ON HIS CONTINIOUS EXPERIENCE AS AN ASSIGNED OPERATOR AT A PARTICIPATING AREA THEATRE, AND SHALL DATE FROM THE TIME OF THE OPERATORS INITIAL EMPLOYMENT UNLESS THERE IS A BREAK IN SUCH CONTINIOUS SERVICE. IN THIS EVENT AN OPERATOR'S SENIORITY SHALL DATE FROM HIS LAST EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT ANY BREAK IN SERVICE AS RECOGNIZED BY THE PARTIES. SENIORITY FOR OPERATORS EMPLOYED IN THE SENIORITY UNIT, AFTER THE EXECUTION DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BEGIN AT THE TIME AND ON THE DATE AN OPERATOR IS NOTIFIED OF HIS REGULAR EMPLOYMENT AS AN OPERATOR IN THE SENIORITY UNIT. AN OPERATOR GIVEN TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT DOES NOT ACCUMULATE SENIORITY IN THE SENIORITY UNIT UNLESS HE IS NOTIFIED OF HIS REGULAR EMPLOYMENT.
"SENIORITY RIGHTS FOR OPERATORS SHALL PREVAIL, SENIORITY SHALL BE BROKEN ONLY BY COMPLETE VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION FROM THE SENIORITY UNIT OR ABSENCE FROM EMPLOYMENT FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS (TWENTY FOUR MONTHS) BY AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES.
"UNDER THIS AGREEMENT A LIST OF OPERATORS ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR SENIORITY IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A-1. COPIES OF THE LIST SHALL BE POSTED IN CONSPICIOUS PLACES AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY SENIORITY UNIT OPERATORS, EACH OPERATOR SHALL BE GIVEN UNTIL AUGUST 31, 1963 TO PROTEST HIS LISTED SENIORITY DATE, IN CASE OF APPARENT ERROR, AN OPERATOR'S SENIORITY POSITION ON THE SENIORITY LIST SHALL BE CORRECTED BY AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF, WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT, NO PROTEST IS MADE THE SENIORITY POSITION OF THE OPERATORS LISTED SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS CORRECT.
"BEGINNING WITH SEPTEMBER 1, 1963 AND EACH CONSECUTIVE FOURTH MONTH THEREAFTER, AN OPERATOR IN THE SENIORITY UNIT MAY DURING THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH EXCERCISE SENIORITY RIGHTS TO BID ON A PREFERRED JOB WITHIN THE SENIORITY UNIT AND BE ASSIGNED SUCH JOB IF ACCEPTABLE BY THE COMPANY ACCORDING TO FAIR AND JUST REASONS.
"AN OPERATOR IN THE SENIORITY UNIT WITH A HIGHER SENIORITY RATING WHO HAS BEEN DISPLACED BY REASON OF THEATRE CLOSINGS, REDUCTION IN MANPOWER. OR THE EXCERCISING OF THE SENIORITY RIGHTS MAY, AT SUCH TIME, BID ON AND BE ASSIGNED TO REPLACE AN OPERATOR WITH LESS SENIORITY PROVIDED SUCH OPERATOR EXCERCISING SENIORITY IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY ACCORDING TO FAIR AND JUST REASONS, OPERATORS ASSIGNED TO JOBS WITHIN THE COMPANY MAY DISPLACE ANOTHER OPERATOR WITHIN THE COMPANY ACCORDING TO HIS SENIORITY IN THE UNION WITHOUT SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE COMPANY. (Respondents contend that the word "UNION," emphasized above, is a typographical error and should be "UNIT." Even if respondents are correct, we reach the same result.)
"AT ANY TIME WHEN A REGULAR JOB BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE HIGHEST SENIORITY OPERATOR BIDDING ON THE JOB IF ACCEPTABLE BY THE COMPANY ACCORDING TO FAIR AND JUST REASONS, SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO THE JOB.
"SENIORITY SHALL PREVAIL IN ALL CASES OF LAY-OFF AND RECALL OF OPERATORS IN THE SENIORITY UNIT, OPERATORS WITH THE LEAST SENIORITY SHALL BE LAYED OFF FIRST IN A DECREASE OF OPERATORS, AND THE OPERATORS WITH THE HIGHEST SENIORITY RE-CALLED WHEN THERE IS AN INCREASE OF