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MEMORANDUM
AGREEMENT Between UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (Territory
Salt Lake City-Butte and Granger-Huntington) and the BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
RLA-6-615 RESERVE
ENGINEERS Effective
January 1, 1988, the Carrier shall have the right
to offer "Reserve Engineer" status to any number of active
engineers working as such, with seniority as engineers prior to November
1,1985. Where offered, Reserve Engineer status shall be granted in seniority
order on a seniority district or home zone basis under the terms listed below:
(1)
An employe who chooses Reserve Engineer status must remain in that status
until either (i) recalled and returned to service, (ii) discharged from
employment by the Carrier, (iii) resigns from employment by the Carrier or (iv)
retires on an annuity (including a disability annuity) under the Railroad
Retirement Act.
(2) Reserve Engineers must maintain their engine service proficiencies
while in such status, including success fully
completing any retraining or refresher programs that the Carrier may require and
passing any tests or examinations (including physical examinations) administered
for purpose of determining whether such proficiencies and abilities have been
maintained. Reserve Engineers also
must hold themselves available for return to engine
service upon seven days' notice, and must return
to engine service in compliance with such notice.
Reserve Engineers shall be recalled in reverse seniority
order or senior applicant with application on file. Failure to comply
with any of these requirements will result
in forfeiture of all seniority rights.
(3) -Reserve Engineers shall be paid at 70% of the basic yard
engineer's rate for five days per week.
No other payments shall be made to or on behalf of a Reserve Engineer
except payment of premiums under applicable health and
welfare plans. No
deductions from pay shall be made on behalf
of a Reserve Engineer except (i) deductions of income,
employment or payroll taxes (including railroad retirement
taxes) pursuant to federal, state or local law,
(ii) deduction of dues pursuant to an applicable
union shop agreement and any other deductions authorized by agreement,
(iii) as may otherwise be authorized by this Agreement; and (iv) any other
legally required deductions.
(4) Other non-railroad employment while in Reserve
Engineer status is permissible so long as
there is no conflict of interest.
There shall be no offset for outside earnings from non-railroad
employment.
(5) Vacation pay received while in Reserve Engineer status
will offset pay received under paragraph (3) above. Time spent in reserve board status will not count toward determining
whether the employe is eligible for vacation in succeeding years.
It will count as time in determining the length of the vacation to which
an employe otherwise eligible, is entitled.
(6) An employe who is eligible for an annuity under
the Railroad Retirement Act shall
continue to be eligible for Reserve Engineer status except that in addition to the
deductions set forth in paragraph (3) above, there
also shall be deducted the amounts the employe could have received from Railroad
Retiremnt.
(7) Reserve Engineers are not eligible for: Holiday Pay
Bereavement
Leave
Jury Pay
Other
similar special allowances
(8) Reserve Engineers are covered by:
Health and Welfare Plans
Union Shop
Dues Check-off
Discipline
Rule
Grievance Procedure
that are applicable to engineers in active service.
(10) There
shall be two (2) times a year that a Reserve Engineer
may elect to change his status and return to
full employment. These dates are
October 1 and April 1 of each year.
This
Agreement may be cancelled by either party
with the service of 30-days I written' notice. SIGNED AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH THIS (25) DAY OF (March), 198(8) BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS: /s/ T. J. Donnigan General Chairman
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY:
/s/ W. A. Hinckley
Regional
Director/Labor Relations-Western
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