APPENDIX C A G R E E M E N T between UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY EASTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL DISTRICTS and the BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, EASTERN DISTRICT and the BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, SOUTH-CENTRAL DISTRICT PART I ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERDIVISIONAL SERVICE* BETWEEN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND GREEN RIVER, WYOMING Section 1. In accordance with Section 1 of Article VIII of the National Agreement dated May 13, 1971, and upon serving a sixty (60) day written notice the Company may establish interdivisional service between Salt Lake City, Utah and Green River, Wyoming, with Salt Lake City the home terminal. Section 2. The runs in this interdivisional service will be manned by Eastern District and South-Central District employees on the basis of the ratio of miles that the Eastern District and South-Central District employees, respectively, bear to the total miles of such service. Section 3. Employees operating in this interdivisional service between Salt Lake City and Green River will be allowed the actual road miles between the designated departure point at the initial terminal of the run and the designated arrival point at the final terminal of the run. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Section 4. An interdivisional pool will be established at Salt Lake City consisting of both Eastern District and South-Central District crews in the approximate proportion that the miles of each district bear to the total miles of the run. Where the preponderance of traffic is westbound, non-interdivisional employees may be placed into the interdivisional pool at Green River with the understanding that the miles of such trips will be allocated as specified in Section 2 of this Part I to the two districts so that the equities of the two districts are maintained. PART II RATES OF PAY AND EQUALIZATION OF MILEAGE Section 1. In this interdivisional service all miles run over one-hundred (100) shall be paid for at the mileage rate established by the basic rate of pay for the first one-hundred (100) miles or less. Section 2. The designated representatives of the Company and Local Chairmen of the BLE will meet periodically for the purpose of making whatever adjustments are necessary to equalize mileage between Eastern District and South-Central District employees as specified in Part I, Section 2 of this Agreement. PART III EXTRA SERVICE Section 1. Vacancies accruing to Eastern District engineers at Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City-Green River interdivisional service will be manned by Eastern District engineers. Vacancies accruing to South-Central District engineers at Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City-Green River interdivisional service will be manned by South-Central District engineers. Section 2. Vacancies occurring at Green River in Salt Lake City-Green River interdivisional service will be manned by the first-out available engineer in this interdivisional service. In the event no such engineer is available, the vacancy will be manned by an Eastern District pool freight engineer with miles made by such engineer allocated to Eastern District and South-Central District employees as specified in Part I, Section 2 of this Agreement. PART IV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. When an engineer engaged in interdivisional service is required to report for duty for an interdivisional service train or is relieved from duty on an interdivisional service train at a point other than the on and off duty points fixed for the service established hereunder, the Company shall authorize and provide suitable transportation for the engineer.
Section 2. When, in the judgment of the Company, it is necessary because of engineers operating over unfamiliar territory, engineer pilots will be called to accompany such engineers for such period and over such territory as determined by the Company. Section 3. On interdivisional al runs established under this Agreement, engineers will be allowed a $2.00 meal allowance after four (4) hours at the away-from-home terminal and another $2.00 allowance after being held an additional eight (8) hours. Section 4. In order to expedite the movement of interdivisional runs, crews on runs of 100 miles or less will not stop to eat except in cases of emergency or unusual delays. For crews on runs of more than 100 miles, the Carrier shall determine the conditions under which such crews may stop to eat. When crews on runs of more than 100 miles are not permitted to stop to eat, members of such crews shall be paid an allowance of $1.50 for the trip. Section 5. An engineer called for this interdivisional service and not used shall be allowed 50 miles and stand first-out; and if held on duty to exceed four (4) hours, such engineer shall be allowed 100 miles and when rested will stand first-out and shall be restored to his same relative position on the pool board at first opportunity. Section 6. A disciplinary hearing involving an employee who is engaged in this interdivisional service will be held at whichever point, Salt Lake City or Ogden, the majority of the crew resides. Section 7. Employees engaged in this interdivisional service will nut' be called for short turnaround service. PART V NON-INTERDIVISIONAL SERVICE Non-interdivisional service, including dog catching, will continue to be manned by engineers from the seniority district over which such non-interdivisional service operates. PART VI IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURE Section 1. The notice referred to in Part I, Section 1 o this Agreement may be served by the Company on or after 12:01 AM, October 12, 1972. Section 2. Subject to the provisions of Part I, Section 4 of this Agreement a single interdivisional pool will be established and maintained at Salt Lake City, and employees will operate in this interdivisional service on a first-in, first-out basis from that interdivisional pool. PART VII NO DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS The receipt of benefits by an engineer under this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any right of such engineer to receive a duplication of benefits under any other agreement to which the Company is a party. PART VIII EFFECT ON AGREEMENT RULES Nothing herein contained shall be construed as modifying or amending any of the provisions of the Schedule Agreements between the Company and the BLE, except as herein provided.
