ARTICLE XIV ‑ STANDING COMMITTEE

           It is hereby agreed that the parties signatory to this Agreement will establish within 60 days of the date of this Agreement a Standing Committee as proposed by Emergency Board No. 178 consisting of two partisan members representing the Carriers, two partisan members representing the Organization and a disinterested Chairman.

If the partisan members of the Standing Committee cannot agree on the Chairman within the 60‑day period, the partisan members shall request the Chairman of the National Mediation Board and/or the Secretary of Labor to confer with the members and within 90 days of the date of this Agreement select such disinterested Chairman. The Standing Committee, as so constituted, shall determine the procedures under which it will operate, with the understanding such procedures will not include arbitration procedures unless agreed upon by the partisan members of the Standing Committee.

The life of the Standing Committee shall extend over the terms of this Agreement, at which time it will be terminated unless continued by mutual agreement of the partisan members. The Standing Committee may be terminated at any time by mutual agreement of the partisan members.

The following items shall be considered by the Committee:  

Basis of pay
Car‑Scale additives
Elimination of arbitraries applicable to road and yard employees
Mileage holddown
Road‑yard proposals not disposed of in this Agreement
Reduction of work month for dining car stewards
Overtime in passenger service
Time and one‑half for working during vacation periods
Sick leave pay
Elimination of hostlers
Paid holidays for employees not now eligible for paid holidays