ARTICLE 100 DECLARATION OF POLICY OF THE UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION REGARDING INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES 1 (1) No officer or other representative of the United Transportation 2 Union shall deny or in any way question the right of International 3 employees to: 4 (a) Join, organize or assist in organizing a labor organization 5 or association of their choice. 6 (b) Determine their bargaining representatives in accordance 7 with applicable Federal or State laws. 8 (c) Bargain collectively through their duly designated 9 bargaining representatives. 10 (2) The United Transportation Union will as a matter of policy 11 maintain for its International employees the same wages and working 12 conditions presently enjoyed by such employees, including the practice 13 of increasing or decreasing rates of pay based upon general increases 14 or decreases in the pay of train and yard service employees 15 represented by the United Transportation Union. 16 (3) International employees will receive no preferential treatment 17 based upon membership in the United Transportation Union or the 18 absence of such membership. 19 (4) For the information and guidance of International officers and 20 employees, the International President will compile and publish a 21 manual showing the wages and working conditions applicable to 22 International employees. If and when changes are made appropriate 23 supplements will be issued for inclusion in said manual. All International 24 officers and employees will be furnished with copies of this manual and 25 the supplements thereto. 26 (5) If and when International employees establish a collective 27 bargaining procedure in accordance with applicable State or Federal 28 laws and through the exercise of that procedure an agreement covering 29 wages and working conditions of International employees is 30 consummated, Item 2, hereof, becomes void and of no effect. |