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LR 013-36-46 A G R E E M E N T between the
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
(Northwestern and Western Districts)
OGDEN UNION RAILWAY AND DEPOT COMPANY
SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL RAILROAD COMPANY and the UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION - C, T AND S
In theinterest of standardizing the application of the Crew Consist
Agreements enteredinto on the various Districts,
IT IS AGREED: The Crew Consist Agreement signed at Boise, Idaho on September 9, 1980is
revised to the following extent— PART ONE
ARTICLE I - CREW CONSIST CONDITIONS Section 7is amended to read as follows: Employes will not be required to perform any service
with less than the required train/yard crew consist
specifiedin this agreement nor will they be censured
or disciplinedin any manner or be required to lose
time for refusal to do so. Q-1: Do the provisions of this Section apply to pickups
made enroute which would resultin exceeding the
agreed-to train lengths limits for a reduced crew? A-1: Yes. The following shall be added as a Note: NOTE: The crew dispatcher will notify trainmen and
yardmen when called for a reduced crew. ARTICLE II - TRAIN LENGTH LIMITATION FOR REDUCED CREWS The following shall be added as a subsection of Section 1— (d) Train Length Determination. The conductor will
be furnished a train list showing the number of cars
in "his train and the length of his train before
departing the initial terminal on each trip. ARTICLE IV - EXTRA BOARDS The following shall be added as subparagraphs 1 and 2 of
Section 2(c) of Article IV: (1) When a conductor is left without brakemen on his
crew as a result of the Carrier stepping up brakeman/
brakemen at the far terminal and there are no rested
brakemen from the same source of supply to be stepped
up (at the time they would normally be called), the
conductor may be deadheaded home at that time. The
conductor will not receive the special allowance but
the Productivity Fund will be credited. (2) Conductors will not be stepped up to be used as
brakemen and will not be censured or disciplined for
refusal to do so. In the application of this
Section, employees who are not available to be
stepped up or rearranged will not be censured or
disciplined. ARTICLE IX - PERSONAL LEAVE Section l(a)is amended to read as follows: Section 1. (a) Road Freight Service Allotment. On
the effective date of this agreement, all train
service employees in road freight service not covered
by the National Paid Holiday Rules will be entitled
to personal leave days on the following graduated
basis: YEARS OF SERVICE -- PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS less than five (5) years -- 2 days
five years and less than ten (10) years -- 4 days
ten years and less than fifteen (15) years -- 6 days
fifteen years and less than twenty (20) years -- 8 days
twenty (20) years and more -- 11 days PART TWO The following interpretive Questions and Answers are adopted:
Side Letter Agreement
(Article II, Section 1(b) Q I May the consist of trains of 72 to 121 cars, operated
with a reduced crew, be changed enroute by a yard
crew or another road crew? A No. However, a change in engine or caboose, cutting
in and out of helper units, will not constitute a
change in the train consist. Q 2 If a brakeman on a Side Letter Agreement train
observes a personal leave day(s), must his vacancy be
filled? A Only if there is a protected brakeman on the protecting
extra board at the point where the vacancy exists. Q 3 If a reduced crew is operated from the home terminal
to the away-from-home terminal under the Side Letter
Agreement, may that reduced crew operate a qualifying
train back to the home terminal regardless of whether
there are protected employes available on the
protecting extra board? A Yes. ARTICLE IV - EXTRA BOARDS
Section 2(c) Question and Answer No. 1 of the Supplemental Questions and
Answers adopted on June 27, 1980 are modified to read as follows: Q 1 In reference to interpretations, page 22, will the
senior brakeman member of the crew be stepped up and
the junior member of the crew be held back? A The senior brakeman will be given the option of being
stepped up. If the senior brakeman elects not to,
the junior brakeman will be stepped up. ARTICLE VIII - PRODUCTIVITY FUND Q Will the loss of earnings from the Carrier by a
part-time union officer who is unable to work in road
freight or yard service due to performing official
union work be computed in arriving at the one-third
cap as provided in Article VIII? A Yes, and it shall be the Organization's responsibility
to timely advise the Carrier in writing with
the necessary information. Q Will a deadhead trip by a reduced crew (one conductor
and one brakeman) result in the Productivity Fund
being credited? A Yes. However, the special allowance will not be paid. Q Will a relief deadhead trip made by an employe
(single individual) be taken into account as a credit
Share in the Productivity Fund? A Yes. (supersedes Question and Answer 5 contained in
the Basic Agreement) Q Will a compensable deadhead trip made by either a
full or reduced crew be taken into account as a
credit share in the Productivity Fund? A Yes. Q In reference to Article IV, Section 2{c), and the
Conductor is left alone and deadheaded to his home
terminal, will the Productivity Fund be credited,
will the employe be allowed the special allowance and
will this tour of duty be counted as a credit share
in the Productivity Fund? A The Productivity Fund will be credited but the
employe will not be allowed the special allowance.
