THIS AGREEMENT MADE THIS 2ND DAY OF JUNE, 1988 BETWEEN THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION AND ITS PASSENGER ENGINEERS REPRESENTED BY THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.

 

ARTICLE I — GENERAL WAGE INCREASES

 

Section 1—First General Wage Increase 

 

Effective August 1,1985, all standard basic hourly rates of pay (excluding cost-of-living allowance) in effect on July 31, 1985, for employees* represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will be increased by one (1.0) percent.

 

*The term “employees” as used in this agreement refers to Passenger Engineers (NEC and Off-Corridor).

 

Section 2—Second General Wage Increase

 

Effective April 1, 1986, all standard basic hourly rates of pay (excluding cost-of-living allowance) in effect on March 31, 1986, for employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers shall be increased by two (2.0) percent.

 

Section 3—Third General Wage Increase

 

Effective July 1, 1986, all standard basic hourly rates of pay (excluding cost-of-living allowance) in effect on June 30, 1986, for employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers shall be increased by one and one-half (1.5) percent.

 

Section 4—Fourth General Wage Increase

 

Effective January 1, 1987, all standard basic hourly rates of pay (excluding cost-of-living allowance) in effect on December 31, 1986, for employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers shall be increased by two and one-quarter (2.25) percent.

 

Section 5—Fifth General Wage Increase

 

Effective July 1, 1987, all standard basic hourly rates of pay (excluding cost-of-living allowance) in effect on June 30, 1987, for employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers shall be increased by one and one-half (1.5) percent.

 

Section 6—Sixth General Wage Increase

 

Effective January 1, 1988, all standard basic hourly rates of pay (excluding cost-of-living allowance) in effect on December 31, 1987, for employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers shall be increased by two and one-quarter (2.25) percent.

 

Section 7—Application of Wage Increases

 

In determining new hourly rates, fractions of a cent will be disposed of by applying the next higher quarter of a cent.

 

 

ARTICLE II — COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS

 

Section 1—Amount and Effective Dates of Cost-Of-Living Adjustments

a.  The cost-of-living allowance which, on June 30, 1986, is 13 cents per hour, will subsequently be adjusted, in the manner set forth in and subject to all the provisions of paragraphs (e) and (g) below, on the basis of the “Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (Revised Series) (CPI-W)” (1967 = 100), U.S. Index, all items—unadjusted, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, and hereinafter referred to as the BLS Consumer Price Index.  The first such cost-of-living adjustment shall be made effective July 1, 1986, based (subject to paragraph (e) (i) below) on the BLS Consumer Price Index for March 1986 as compared with the index for September 1985.  Such adjustment, and further cost-of-living adjustments which will be made effective as described below, will be based on the change in the BLS Consumer Price Index during the respective measurement periods shown in the following table subject to the exception in paragraph (e) (ii) below, according to the formula set forth in paragraph (f) below as limited by paragraph (g) below:

 

Measurement Periods

Measurement       Effective Date

Base Month              Month             Of Adjustment

   (1)                    (2)                  (3)   

September 1985    March 1986        July 1, 1986

March 1986        September 1986    January 1, 1987

September 1986    March 1987        July 1, 1987

March 1987        September 1987    January 1, 1988

 

b. While a cost-of-living allowance is in effect, such cost-of-­living allowance will apply to straight time, overtime, vacations, holidays and to special allowances in the same manner as basic wage adjustments have been applied in the past.

 

c. The amount of the cost-of-living allowance, if any, which will be effective from one adjustment date to the next may be equal to, or greater or less than, the cost-of-living allowance in effect in the preceding adjustment period.

 

d. On June 30, 1988, all of the cost-of-living allowance then in effect shall be rolled into basic rates of pay and the cost-of-living allowance remaining in effect will be reduced to zero.

 

e. Cap. (i) In calculations under paragraph (f) below, the maximum increase in the BLS Consumer Price Index (C.P.I.) which will be taken into account will be as follows:

 

Effective Date                Maximum C.P.I. Increase Which

Of Adjustment                 May Be Taken Into Account

     (1)                                     (2)

 

July 1, 1986                  4% of September 1985 CPI

January 1, 1987         8% of September 1985 CPI, less

the increase from September 1985

to March 1986

July 1, 1987                  4% of September 1986 CPI

January 1, 1988         8% of September 1986 CPI, less

the increase from September 1986

to March 1987

 

(ii) If the increase in the BLS Consumer Price Index from the base month of September 1985 to the mea­surement month of March 1986, exceeds 4% of the September base index, the measurement period which will be used for determining the cost-of-living adjustment to be effective the following January will be the twelve-month period from such base month of September; the increase in the index which will be taken into account will be limited to that portion of increase which is in excess of 4% of such September base index, and the maximum increase in that portion of the index which may be taken into account will be 8% of such September base index less the 4% mentioned in the preceding clause, to which will be added any residual tenths of points which had been dropped under paragraph (1) below in calculation of the cost-of-living adjustment which will have become effective October 1 during such measurement period.

