AGREEMENT

DATED OCTOBER 15, 1982

NATIONAL CARRIERS' CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

and

employees of such railroads represented by the

UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION

AGREEMENT

ARTICLE I - GENERAL WAGE INCREASES

Section 1 - First General Wage Increase (for others than Dining Car Stewards

Section 2 - Second General Wage Increase (for others than Dining Car
 Stewards and Yardmasters)

     Effective October 1, 1981, all standard basic daily and mileage rates of pay of employees represented by the United Transportation Union in effect on September 30, 1981, shall be increased by an amount equal to 3 percent, computed and applied for enginemen in the manner prescribed in Section 1 above. The cost-of-living allowance of 90 cents per hour in effect on September 30, 1981 will not be included with basic rates in computing the amount of this increase. The standard basic daily and mileage rates of pay produced by application of this increase are set forth in Appendix 2, which is a part of this Agreement.

Section 3 - Third General Wage Increase (for others than Dining Car Stewards
and Yardmasters)

     Effective July 1, 1982, all standard basic daily and mileage rates of pay of employees represented by the United Transportation Union in effect on June 30, 1982, shall be increased by an amount equal to 3 percent, computed and applied for enginemen in the manner prescribed in Section 1 above. The cost-of-living allowance of $1.25 per hour in effect on June 30, 1982 will not be included with basic rates in computing the amount of this increase. The standard basic daily and mileage rates of pay produced by application of this increase are set forth in Appendix 3, which is a part of this Agreement.

Section 4 - Fourth General Wage Increase (for others than Dining Car, Stewards and Yardmasters)

     Effective July 1, 1983, all standard basic daily and mileage rates of pay of employees represented by the United Transportation Union in effect on June 30, 1983, shall be increased by an amount equal to 3 percent, computed and applied for enginemen in the manner prescribed in Section 1 above. The amount of the cost-of-living allowance which will be in effect on June 30, 1983 will not be included with basic rates in computing the amount of this increase. The standard basic daily and mileage rates of pay produced by application of this increase are set forth in Appendix 4, which is a part of this Agreement.

Section 5 - Application of Wage Increases

     (a) (i) In engine service, all arbitraries, miscellaneous rates or special allowances, based upon mileage, hourly or dally rates of pay, as provided in the schedules or wage agreements, shall be increased commensurately with the wage Increases provided for in this Article I.

     (ii) In train and yard ground service, arbitraries, miscellaneous rates or special allowances, including those expressed in terms of miles, as provided in the schedules or wage agreements, shall be increased under this Agreement in the same manner as heretofore increased under previous wage agreements.

     (b) In determining new hourly rates, fractions of a cent will be disposed of by applying the next higher quarter of a cent.

     (c) Dally earnings minima shall be increased by the amount of the respective daily Increase.

     (d) Standard monthly rates and money monthly guarantees in passenger train service shall be thirty times the new standard daily rates. Other than standard monthly rates and money monthly guarantees shall be so adjusted that differentials existing as of March 31, 1981 shall be preserved.

     (e) Existing monthly rates and money monthly guarantees applicable in train service other than passenger will be increased in the same proportion as the daily rate for the class of service involved is increased.

     (f) Existing money differentials above existing standard daily rates shall be maintained.

     (g) In local freight service, the same differential in excess of through freight rates shall be maintained.

     (h) The differential of $4.00 per basic day in freight and yard service, and 4{ per mile for miles in excess of 100 in freight service, will be maintained for engineers working without firemen on locomotives on which under the former National Diesel. Agreement of 1950 firemen would have been required.

     (1) In computing the increases in rates of pay effective April 1, 1981 under Section 1 for firemen, conductors, brakemen and flagmen employed in local freight service, or on road switchers, roustabout runs, mine runs, or in other miscellaneous service, on runs of 100 miles or less which are therefore paid on a daily basis without a mileage component, whose rates had been increased by "an additional $.40" effective July 1, 1968, the 2 percent increase shall be applied to daily rates in effect March 31, 1981, exclusive of car scale additives, local freight differentials, and any other money differential above existing standard daily rates. For firemen, the rates applicable in the weight-on-drivers bracket 950,000 and less than 1,000,000 pounds shall be utilized in computing the amount of increase. The same procedure shall be followed in computing the increases of 3 percent effective October 1, 1981, 3 percent effective July 1, 1982, and 3 percent effective July 1, 1983. The rates produced by application of the standard local freight differentials and the above-referred-to special increase of "an additional $.40" to standard basic through freight rates of pay are set forth in Appendices 1, 2, 3 and 4, which are a part of this Agreement.

     (j) Other than standard rates:

     (i) Existing basic daily and mileage rates of pay other than standard shall be increased, effective as of the effective dates specified in Sections 1 through 4 hereof, by the same respective percentages as set forth therein, computed and applied in the same manner as the standard rates were determined.

     (ii) The differential of $4.00 per basic day in freight and yard service, and 44 per mile for miles in excess of 100 in freight service, will be maintained for engineers working without firemen on locomotives on which under the former National Diesel Agreement of 1950 firemen would have been required.

     (iii) Daily rates of pay, other than standard, of firemen, conductors, brakemen and flagmen employed in local freight service, or on road switchers, roustabout runs, mine runs, or in other miscellaneous service, on runs of 100 miles or less which are therefore paid on a daily basis without a mileage component, shall be increased as of the effective : dates specified in Sections 1 through 4 hereof, by the same respective percentages as set forth therein, computed and applied in the same manner as provided in paragraph (i) above.

     (k) Wage rates resulting from the increases provided for in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article I, and in Section Kg) of Article II, will not be reduced under Article II.

Section 6 - General Wage Increases for Dining Car Stewards and Yardmasters

     Effective April 1, 1981 all basic monthly rates of pay of dining car stewards and yardmasters represented by the United Transportation Union in effect on March 31, 1981 shall be increased by 2 percent. The cost-of-living allowance of 584 per hour in effect on March 31, 1981 will not be included with basic rates in computing the amount of this increase.

     The rates produced by such increase shall be further increased as follows:

Effective October 1, 1981 - 3% The cost-of-living allowance of 90 cents per hour in effect on September 30, 1981 will not be included with basic rates in computing the amount of this increase.

Effective July 1, 1982 - 3X The cost-of-living allowance of $1.25 per hour in effect on June 30, 1982 will not be included with basic rates in computing the amount of this increase.

Effective July 1, 1-983 - 3% The amount of the cost-of-living allowance which will be in effect on June 30, 1983 will not be included with basic rates in computing the amount of this increase.

Rates of pay resulting from the increases provided for in this Section 6, and Section l(g) of Article II, will not be reduced under Article II.- 5 -