This Step 4 Settlement Agreement addresses whether a bump occurred when the grievant, who was a full-time regular MPLSM operator, was assigned to the manual case and part-time flexibles were utilized on the MPLSM.  During the discussion, it was mutually agreed that part-time flexible machine operators may be utilized and rotated into crews with full-time employees.  This utilization did not fit the contractual definition of “bumping”.  The parties further agreed that it was not the intention of management that part-time flexible machine operators bump the full-time operators. 

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