 

(iii)       Any increase in the BLS Consumer Price Index from the base month of September of one year to the measurement month of September of the following year in excess of 8% of the September base month index, will not be taken into account in the determination of subsequent cost-of-living adjustments.

 

f.  Formula. The number of points change in the BLS Con­sumer Price Index during a measurement period, as limited by paragraph (e) above, will be converted into cents on the basis of one cent equals 0.3 full points.  (By “0.3 full points” it is intended that any remainder of 0.1 point or 0.2 point of change after the conversion will not be counted).

 

The cost-of-living allowance in effect on June 30, 1986, will be adjusted (increased or decreased) effective July 1, 1986, by the whole number of cents produced by dividing by 0.3 the number of points (including tenths of points) change, as limited by paragraph (e) above, in the BLS Consumer Price Index during the measurement period from the base month of September 1985 to the measurement month of March 1986.  Any residual tenths of a point resulting from such division will be dropped.  The result of such division will be added to the amount of the cost-of-living allowance in effect on June 30, 1986, if the Consumer Price Index will have been higher at the end than at the beginning of the measurement period, and subtracted therefrom only if the index will have been lower at the end than at the beginning of the measurement period and then, only, to the extent that the allowance remains at zero or above.

 

The same procedure will be followed in applying subsequent adjustments.

 

g.  Offsets. The amounts calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in paragraph (I) will be offset by the increases provided for in Article I of this Agreement as applied on an annual basis against a starting rate of $12.92 per hour.  This will result in the cost of living increases, if any, being subject to the limitations herein described:

 

(i)         Any increase to be paid effective July 1,1986, is limited to that in excess of 19 cents per hour.

 

(ii) The combined increases, if any, to be paid as a result of the adjustments effective July 1, 1986, and January 1, 1987, are limited to those in excess of 48 cents per hour.

 

(iii)       Any increase to be paid effective July 1, 1987, is limited to that in excess of 20 cents per hour.

 

 

(iv) The combined increases, if any, to be paid as a result of the adjustments effective July 1, 1987, and January 1, 1988, are limited to those in excess of 51 cents per hour.

 

h.  Continuance of the cost-of-living adjustments is dependent upon the availability of the official monthly BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) calculated on the same basis as such Index, except that, if the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, should during the effective period of this Agreement revise or change the methods or basic data used in calculating the BLS Consumer Price Index in such a way as to affect the direct comparability of such revised or changed index with the CPI-W Index during a measurement period, then that Bureau shall be requested to furnish a conversion factor designed to adjust the newly revised index to the basis of the CPI-W Index during such measurement period.

 

Section 2—Application of Cost-of-Living Adjustments

 

In application of the cost-of-living adjustments provided for in Section 1 of this Article II, the cost of living allowance will not become part of basic rates of pay except as provided in Section 1(d).  In the application of such allowance, each one cent per hour of cost-of-living allowance will be treated as an increase of 8 cents in the basic daily rates of pay produced by application of Article I and by Section 1(d) of this Article II.  The cost-of-living allowance will otherwise be applied in keeping with the provisions of Section 7 of Article I.

 

 

ARTICLE III — RATE PROGRESSION — NEW HIRES

 

In any class of service or job classification, rates of pay, additives, and other applicable elements of compensation for an employee in the service covered by this Agreement whose seniority in engine or train service is established on or after the date of this Agreement, will be 75% of the rate for present employees and will increase in increments of five percentage points for each year of active service in engine and/or train service until the new employee’s rate is equal to that of present employees.  A year of active service shall consist of a period of 365 calendar days in which the employee performs a total of 80 or more tours of duty. Letter No. 8 to the October 26, 1982, Agreement will not apply to employees while being paid under this Article.

 

NOTE: 1.    This Article does not apply to applicants for Amtrak employment in the respective Off-Cor­ridor work zone application pools for the train and engine service crafts.  In addition, this Article will not apply to train and engine service em­ployees hired from other railroads in future as­sumptions of service.