PART IX This Agreement shall become effective October 11, 1972, and will remain in full force and effect until changed in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended. Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 11th day of October, 1972.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ENGINEERS COMPANY
/s/ E. G. BECKER /s/ J. H. KENNYGeneral Chairman Director of Labor Eastern District Relations Eastern District
/s/ W. B. GASKINS /s/ ALDEN LOTT General Chairman Director of Labor South-Central District Relations South-Central District
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERDIVISIONAL SERVICE BETWEEN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND GREEN RIVER, WYOMING PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT DATED- OCTOBER 11, 1972 Section 1. An engineer (regular or extra) who is required to report for duty and/or is relieved from duty at Salt Lake City pursuant to the Salt Lake City-Green River Interdivisional Service Agreement dated October 11, 1972 will not be considered as having been required to change his residence under the provisions of Section 5 of Article VIII of the National Agreement dated May 13, 1971, nor will he be considered as having been required to make a compensable deadhead movement; and in lieu thereof:
Section 2.
Section 3. Seventh Seniority District-Eastern District engineers who selected Option 2 of Section 1 of Part III of the Evanston Agreement dated December 15, 1970 who travel back and forth between Evanston and Salt Lake City to work in Salt Lake City-Green River interdivisional service will be provided standby facilities equivalent to those provided for in Part XII "Standby Facilities" of the Evanston Agreement dated December 15, 1970. Section 4. The parties to this Agreement recognize the applicability of the Agreement dated March 22, 1972 titled "Advancing Vacation and Returning From Vacation - Pool Freight 'Service" to employees working in Salt Lake City-Green River interdivisional service. Section 5. The receipt of benefits under this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any right of such employee to claim or receive the same or any similar benefits under any other agreement to which the Union Pacific is a party. Section 6. This Agreement shall become effective October 12, 1972 and will remain in full force and effect until changed in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, as amended. Dated at Salt Lake City this 12th day of October, 1972.
FOR THE FOR THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ENGINEERS: CO.: /s/ E. G. BECKER /s/ J. H. KENNY General Chairman Director of Labor Relations
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OGDEN-GREEN RIVER POOL FREIGHT SERVICE ENGINEERS Upon establishment of interdivisional service between Salt Lake City, Utah and Green River, Wyoming, pursuant to the Salt Lake City-Green River Interdivisional Service Agreement dated October 11, 1972, between the Eastern and South-Central Districts of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers representing Eastern and South-Central District engineers, the following provisions of the Salt Lake City-Green River Interdivisional Service Agreement dated October 12, 1972, will apply to Seventh Seniority-Eastern District engineers engaged in pool freight service between Ogden and Green River:
Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 12th day of October, 1972. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ENGINEERS COMPANY /s/ E. G. BECKER /s/ J. H. KENNY General Chairman Director of Labor Relations
A G R E E M E N T between UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY-EASTERN DISTRICT and the BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS Upon establishment of Interdivisional Service between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Green River, Wyoming, pursuant to the Salt Lake City-Green River Interdivisional Service Agreement dated October 11, 1972, between the Eastern and South-Central Districts of the Company and the BLE representing Eastern and South-Central District engineers, the following will apply to engineers of the Seventh Seniority District, Eastern District, actually engaged in such interdivisional service: PART I RULES CHANGES Section 1. Paragraph (1) of Rule 19(a) "Initial will be modified as follows"
"Where mileage is allowed between the point of reporting for duty and the point of departure from the track on which the train is first made up, each mile so allowed will extend by 4.8 minutes the period of thirty (30) minutes after which initial terminal delay payment begins, except as provided in Rule 63.
