UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1416 DODGE STREET
OMAHA NEBRASKA 68179
Side Letter #10
L. L. NELSON
GENERAL CHAIRMAN UTU C&T
936 SE ANKENY STREET
SUITE F
PORTLAND OR 97214
Dear Mr. Nelson:
This will
confirm our discussions concerning the Conductor-Only Crew consist negotiations.
With regard
to Article III - Guaranteed Extra Boards, we agreed that the Second District
Guaranteed Board at Portland is the primary source of supply for vacancies in
pool freight service between Portland and Hinkle and that employees should be
called from that board in all cases where they can protect the service
consistent with Hours of Service Act provisions. However, we also agreed that it
is important that vacancies at Hinkle be filled by fully rested employees to
ensure the trains' arrivals at Portland within the Hours of Service. This being
the case, we agreed that If it is not possible under usual and normal
circumstances to deadhead an employee from Portland to Hinkle sufficiently in
advance to be fully rested (or with enough working time to satisfy the train
dispatcher), an employee from the Second District Guaranteed Board at Hinkle may
be used to fill the vacancy without penalty.
It was also
agreed that an extra employee used from this Hinkle Board to Portland will be
governed by the same conditions as extra employees working from Portland to
Hinkle, except that Hinkle extra employees will not be held in Portland but will
be deadheaded back to Hinkle on the first available transportation unless the
employee chooses to obtain rest prior to deadheading, in which event existing
procedures governing mark-ups in such circumstances will be followed.
If the above properly sets
forth your understanding of our agreement, please so indicate by signing in the
space provided below.
Yours truly,
L.A.
Lambert
Director Labor Relations
AGREED:
L.L. Nelson
General Chairman UTU C&T