 

 

ARTICLE IV — LUMP SUM PAYMENT

 

A lump sum payment, calculated as described below, will be paid to each employee subject to this Agreement who established an employment relationship prior to the date of this Agreement and has retained that relationship or has retired or died.

 

Employees with 2,150 or more straight time hours paid for (not including any such hours reported to the Interstate Com­merce Commission as constructive allowances except vacations and holidays) during the period July 1, 1984 through July 31, 1985 will be paid $565.00.  Those employees with fewer straight time hours paid for will be paid an amount derived by multiplying $565.00 by the number of straight time hours (including vacations and holidays, as described above) paid for during that period divided by 2,150.

There shall be no duplication of lump-sum payments by vir­tue of employment under an agreement with another organiza­tion and/or another railroad.

 

ARTICLE V — DEADHEADING

 

Rule 10(b) of the Rules Agreement dated October 26, 1982, is amended to read as follows for all employees hired on or after the effective date of this agreement, into the service covered by this Agreement, except as provided in the Note, below:

 

“(2)—For new employees when deadheading is paid for separate and apart from service, compensation on a minute basis, at the basic rate applicable to the class of ser­vice in connection with which deadheading is performed, shall be allowed.  However, if service after deadheading to a Crew Base other than the employees home Crew Base does not begin within sixteen (16) hours after completion of deadhead, a minimum of a basic day at such rate will be paid.  If deadheading from service at a Crew Base other than the employee’s home Crew Base does not commence within sixteen (16) hours of completion of service, a minimum of a basic day at such rate will be paid.  A minimum of a basic day also will be allowed where two separate deadhead trips, the second of which is out of a Crew Base other than the home Crew Base, are made with no intervening service performed.  Non-service payments such as held-away-from-home Crew Base allowance will count toward the minimum of a basic day provided in this paragraph.  Deadheading will not be paid where not paid under existing rules?’

 

NOTE:       1. The existing paragraph (b) of Rule 10 is modi­fied to read as (b)(l) and will continue to apply to all employees whose seniority in train or engine service precedes the date of this Agreement, including applicants for Amtrak employment in the respective Off-Corridor work zone application pools for the train and engine service crafts.  In addition, this Article will not apply to train and engine service employees hired from other railroads in future assumptions of service.

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI — TERMINATION OF SENIORITY

 

The seniority of any new employee* whose seniority in en­gine or train service is established after the effective date of this agreement and who is furloughed for 365 consecutive days will be terminated if such employee has less than three (3) years of seniority.  The 365 consecutive day period referenced herein will not include any period in which an employee is furloughed from Amtrak as a Passenger Engineer but working in train service or another engine service craft for Amtrak.

 

*The term “new employee” as used in this Article does not include those applicants for Amtrak employment in the respective work zone application pools.

 

 

ARTICLE VII — MILITARY TRAINING

 

When employees assigned to regular and/or extra board positions who are members of the Reserves or National Guard are required to be absent from work for the purpose of annual summer training exercises, they shall be paid the actual time lost during their regular workdays or workweeks (maximum of eight (8) hours’ pay at the straight time rate of their positions for each day lost).  Compensation received by the employees for other than meals, lodging or transportation, shall be remitted to the Corporation.  Such employees must furnish the Corporation with a statement signed by their Commanding Officer for compensation paid and the days on which such military training service was performed.

 

ARTICLE VIII — EXPENSES AWAY FROM HOME

 

Effective August 1, 1985, the meal allowance provided for in Rule 15 is increased from $3.85 to $4.15.

 

 

ARTICLE IX - EQUIVALENT BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER THE RAILROAD EMPLOYEES NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN

 

The equivalent benefits provided under Rule 28 will be continued, subject to any changes resulting from the Arbitration Agreement dated May 19, 1986.

 

 

ARTICLE X — RULE MODIFICATION

The Rules Agreement dated October 26, 1982, as modified by the December 23, 1985, Agreement, will be amended as set forth in Appendix A hereto.

 

 

ARTICLE XI — GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

a.  The purpose of this Agreement is to fix the general level of compensation during the period of the Agreement and is in full settlement of the dispute growing out of the notices served to date upon the Carrier by the Organization signatory hereto and the Carrier’s counterproposals which were served for concurrent handling therewith.

 

b.  The parties to this Agreement shall not serve nor pro­gress prior to June 1, 1988 (not to become effective before July 1, 1988), any notice of proposal for changing any matter contained in this Agreement or in the proposals of the parties identified in Section (a) of the Article and any pending notices which propose such matters are withdrawn.

