ARTICLE XI - GENERAL.
Section 1. Voluntary Separation Allowance. To
expedite attrition, the! Company shall have the right to
offer, in seniority order, voluntary separation allowances
to protected employes in active service. In addition, pro-
tected employes in service may request, regardless of
seniority, voluntary separation allowances. The Company
shall determine the number of separation allowances to be
granted.
Section 2. Crew Dispatcher's Daily Work Sheet and
Computerized Statement^!Yard LocalChairmen willBefur-
nished a copy of the Crew Dispatchers Daily Work Sheet for
the territory under their jurisdiction. Road Local Chairmen
will be furnished a copy of the Crew Dispatcher's Daily Work
Sheet for road crews under their jurisdiction. The General
Chairman will be furnished a copy of the Carrier's Monthly
Computerized Statements showing Productivity Fund trip
credits. Local Chairmen will be furnished a copy of that
portion of the Carrier's monthly computerized statements
showing Productivity Fund trip credits which pertains to
their territory.
Section 3. Regulating Level of Employment. The
criteria used to maintain level of employment by the Local
Representatives of the employes and the Carrier in
regulating pool freight turns and road and/or yard extra
boards, such as, but not limited to, mileage regulations,
shall not be changed as a result of the implementation of
this Agreement.
Section 4. Non-Craft Infringement. No Carrier
supervisor!official, ornon-craftemployes (including
yardmasters) shall be used to supplant or substitute in the
exclusive work of any train or yard crew working under UTU
(C) and (T) Agreements.
Section 5. The Carrier will furnish each train
and yard employe a copy of the "Crew Consist" Agreement
prior to implementation.
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PART TWO,
Section 1. The provisions of this Agreement shall
not apply in Full Crew Law States where crew consist is
contrary to the reduced crew provisions of this Agreement.
Section 2. The parties hereto recognize the
complexities involved in this Agreement and, in keeping with
its intent and purpose and rights and responsibilities of
the parties thereunder, arrangements will be made for
periodic conferences for the purpose of agreeing on inter-
pretations. It is further agreed that disputes arising from
the application of this Agreement will be handled expedi-
tiously in conference by the General Chairman and Director
of Labor Relations. Unless otherwise agreed to, such
conferences will be held promptly, and within 30 days, at
the request of either party.
Section 3. (a) The terms "brakeman," "yardman,"
and "foreman" as used in this Agreement serve the purpose of
identifying a craft or class and are not intended to denote
gender.
(b) The terms "foreman" and "yard foreman" as
used in this Agreement are interchangeable and the use of
either implies the use of the other.
Section 4. The parties to this Agreement shall
not serve nor progress, prior to the attrition of all
protected employes (as those employes are defined in Section
4 of Article I of this Agreement), any notice or proposal
for changing the provisions of this Agreement governing (1)
pure attrition, (2) protected employes, (3) car limits and
train length, (4) special allowance payment to reduced crew
members, and (5) Employe Productivity Fund deposits and the
administration thereof.
This Article will not bar the parties from making
changes in the items listed in the first paragraph of this
Section 4 by mutual agreement.
Section 5. This Agreement shall become effective
within thirty days of the date the Carrier is notified by
the Organization that the Agreement has been ratified and,
except for the exclusions set forth in Part Two, Section 4
above, will remain in effect until changed or modified in
accordance with the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and will
supersede all other agreements, rules and/or understandings
which are in conflict herewith.
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Dated at Omaha, Nebraska, this /n/- day of
1984.
FOR THE UNITED FOR THE UNION PACIFIC
TRANSPORTATION UNION: RAILROAD COMPANY:
General Chairman,%UTU(C)&(T) Director of Labor Relations
FOR THE ST. JOSEPH
TERMINAL RAILROAD:
Chairma
;te President, UTU
Director of Labor Relations
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