As you are aware, this office has been working on a modification of the various vacation agreements in effect
on this property. While the Organization did not get everything it was seeking from the carrier, the final
proposal is in the process of some minor language changes, and I hope to have the proposal out for a ratification
process within a week.
In summary, the proposal contains the following:
1) Qualified years accumulated by UP employees in other agreement crafts before
transferring to train and/or yard service will be included in determining the
number of weeks an employee is entitled to for vacation scheduling.
2) The ability to schedule all weeks of vacation in one week splits.
3) Ability to designate up to 3 weeks of single day vacation.
a) A week of single day's vacation for employees holding regular yard service shall consist of 5 days.
b) A week of single day's vacation for road service and all extra boards will consist of 7 days.
4) Scheduling of vacation will be based upon the location and class of service where
the employee was assigned for the preponderance of time from April 1 to September
30 rather than where the employee was working on November 15. The date of
November 15 would still be used to determine if the employee was working in a craft
covered by UTU Agreements and therefore entitled to vacation under UTU
Agreements. If adopted, this provision will not apply until vacations are scheduled for 2004.