Item - P8

AGHSSMSM?

between
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY-2ASTERN DISTRICT

and
BRAKD1OI, TAREWEN AND TRAIN SAGGACiHEW

represented by
BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMDi

*• Advancing and Deferring Vacation Periodq

After official racatioa schedules hare been prepared
in accordance with agreements dated December 30, 1964₍ brakemen,
yardmen and train baggagemen qualified to receive one, two, three
or four weeks racation under the agreement effective January 1,
1965 who are working at points where extra boards are maintained
may advance or defer racatioa periods subject to the following:

1. A brakeman or train baggageman may advance his
vacation period to commence on a day specified in Paragraphs t
and 9 of the respective agreements dated December 30, 1964.

2. A yardman may advance his racation period to
cocsence on a day specified in Paragraph 8 of the agreement dated

December 30, 1964, as revised by agreement dated .March 25, 1965,
or defer his vacation period to ccssaence on the day following bis
designated days off.

vacation is scheduled to cosssence

4. Vacation periods advanced or deferred under Para-
graphs 1 and 2 hereof must be &>r not less than the following
number of consecutive days:

One week
Two weeks
Three weeks
Four weeks

- seven (7) days

- fourteen (14; days

- twenty-one (21) days

- twenty-eight (28 J days

5. A brakeman, yardman, or train baggageman who elects
to advance or defer vacation periods or portions thereof must aake
written application to the crew dispatcher or other designated
representative of the Company and receive approval from such
representative to advance or defer his vacation periods.

6. When the complete vacation period for any brakeman,
yardman, or train baggageman has been advanced as herein provided,
the vacation period of another brakeman, yardman or train baggageman
may be deferred to the period in which the advanced brakeman, yard-
man or train baggageman was scheduled to take his vacation, provided
notification of such deferment is submitted by the brakeman, jarti-
aan or train baggageman to the crew dispatcher or other desigr-ated
representative of the Company at least five days in advance cf the
date such employe is scheduled for his vacation on the official
vacation schedule. Only one such deferment will be granted when a
vacation period is advanced.

?. Vacation periods will not be deferred where the vaca-
tion cannot be completed during the calendar year.

(P8-1)

8. Splitting

1. Brakemen, yardman and train baggagemen who are
qualified for a vacation of two, three or four weaks with pay
under the provisions of the Vacation 4gr»ea*nt of *pril 29,
1949, as amended by tha Vacation Agreements of December 16,
1953 «nd November 20, 1964, will, upon written request to the
officer in charge, and subject to his approval and the avail*
ability of extra «*ployea to provide relief, be permitted to
take their vacations ia installments as follows:

(a) Brakemen, yar4a«a and train baggagemen who art
qualified for a two weeks* vacation say take
their vacation in two installments of one week
each.

(b) Brakemen, yardmen and train baggagemen who ar«
qualified for s three weeks* vacation Bay take
their vacation in two installments of one week
and two weeks or vice versa, or in three
installments of one week each.

(e) Brakemen, yardmen and train baggagemen who are

qualified for a four week vacation may take their
vacation in four installments of one week each
or combinations of one week, two weeks and/or
three week installments not to exceed a total of
four weeks vacation, and provided extra brakeaten,
yardmen or train baggagemen are available for
relief.

(d) Vacations taken in installments in accordance

with subsections (a), (b) or (e) of this Section B
must be taken in advance of the individual
employe's scheduled vacation period as sstablished
by the provisions of the December 30, 196** agree-
ments.

(e) Vacation periods may not be deferred, except as
provided in Section A.

(f) When a portion of the employe's vacation has been
taken in installments under Paragraphs (a), (b),
(e) and (d) of this section and when portions of axs
employe'a vacation have been advanced in accordance
with Section A of this agreement, all remaining
portions of the employe's vacation must be ccsasenc*^
on the first data set in the original vacation
schedule, except aa provided in subsection 2(a) of
thii section.

2. (a) Employes who, because of preference seniority,
have been scheduled and assigned a vacation period on the official
vacation schedule for the last four weeks in December and who
advance only a portion of their vacation (one, two or three wh»«jls
as the case zav be) under the terms of Sections A and 3 of this
agreement, will commence and complete the remaining portion <sf
their scheduled vacation in the month of December. The final
or last two or three weeks of December, as say be the case, will
be reserved to such seniority employes. This exception for taking
the remaining portion of a scheduled vacation shall not apply to
any other employes aor to any other vacation period in the calendar
year.

(P8-2)

fb) The Company shall assuoe no additional expense X
in granting vacations in installments under this a£r«e««nt. *

(e) Subject to the prorlsions of subsections i(a)
and 2(b) of Section 3 of this agreement, employes working at
outside points where extra boards are not aalntained shall be ,

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rivileged to take their vacations in installments; provided, j
owever, that where deadheading is involved the following
regulations shall apply:

(1) Deadhead payments under this split vacation
arrangement shall be limited to one round trip and such
payments shall be allocated as follows:

(a) Except as provided in subsection 2 of this
section (e), the first relief employe to dead-
head to the outside point to protect the first
installment of a vacation will be allowed dead*
head pay to the outside point. Deadhead trips of
other employes to an outside point to protect
either the second, third or fourth installment
of a vacation shall not be paid for.

(b) The last relief employe to return from ac
outside point after the last installment of a
vacation has been taken will be allowed deadhead
pay from the outside point to the point where
the extra list is maintained.

(e) Intervening deadhead trips to and frca out-
side points which occur between the first and
last installment under this split vacation
arrangement shall not be paid for.

(2) Deadhead movements under this vacation agreement
shall not be paid for if they are otherwise not payable,j

such as deadhead Ecvements occasioned by and coupled to
mileage regulations.

(a) Employes who have made written application
to take their vacations in installments and have
received permission to do so, will submit tiae
return to the timekeeper for payment of that
portion of their vacation allowance in propor-
tion to the amount of the vacation taken.

(b) Employes at outside points who elect to j
take their vacations in Instalments shall |
advise crew dispatchers, timekeepers and others J
of the precise conditions for which such vaca- !
tions are requested. Time allowances for dead- ^!
head trips will not be made until all supporting
data has been furnished and checked.

(e) An amploye who has been absent from service
account sickness or for personal reasons not less
than seven (7), fourteen (!*»}, twenty-one (215,
and/or twenty-eight (28) days and who desirea to
allocate such absences against any vacation
periods due must, at the time he returns to
service, notify the crew dispatcher or other
designated representative of the Carrier that
such absences from service are to be charged
against vacation periods as a*y be due.

(P8-3)

C. Not a. Suarant^e,

It is understood that the schedule of vacations on the
official vacation schedule establishes no guarantee that any
employe shall be released for vacation at time scheduled. It is
recognized that the exigencies of the service create practical
difficulties in providing vacations to all employes. The right
of the Coopany to withhold employes from scheduled vacations is
recognized and, where that is done, the employe will be allowed
pay in lieu thereof, as provided in Section 1 of the National
vacation Agreeaent effective July 1, 1949, as amended by
Article 5 of the Agreement dated December 16, 1953.

Effective Date

Dated at Omaha, Nebraska this 23rd day of December,
1965.

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY:
/s/ C. B. Fanning /s/ N. T. DeLong

Acting General Chairman Asst, to Vice rresident-

Labor Relations