The employee will receive a credit share in the
Productivity Fund. ARTICLE IX - PERSONAL LEAVE Q An employe with more than five years and less than
ten years of service is on an assignment qualifying
for holiday pay and earns seven paid holidays.
Should he take a job that does not qualify for
holiday pay, how many personal leave days would he be
entitled to under the formula? A Four personal leave days.
Questions and Answers 4 and 5 of the Supplemental Questions and Answers
adopted on April 2, 1981 are amended to read as follows:
Q 4 How will the initial vacancy or subsequent vacancies
created by the extra board/combination extra board
employe's personal leave be treated? A 4 The initial vacancy' for which such employe stood may
be blanked for the personal leave vacancy if same
meets the necessary criteria. An extra man called
for a vacancy at an outside point may be granted
personal leave day(s) regardless of whether or not
that job is covered by the National Holiday Pay
Rules. Such vacancy created at an outside point due
to an extra man taking personal leave may be blanked
for such personal leave day( s) taken if such vacancy
meets the necessary criteria. Q 5 When will the employe be eligible for subsequent
service following this personal leave? A 5 A road service employe (assigned or pool freight)
will be marked up at the expiration of hi s personal
leave and will be eligible to work the next trip or
tour of duty hi s turn makes out of hi s home
terminal. An extra man at the conclusion of his
persona I I eave days and upon proper notice to the
Carrier will be placed at the bottom of the extra
board and treated as though the "personal leave"
taken were a "Iay off." However, it is understood
that an extra employe taking personal leave from a
vacancy at an outside point or from an assignment to
an outside point, upon conclusion of his personal
leave day(s) will return to the outside point to
fulfill the original vacancy assignment or until
released at the expiration of the initial vacancy
except where permitted by agreement to be released
from the outside assignment prior to expiration of
the vacancy. In effect, an extra empIoye observing
personal leave days from an outside point will be
treated the same as an extra employe "laying off" on
call to outside point or "laying off" while on
assignment to a vacancy at an outside point. This agreement shall become effective November 1, 1985 and will continue in
effect until revised or amended in accordance' with the provisions of Section
IV of Part Three of the basic Agreement signed at Boise, Idaho on September
9, 1980. Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah this 29 th day of October, 1985. For the
UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION:
/s/ L. L. Nelson
General Chairman, UTU C&T
Northwestern District Oregon Division
/s/ L. L. Nelson
Spokane International Railroad Company
/s/ Kent B. Palfreyman
General Chairman, UTU C&T
Western District, Salt Lake-Los Angeles
/s/ R. E. Carter
General Chairman, UTU T
Salt Lake-Butte-Granger-Huntington
/s/ R. E. Carter
General Chairman, UTU T
OUR&D Company For the
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY:
/s/ J. E. Cook
Director of Labor Relations
Northwestern District
/s/ A. C. Hallberg
Director of Labor Relations
Western District
SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL RAILROAD COMPANY
/s/ J. E. Cook
Director of Labor Relations
OGDEN UNION RAILWAY AND DEPOT COMPANY
/s/ O. W. Rees (ach)
Vice President
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