"When road overtime accrues during any trip or tour of duty; in no case will payment for both initial terminal delay and overtime be paid, but whichever is the greater will be paid. "When a tour of duty is composed of a series of trips, initial terminal delay will be computed on only the first trip of the tour of duty." Section 2. Paragraph (a) of Rule 17 "Overtime" will be modified as follows:
Overtime paid engineers in interdivisional service under the provisions of this Section 2 will be computed and paid for on the speed basis of 12-1/2 miles per hour at the rate of time and one-half time. Section 3. Paragraph (a) of Rule 70, "Held-Away-From-Home Terminal", is modified as follows:
PART II RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES Section 1. Engineers on the Seventh Seniority District may, at the Company's option, be given an opportunity to resign and accept a retirement allowance. The amount of the retirement allowance will be based upon the age of the engineer as of his nearest birthday on the date such allowance is offered. The amount of the allowance will be:
In determining retirement allowances, the appropriate number of months' pay will correspond with the earnings in the number of months provided immediately preceding the last day of compensated service. For the purpose of this Agreement, the ages and birth dates of engineers will be those shown in the records of the Company. Section 2. The acceptance of the retirement allowance s shall be at the option of the eligible engineer to whom offered. Acceptance shall be in writing, shall be irrevocable, and shall be received by the officer offering the allowance within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of such offer. Section 3. An eligible engineer who elects to accept and is awarded an allowance shall thereupon terminate his employment relationship with the Company, and the effective date of such termination shall be that date so specified by the Company and such date shall be within thirty (30) days of the date of the offer unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto. A minimum of fifteen (15) calendar days' advance notice of the date of termination of employment shall be given the engineer offered a retirement allowance. Section 4. The allowance provided in this Part II shall be paid within sixty (60) calendar days of the date of the termination of employment relationship of the eligible engineer except at the option of the eligible engineer the allowance y be paid in two (2) or three (3) annual installments on the anniversary date of termination. Section 5. The retirement allowance herein provided for will be in addition to any vacation allowance to which an engineer accepting said retirement allowance is entitled as of the date of his retirement. PART III GUARANTEES Section 1. For the period of three (3) months from the effective date of the establishment of interdivisional service between Salt Lake City and Green River an engineer assigned and working in such interdivisional service will be entitled to his pro rated portion of a monthly guarantee of 3600 district miles for each full calendar day on which he works in such interdivisional service. Section 2. For a period of ten (10) years following the expiration of the three (3) month period provided for in Section 1 of this Part III, if an employee working in interdivisional service earns less than 3200 miles in any calendar month due to crews being called other than pursuant to Part VI, Section 2 of the Salt Lake City-Green River Interdivisional Runs Agreement dated October 11, 1972, the Company shall reimburse such employee for such loss. The reimbursement provided for in this Section 2 shall be applied on a pro rated basis to an employee working in this interdivisional service during only a portion of the calendar month. PART IV NON-INTERDIVISIONAL SERVICE Non-interdivisional service will continue to be manned by engineers from the seniority district over which such non-interdivisional service operates. PART V MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. Except in case of wrecks, floods, washouts and storms, an engineer manning this interdivisional service will not be tied up enroute under the Hours of Service Act and held at such intermediate point and then required to resume his trip after obtaining legal rest. In the event of non-compliance with this Section 1, the held engineer will be allowed a penalty payment of 100 miles and will be restored at the opportunity to his same relative position on the board, insofar as Eastern District engineers are concerned. Section 2. An engineer in this interdivisional service having time to work under the Hours of Service Act will not be required to exchange trains with an engineer who is on short time under the Hours of Service Act. In the event of non-compliance with this Section 2 the engineers who are required to exchange trains will be allowed a penalty payment of 100 miles and will be restored at the first opportunity to their same relative positions on the board, insofar as Eastern District engineers are concerned. Section 3. The Carrier will provide a facility at Salt Lake City properly equipped for the use of engineers who reside at Ogden and are standing by at Salt Lake City waiting for a call for the Salt Lake City-Green River interdivisional service. Section 4. If a disciplinary hearing involving an Eastern District engineer engaged in this interdivisional service is held at Salt Lake City and the engineer is thereby required to travel between Ogden and Salt Lake City, such engineer will be allowed deadhead miles between Ogden and Salt Lake City. PART VI NO DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS The receipt of benefits by an engineer under this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any right of such engineer to receive a duplication of benefits under any other agreement to which the Company is a party. PART VII EFFECT ON AGREEMENT RULES Nothing herein contained shall be construed as modifying or amending any of the provisions of the Schedule Agreement between the Company and the BLE, except as herein provided. PART VIII This Agreement shall become effective October 12, 1972, and will remain in full force and effect until changed in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended. Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 12th day of October, 1972. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ENGINEERS COMPANY /s/ E. G. BECKER /s/ J. H. KENNY General Chairman Director of Labor Relations
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Department of Labor Relations Eastern District
J. H. Kenny Director of Labor 1416 Dodge Street Relations Omaha, Nebraska 68102
J. J. Marchant E-013-23-4-IR Asst. Director of Labor Relations
January 5, 1973
E. G. Becker, General Chairman Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Omaha, Nebraska
Dear Sir:
This refers to "Memorandum of Understandings in Connection with the Establishment of Interdivisional Service Between Salt Lake City, Utah and Green River, Wyoming Pursuant to the Agreement Dated October 11, 1972", which "Memorandum" is dated October 12, 1972.