 

c.  New proposals properly served under the Railway Labor Act covering subject matters not specifically dealt with in this Agreement, including the proposals referenced above, and which do not request compensation may be progressed under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended.

 

d.  This Article will not bar the parties from agreeing upon any subject of mutual interest.

 

SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, DC THIS 2ND OF JUNE, 1988.

 

For The Brotherhood Of       For The National Railroad     

Locomotive Engineers          Passenger Corporation  

 

 

______________________        _____________________

R. E. Wiggins                       C. B. Thomas

Acting General Chairman       Senior Director-Labor

Relations

 

 

 

______________________        _____________________

G. R. DeBolt                        J. M. Fagnani

Vice President                Director-Labor Relations

 

                                 APPENDIX “A”

 

1.  Northeast Corridor Only

 

Question and Answer No. 2 to Rule 3—Seniority in the Au­gust 2,1983, Agreed upon Questions and Answers is modified to provide the following answer:

 

“A2(a).     A Passenger Engineer is required to exercise his NEC seniority to any position within the work zone in which found, except that a Passenger En­gineer at the Washington Crew Base will not be required to exercise his seniority to the Harris­burg Crew Base or the New York Crew Base prior to being furloughed; the same principle will apply to a Passenger Engineer at the Harrisburg Crew Base with respect to the Washington and New York Crew Bases and a Passenger Engineer at the New York Crew Base with respect to the Harrisburg and Washington Crew Bases.  A Passenger Engineer who is required under this Question and Answer to exercise his seniority to the Philadelphia Crew Base will not be required to exercise his seniority to any other Crew Base prior to being furloughed, except the Crew Base from which he exercised seniority.

 

(b). A Passenger Engineer at the Boston Crew Base will not be required to exercise his Seniority to the New York Crew Base prior to being furloughed; the same principle will apply to a Passenger Engineer at the New York Crew Base with respect to the Boston Crew Base.  A Passenger Engineer who is required under this Question and Answer to exercise his seniority to the New Haven and/or Springfield Crew Bases will not be required to exercise his seniority to any other Crew Base prior to being furloughed, except the Crew Base from which he exercised seniority?"

 

2.  Northeast Corridor Only

 

The Order Selection List portion of the Northeast Corridor Seniority Roster will be modified to provide a working roster which better represents the prior, prior right equity for active employees:

 

(a). Passenger Engineers with prior, prior rights who have been inactive, or where it is known they will be inactive for more than thirty (30) days, due to disability, sickness, illness, suspension or leave of absence will be removed from the working roster and the other active prior, prior right Passenger Engineers will be moved up to fill in their equity slots.

 

(b). Knowledge that a Passenger Engineer will be off for thirty (30) or more days for disability, sickness, or illness will be satisfied upon receipt of written notification to Transportation Superintendent by a duly accredited representative or the Passenger Engineer, stating the reason and anticipated duration.

 

(c).     Adjustments to the working roster will be made                   Monday at 12:01 AM following receipt of

              notification.

 

3.  Paragraph (a) of Rule 8 is amended to include the following as a second paragraph:

 

“When a regular assignment is annulled for more than one (1) day, or when a regular assignment in other than revenue passenger service is annulled more than one (1) day in a workweek or is annulled one (1) day in each of two (2) consecutive workweeks, not including holidays, an employee holding the assignment may elect to remain on it or exercise seniority to another assignment that has not been annulled?

 

4.  Rule 6, paragraph (i), will be amended to read:

 

“When no bids are received for a regular assignment, such will be so designated on the award; the senior Passenger Engineer in the same work zone who within seven (7) calendar days of such award makes written application to be qualified and assigned will be assigned the position and instructed, to qualify in accordance with Rule 16(c).  Such Passenger Engineer may not voluntarily exercise his seniority to another position for a period of four (4) months from the date fully qualified to work the assignment, unless entitled to a displacement right pursuant to Rule 8 or is the successful applicant for a position in the same geographic service.  In the event the employee’s assignment is readvertised incident to the change of time, he will be required to bid on such assignment or on an assignment in the same geographic service as his first choice.  If no written application for voluntary assignment is received, the assignment will be filled by the junior Passenger Engineer on the extra board at the same crew base as the assignment that failed for bid.”

 

NOTE:       Rule 6, paragraph (j), references the force assignment of the junior Passenger Engineer and not any other Passenger Engineer utilizing the newly amended language.

