MERGER
IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT
(Portland
Hub)
Zones
2 and 3
between
UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
and
BROTHERHOOD
OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
In
Finance Docket No. 32760, the Surface Transportation Board approved
the merger of the Union Pacific Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad
Company/Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (hereinafter, collectively
referred to as "Carrier" or "UP") and Southern
Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, St.
Louis Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and the Denver &
Rio Grande Western Railroad Company (Hereinafter, collectively
referred to as "SP"). In approving this transaction, the STB
imposed New York Dock labor protective conditions.
Pursuant
to New York Dock, and to achieve the public transportation
benefits and operational changes made possible by this transaction,
IT IS AGREED:
New
seniority districts shall be created that encompasses the following
area: UP territory including milepost 182.79 west of Seattle,
Washington, to Eastport, Idaho, on the Spokane International to
milepost 390.0 at Silver Bow, Montana, to milepost (Pocatello sub)
191.80 at McCammon, Idaho, and to milepost (Pocatello sub) 0.64 at
Granger, Wyoming; SP territory from (including) Chemult, Oregon to the
Portland Terminal. The Hub shall be divided into three (3) zones as
follows:
A. Zone 1 will include operations Chemult north to Seattle and Portland east to (not including) Hinkle.
NOTE: This Zone
was covered by the Merger Implementing Agreement (Portland Hub) Zone 1
between the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers dated August 13, 1998.
B.
Zone 2 will include operations from, and including, Hinkle,
Oregon, to, and including, Huntington, Oregon, and from Hinkle,
Oregon, to and including Eastport, Idaho on the former Spokane
International Railroad.
NOTE: It is the parties' intent herein to include those regular
and extra board positions
governed by the provisions of Article 11, Section B, Paragraphs 5.a.
and 5.b. of the August 13, 1998 Merger implementing Agreement for
Portland Hub Zone 1 into this new Zone 2.
C.
Zone 3 will include operations from, but not including,
Huntington, Oregon, to milepost 390.0 at Silver Bow, Montana, to
milepost 191.80 at McCammon, Idaho (Pocatello Subdivision) and to
milepost 0,64 (Pocatello Subdivision) at Granger, Wyoming.