ARTICLE XI - STUDY COMMISSION

     Section 1. Pursuant to the recommendations of Emergency Board No. 195 the parties signatory to this Agreement hereby establish a Study Commission consisting of three partisan members representing the carriers, three partisan members representing the United Transportation Union and a neutral member who shall be Chairman. The Chairman shall be selected by the partisan members within 30 days from the date of this Agreement. If the partisan members of the Commission cannot agree on the Chairman within such 30 days, the partisan members shall request the National Mediation Board to confer with the members and within 15 days of such request select a Chairman.

     Section 2. The Commission is authorized and directed to investigate and consider in accordance with the recommendations of Emergency Board No. 195 the subject matters listed below:

Basis of pay and related alternatives
Initial and Final terminal delay
Air hose coupling
Engine exchange
Road/yard restrictions
Supplemental sick pay
Disability pay
Personal leave
Principles and procedures for stabilizing the pay structure of the operating crafts in response to earnings adjustments arising from crew consist agreements.

     Section 3. The Commission shall promptly establish its operating procedures, including the formulation of a schedule designed to expedite and enhance the opportunity to reach agreement on all issues at the earliest possible date. The Chairman shall have authority to resolve any differences between the members with respect to determining the procedures under which ° it will operate, scheduling meetings and the priorities for consideration of the issues. In the event the Chairman is unable to continue his assignment or the partisan members unanimously concur that a successor should be appointed, the procedures set forth above shall be followed in selecting a replacement.- 20 -

     Section 4. In consultation with the members, the Chairman shall promptly establish a time table for negotiations between the parties on the issues submitted to the Commission. If, after 90 days from the date such negotiations begin, the parties have failed to reach agreement or demonstrate evidence of substantial progress in resolving the issues, the Chairman shall convene hearings on the matters in dispute and formulate substantive guidelines to further advance negotiations. The parties shall then negotiate within these guidelines for a period not to exceed 60 days.

     Section 5. If, at the end of such 60 day period, agreement has not been reached on all issues, the Chairman shall make recommendations to the parties for disposing of all unresolved issues not later than December 1, 1983. While the recommendations of the Chairman shall not be considered final and binding, the parties affirm their good faith intentions to give full consideration to such recommendations as a means of resolving such matters.

     Section 6. The Study Commission shall terminate, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, 30 days from the date the recommendations have been made.

     Section 7. If the parties are unable to resolve all of the issues covered thereby, either party may serve proposals within the framework of any such recommendations in accordance with the Railway Labor Act and the provisions of Article XIII, Section 2(c) of this Agreement.