Unit Seniority shall mean seniority in a classification within the unit and shall be used for preference of vacations, bonus vacations, holidays, shift selection for non-probationary employees, use of compensatory time and placement on the overtime rotating list and bidding vacancies on shifts in accordance with recognized Divisional Agreements. Where a Divisional Agreement specifies bid rights, those provisions will control over the assignment of work. Unit seniority shall also be used for purposes of alternate and provisional appointments as provided in Sections 2115.54, “Alternates”, and 2115.49(c), “Promotions”. “Unit” means an operational section based on common work and/or site location. Unit determination shall be mutually agreed to by the City and the Union and be incorporated into the Divisional Agreements.
It is the intent of the parties that job tasks will be rotated on each shift as equitably as possible.