IX CREW CONSIST

A. Upon implementation of this agreement (award) all crew consist productivity funds that cover employees in the Hub shall be frozen pending payment of the shares to the employees both inside the Hub and outside the Hub. A new productivity fund shall be created on implementation day that will cover those employees in the Denver Hub and the funds that cover employees outside the Hub shall continue for the employees who remain outside the Hub. The Denver Hub employees shall have no interest or share in payments made to those funds after implementation date.

B. Payments into the new productivity fund shall be made in compliance with the UPED crew consist agreement. Those employees who would have participated in the shares of the productivity funds had they originally been hired on the UP Eastern District shall be eligible to participate in the distribution of the new fund except as stated in (D) below.

C. Employees who would have been covered under the UPED special allowance provisions had they been hired originally on the UP Eastern District shall be entitled to a special allowance under those provisions except as stated in (D) below.

D. Those employees who sold their special allowances/productivity funds previously are not entitled to those payments under this agreement (award).

While the UPED crew consist agreement will govern this Hub the Carrier is not required to place yardmen/brakemen on any local, road switcher, yard or other assignment anywhere in the Hub that is was not required to use under the least restrictive crew consist agreement that previously existed in either the Salt Lake or Denver Hub.