of the employee prevents such return. 

23.4.1 A copy of such notice will be provided and receipted by the Union.

 23.4.2 Each employee is solely responsible for having his or her correct address and telephone number in the Employment Department. 

23.4.3 A computer printout of address changes will be sent to the Union hall. 

23.4.4 A receipt for the notice to change address and/or telephone number will be given to an employee filing such notice. 

23. 5 A lay-off greater than the following: 

23.5.1 Employees having ninety (90) days to twelve (12) months seniority shall lose such seniority by reason of lay-off for longer than twelve (12) consecutive months. 

23.5.2 Employees having one (1) year to two (2) years seniority shall lose such seniority by reason of lay-off for longer than twenty-four (24) consecutive months. 

23.5.3 Employees having two (2) years or more seniority shall lose such seniority by reason of lay-off for longer than forty-eight (48) consecutive months. 

23.5.4 Employees having three (3) years or more senority shall lose such senority by reason of lay-off for longer than sixty (60) consecutive months.

23.6 The Company will notify the Union of all separations of employment in writing. 

24. Within thirty (30) days after the signing of this Agreement, the Company will compile and post in the plant a master seniority list showing the seniority divisions in that plant and the name and length of service with the Company of each employee within each such seniority division. Such lists shall remain posted, and the Company will replace each list with a new and complete, up-to-date list once each thirty (30) days, if possible, and not less than once each sixty (60) days, excepting, however, that in the event a major lay-off occurs, the Company will at the time of lay-off post a new list in the plant where such lay-off occurs. The Company will furnish the Union with a master seniority list of all employees in all seniority divisions of the Company. 

25. Upon the request of the District Steward, the Supervisor will furnish such Steward with the seniority status of any employee transferred or hired into that district or division. 

26. Employees with the greatest amount of seniority shall be given preference as to the shift they shall work on their job classification within their seniority division 

26.1 In exercising shift preference, the employee will displace the youngest employee in their job classification within their seniority division, excluding employees that have signed jobs in a different classification effective at the same time as the shift preference.  At this time the senior employee will bump the next junior employee possible.

26.1.1 In the event the employee does not have the physical qualifications to displace the youngest employee he or she shall displace the youngest employee possible. 

26.1.2 In being transferred under the provisions of this paragraph no training time will be allowed; however, the employee shall be properly instructed and oriented in the job requirements. The employee shall be given until the end of the shift to demonstrate an ability to perform the job without assistance, provided satisfactory progress is being made. 

26.1.3 Employees who are being bumped in job ranks six (6) and (7) through the provisions of this paragraph will be given a reasonable time to demonstrate their qualifications providing they are making satisfactory progress. 

26.2 An employee may exercise such shift preference right four (4) times within a calendar year. 

26.3 A shift preference move shall be effective no later than the second Monday following the employee´s notification; provided however, the notification is made no later than the end of the employee´s working shift on Wednesday of any given week. All shift preference moves will be made on Monday. 

26.4 The Chief Steward and the District Stewards shall not be subject to the provisions of this paragraph. 

26.5 In order to maintain efficiency and production a temporary move may be made by the Company, regardless of shift, not to exceed three weeks in any one year, unless the time is extended by mutual agreement of the parties. In the event the Company temporarily transfers an employee for reasons of efficiency he or she shall not suffer loss of earnings for overtime or shift premium because of the temporary transfer. 

27. Seniority shall be the deciding factor in determining all situations between two or more employees pertaining to but not covered by this Agreement. 

27.1 Among the employees with the same seniority date, the employee with the lowest clock number shall be considered senior, providing that an employee shall not bump an employee with the same seniority date. 

28. Seniority divisions, as agreed to by the parties, are attached hereto as an addendum. Revisions of the seniority divisions may be made by mutual agreement of the parties as changes or conditions warrant.