ARTICLE VIII ‑ GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1 ‑ Court Approval

This Agreement is subject to approval of the courts with respect to participating 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 dispute growing out of notice served upon the carriers listed in Exhibit A by the United Transportation Union (E‑C‑T‑S) dated on or about July 1, 1974 (Wages) and August 1, 1974 (Health and Welfare).

(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 through December 31, 1977 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, 1977 (not to become effective before January 1, 1978) any notice or proposal for changing any matter contained in:

(1) this Agreement,

(2) Section 2(c) of Article XV of the Agreement of January 27, 1972, except that notices may be served regarding vacations or holidays so long as they do not relate to length of paid vacations in excess of the maximum provided in the national agreement, or number of paid holidays in excess of the maximum provided in the national agreement,

With respect to the Penn Central Transportation Company, the power of attorney to the National Carriers' Conference Committee was conditioned upon the right of the trustees to approve the agreement, and the trustees have so approved.

(3) except as hereinafter provided in paragraph (d) of this Section 2, the following items, which have been referred to the Standing Committee created by Article XIV of the Agreement of January 27. 1972:

Basis of pay
Car‑scale additives
Elimination of arbitraries applicable to road and yard employees
Mileage holddown
Road‑yard proposals not disposed of in the January 27, 1972 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

        (4) or regarding bereavement or funeral pay

and any pending notices which propose such matters are hereby withdrawn.

(d) The parties to this Agreement will continue in effect during the term of this Agreement the Standing Committee established by Article XIV of the Agreement of January 27, 1972; including the procedures worked out by the parties. However, if either party signatory to this Agreement decides that the Standing Committee procedure should no longer be continued, the carriers or the union may after December 31, 1975 serve national (but not local) Section 6 notices on the matters listed in paragraph (c)(3) of this Section.

(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 29th DAY OF JANUARY,1975.