ARTICLE XV ‑ GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1 ‑ Court Approval
This Agreement is subject to approval of the courts with respect to carriers in the hands of receivers or trustees.
Section 2 ‑ Effect of This Agreement
(a) The purpose of this Agreement is to fix the general level of compensation during the period of the Agreement and is in settlement of the disputes growing out of notices served upon the carriers listed in Exhibit A by the UTU (E‑C‑T‑S) dated on or about October 20, 1969 and November 20, 1969 and proposals served by the carriers for concurrent handling therewith.
(b) This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement by and on behalf of each of said carriers and their employees represented by the organization signatory hereto, and shall remain In effect until July 1, 1973 and thereafter until changed or modified in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended.
(c) The parties to this Agreement shall not serve nor progress prior to January 1, 1973 (not to become effective before July 1, 1973) any notice or proposal for changing any matter contained in this Agreement, including those matters referred to the Standing Committee, and any pending notices which propose such matters are hereby withdrawn.
These matters include the following subjects:
Wage adjustments
Vacations
Holidays
Jury service
Switching limits
and switching service for new and other industries
Interchange
service
Use of
communication systems
Road/yard
movements
Combining road
and yard seniority
Expenses away
from home
Interdivisional,
interseniority district, intradivisional and/or intraseniority district
service
Employee
protection except future mergers, consolidations or coordinations
Basis of pay
Car‑scale
additives
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
(d) Nothing in the foregoing, however, will prevent the handling of the items by the Standing Committee as provided for in Article XIV of this Agreement.
(e) This Article will not debar management and committees on individual railroads from agreeing upon any subject of mutual interest.
SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, D. C., THIS 27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1972.
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