 

5.  Redesignate the existing paragraph (a) of Rule 9—Guaranteed Extra Board to paragraph (a)(1) and add a new paragraph (a)(2) as follows:

 

“(a)(2)     Unless the needs of service dictate otherwise, a Passenger Engineer assigned to an extra board may lay off for a maximum of four (4) days per month, one (1) day each week, without affecting his weekly guarantee.”

 

Rule 9, new paragraph (j) will read:

 

“The Carrier will have the right to establish positions which will be combination regular/extra board assignments.  Such positions will be advertised and awarded in accordance with Rule 6 with one (1) rest day.  The position will be guaranteed the money equivalent to forty (40) straight time hours per week.

 

NOTE: A Passenger Engineer on a combination assignment will not be called for a vacancy or extra work if it will result in the Passenger Engineer not being available for his regular assignment.  It is understood the provisions of Rule 6(1) will ap­ply.  This rule is not intended to result in the reduction of regular assignments.”

 

Replace Agreed Upon Question and Answer No. 9 to Rule 9 with the following:

 

“Q9. A duly accredited representative regardless of craft as defined in Rule 1 of the Rules Agreement is assigned to an extra board and requests to mark off to attend a conference with the carrier or to represent another employee under this Agreement at an investigation.  How will such action affect the duly accredited representative’s status on the Extra Board?

 

 A9. “The duly accredited representative will maintain his relative standing on the extra board.  Such action will not be considered as unavailability under Rule 9(b); however, any earnings lost or any payments made in accordance with Rule 34 or under policy determination will be charged against the money equivalent of forty (40) straight-time hours for guarantee purposes.  Payments made are not subject to the overtime provisions of Rule 2(b) since they are not payments for service performed.”

 

6.  Add paragraph (a)(2) to Rule 13:

 

“A regular assigned employee who is displaced from his assignment and no attempt was made to notify such employee at least three (3) hours prior to reporting time of his assignment and such employee reports for the assignment without being notified and is not permitted to work, the displaced employee will be allowed the earnings of the assignment from which displaced less any other earnings made on such calendar day.  In the application of this Rule, an employee may not physically displace onto an assignment less than six (6) hours prior to the reporting time of the assignment.”

 

NOTE:       The existing paragraph (a) will be redesignated paragraph (a)(1).

 

7. Establish a new Rule—Rule 38—Relief Day Work:

 

(a). Employees on regular assignments who desire to work on the relief day(s) of their assignments after the Extra Board at a Crew base is exhausted shall so notify the Crew Dispatcher at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the commencement of the relief days of his assignment.  There shall be a separate relief day list at any crew base where an Extra Board is established.  An employee may mark up on the Relief Day List at the crew base where his regular assignment starts and finishes.

 

(b). Employees who fail to accept a call when contacted will not be allowed to mark up on the Relief Day list for thirty (30) days.

 

(c). Employees marked up on such supplemental board will be called in seniority order for the assignments they are qualified to work. However, an employee will not be considered if he will be unavailable due to the hours of service to work his regular assignment.

 

(d). Passenger Engineers called under this rule will be paid at the time and one half rate, with a minimum of eight (8) hours, provided he worked all the hours of his regular assignment in the same work week.

 

8.  Off-Corridor Only

 

Amend Rule 13—Calls to add the following paragraph (c):

 

(c). If a Passenger Engineer on a regular assignment in the Off-Corridor service is called in an emergency situation on a day which he is not scheduled to work nor being held at other than his home Crew Base, he will be paid for actual time worked at the time and one-half rate, with a minimum of eight (8) hours, provided he works all the hours of his regular assignment in the same work week, unless unable due to the emergency call.

 

It is understood that when the guaranteed extra board at a crew base is exhausted, this constitutes an emergency under Rule 13.

 

9.  A Passenger Engineer involved in an accident resulting in a loss of human life will be entitled to utilize a vacation day(s) or holiday(s) for personal reasons related to the accident.  For the purposes of this provision, the Passenger Engineer will be allowed to take vacation in less than a one (1) week segment.  Nothing in this rule will serve to modify the provisions of Rule 40(b) or (h) regarding payment for working on a holiday.

