ARTICLE 29 COMPENSATION AND VACATION BENEFITS OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS 1 Adjustments in salaries of International officers, Board members 2 and Staff members will be made in the same proportion as increases or 3 decreases in wages received by employees represented by the United 4 Transportation Union. 5 All officers, Board members and Staff members, devoting full time 6 to the service of the International, shall receive their salary in equal 7 payments bi-weekly. 8 Members of the Board of Appeals, Executive Board, and other 9 appointed committees shall receive their salary not less frequently than 10 bi-weekly while in session, or when the work for which they have been 11 assembled is completed. 12 International officers, Board members, and Staff members, and 13 representatives devoting full time to the service of the International will 14 be entitled to the same vacation benefits for which they would have 15 qualified with their carrier under the National Vacation Agreement. The 16 method of handling vacations shall be determined by the International 17 President and General Secretary and Treasurer. 18 When a member serving the International on a part-time basis 19 suffers a loss of earnings from his/her carrier resulting in a reduction or 20 loss of his/her vacation pay from the carrier, he/she shall receive from 21 the department of the International in which he served the amount of 22 vacation pay lost as a result of his/her services with the International. |