Yours truly, /s/ J. H. KENNY A C C E P T E D: /s/ E. G. BECKER Genera Chairman, BofLE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IN CONNECTION WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERDIVISIONAL SERVICE BETWEEN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND GREEN RIVER, WYOMING, PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 11, 1972 Engineers holding seniority as such on the affected Eastern District and South-Central District seniority rosters on the date of the written notice referred to in Part I, Section 1 of the Salt Lake City-Green River Interdivisional Service Agreement dated October 11, 1972, will be allowed, in lieu of the actual miles provided for in Part I, Section 3, 232 road miles for trips between Salt Lake City and Green River, with 189 (81%) of those miles allocated to Eastern District employees and 43 (19%) of those miles allocated to South-Central District employees. Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 11th day of October, 1972. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ENGINEERS COMPANY /s/ E. G. BECKER /s/ J. H. KENNY General Chairman Director of Labor Eastern District Relations Eastern District
/s/ W. B. GASKINS /s/ ALDEN LOTT General Chairman Director of Labor South-Central District Relations South-Central District
A G R E E M E N T between UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY-EASTERN DISTRICT and BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RETURN FROM LAYOFF SEVENTH SENIORITY DISTRICT ENGINEERS ENGAGED IN SALT LAKE CITY-GREEN RIVER INTERDIVISIONAL SERVICE
The following provisions shall apply to Seventh District engineers assigned to the Salt Lake City-Green River pool who are granted permission to absent themselves from duty (layoff): Section 1. When an engineer lays off, his turn shall remain in rotation, unless it becomes first-out, not to exceed 36 hours from time of layoff. If the turn becomes first-out prior to return of such engineer, it shall retain that standing, insofar as Eastern District crews are concerned. Section 2. An engineer shall not lose his relative standing on the board, provided he returns to duty within 36 hours from time of layoff; however, he shall establish a new position on the board if his turn stands first-out on his return. Section 3. When an engineer fails to return to duty within 36 hours from time of layoff, his turn shall remain in rotation; however, if the turn becomes first out prior to the engineer's return, it shall be filled from the extra board. Section 4. This Agreement shall be effective October 12, 1972 and shall terminate 10 days after written notice is served by either party.
Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah this 12th day of October, 1972. FOR THE FOR THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ENGINEERS: CO. /s/ E. G. BECKER /s/ J. H. KENNY General Chairman Director of Labor Relations
A G R E E M E N T between UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY-EASTERN DISTRICT and BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS SUPPLEMENTAL UNDERSTANDING TO THE SALT LAKE CITY-GREEN RIVER INTERDIVISIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 11, 1972.
IT IS AGREED, EFFECTIVE MAY 3, 1976: In the application of Part I, Section 4 of the Salt Lake City-Green River Interdivisional Service Agreement dated October 11, 1972, it is understood that in the event of a preponderance of westbound traffic it shall be permissible to inject not to exceed two non-interdivisional crews into the interdivisional pool at Green River with all miles of the trips by such crews to be allocated as specified in Part I, Section 2 of the October 11, 1972 Agreement. In the event that in excess of two non-interdivisional crews are injected into the interdivisional-pool, the next interdivisional service Eastern District crew to stand for interdivisional service out of Green River will be paid, as a penalty, in addition to any other earnings for the trip, 50 miles at the basic through freight rate. The foregoing shall apply for each such injected crew in excess of two inducted into interdivisional service at Green River on any one calendar day. The payment provided for herein shall not be used to offset any other similar payment that may be due in the application of other provisions of the basic Agreement. This Agreement may be cancelled by either party by the serving of a 10-day written notice of intent. Dated at Omaha, Nebraska this 3rd day of May, 1976.
FOR THE FOR THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ENGINEERS COMPANY /s/ E. G. BECKER /s/ J. H. KENNY General Chairman Director of Labor Relations
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