 

10.  Amend Letter No. 3, paragraph (1) as follows:

 

“1)   Regular assignments which contemplate a combination of traditional road passenger work and traditional road freight and/or yard work may be established.  It is understood that the provisions of Rule 6(1) will apply.  The rule is not intended to result in the reduction of regular assignments.  To the extent practical, the present grouping of traditional road passenger and traditional road freight and/or yard crews will be maintained.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amtrak

 

June 2, 1988

 

Letter No. 1

 

 

Mr. R. E. Wiggins, Acting General Chairman

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

The Craddock Professional Building

146 Route 130

Bordentown, NJ 08505

 

Dear Mr. Wiggins:

 

This is in reference to our discussions during the negotiation of the June 2, 1988, Agreement regarding Rule 16—Training, Qualifying and Examinations.

 

In the event the carrier establishes assignments over new territory, the employees who are originally awarded positions on such new assignments and employees assigned at that time to the extra board protecting such assignments will be compensated for qualifying over the new territory in accordance with Rule 16(c).  It was also understood that such payment will only be made for the number of days which the carrier deems necessary to obtain the territorial qualification.

 

Please indicate your concurrence by affixing your signature in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

J. M. Fagnani

Director-Labor Relations

 

I CONCUR:

 

June 2, 1988

R. E. Wiggins                             Date

Acting General Chairman

 

 

 

APPROVED:

 

 

 

June 2, 1988

G. R. DeBolt                              Date             

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amtrak

 

June 2, 1988

 

Letter No. 2

 

 

Mr R. E. Wiggins, Acting General Chairman

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

The Craddock Professional Building

146 Route 130

Bordentown, NJ 08505

 

Dear Mr. Wiggins:

 

This is in reference to our discussions regarding an optional displacement for Passenger Engineers and Passenger Firemen in the Off-Corridor service.

 

During such discussions, it was agreed that such employees will be afforded an optional displacement in accordance with the following schedule:

 

Work Zone         Month of Displacement

 

3 and 4                 June and December

11 and 12         January and July

7 and 8                 February and August

9 and 10                March and September

5 and 6                 April and October

CS-1              May and November

 

Employees in each Work Zone may elect to make such op­tional displacement to an assignment held by a junior employee or to an assignment that is subject to or being advertised for bid, until the advertisement for the assignment is closed.  The application for an optional displacement must be submitted in writing by 12:00 noon on the first Monday of the months indicated above.  The optional displacement shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. the second Wednesday thereafter.  Except as noted below, employees displaced as a result of this optional displacement shall be notified as soon as possible and shall have twenty-four (24) hours from the time notified to exercise seniority against a junior employee or to an assignment subject to or being advertised for bid, until the advertisement is closed.  All employees exercising displacement right to another assignment as a result of this Agreement who are not fully qualified on such assignments will not be permitted to occupy such assignments until fully qualified.  Additionally, the incumbents of such assignments will not be considered displaced until the displacing employees fulfill such qualifying requirements.  Employees who exercise seniority to assignments subject to or being advertised shall be considered an automatic bidder for such assignment.

 

Please indicate your concurrence by affixing your signature in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

J. M. Fagnani

Director—Labor Relations

 

 

 

I CONCUR:

 

 

                                    June 2, 1988

R. E. Wiggins                             Date

Acting General Chairman

 

 

APPROVED:

 

 

June 2, 1988

G. R. DeBolt                              Date

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amtrak

 

June 2, 1988

 

Letter No. 3

 

 

Mr. R. E. Wiggins, Acting General Chairman

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

The Craddock Professional Building

146 Route 130

Bordentown, NJ 08505

 

Dear Mr. Wiggins:

 

This is in reference to our discussion regarding the application of vacation payments in the computation of the weekly extra board guarantee payment.

 

During our discussion, it was agreed that extra board guarantees would not be broken during such period of time that an employee is assigned to vacation status.  It was further understood that all vacation monies earned during the weekly extra board period would be applied to compute the money equivalent of forty (40) straight-time hours for the purpose of determining extra board guarantee payments.

 

Please indicate your concurrence by affixing your signature in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

J. M. Fagnani

Director—Labor Relations

 

I CONCUR:

 

 

June 2, 1988                 

R. E. Wiggins                             Date

Acting General Chairman

 

 

 

APPROVED:

 

 

 

June 2, 1988

G. R. DeBolt                              Date

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amtrak

 

June 2, 1988

 

Letter No. 4

 

 

Mr. R. E. Wiggins, Acting General Chairman

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

The Craddock Professional Building

146 Route 130

Bordentown, NJ 08505

 

Dear Mr. Wiggins:

 

This is in reference to our discussions during the negotiation of the June 2, 1988 Agreement.

 

It was agreed that the amended Rule 9 will not be placed into effect for a three (3) month period.