Allowance of $.75 to Crews
Called Between 2:30 a.m. and
6:00 a.m., Council Bluffs
December
1, 1950
M.
P. Caveny, General Chairman,
Broth.
of Loco. Engineers
Omaha, Nebraska.
A.
B. Johnson, General Chairman,
Broth.
of Loco. Firemen & Eng.,
Omaha, Nebraska.
A.
L. Moore, General Chairman,
Order
of Railway Conductors,
Omaha,
Nebraska.
A.
D. Homan, General Chairman.
Broth.
of Railroad Trainmen,
Omaha,
Nebraska,
Gentlemen :
Effective 12:01 a.m., November 1, 1947,
transportation that
was furnished employes by rail motor car between Omaha
and
Council
Bluffs was discontinued. Protest was immediately regis-
tered by various General Chairmen and on
November 1, 1947
they met with former General Manager Stoddard in this regard.
The General Chairmen were advised it would
be impossible to
restore the motor run in that there was ample street car and bus
service to transport employes between Omaha and Council Bluffs
except between the hours of 2:30 and 5:30 a.m. In view of the
inadequacy of street car or bus service between these hours, the
General Manager advised that only necessary
trains would be
between the hours of 2:30 and 5:30 a.m.
By letter dated November 25, 1947, the
General Chairmen
served notice on the General Manager for restoration of the
Council Bluffs-Omaha motor run. Conference was held on
De-
cember
9, 1947, at which time the request was declined.
Certain General Chairmen again served a notice dated Decem-
ber 27, 1947 on the General Manager, again
requesting the
restoration of the motor run, which was again declined.
The
train service organizations ultimately agreed to withdraw
their request for the restoration of the motor run by the follow-
ing agreements:
Agreement
with the O.R.C. dated March 20, 1948
Agreement
with the BofRT dated March 20, 194S
Agreement
with the BofLF&E dated March 24,
1948
Agreement with the BofLE dated
Nov. 10, 1950
Train
crews were occasionally called between the hours of 2:30
and 6:00 a.m., which was protested by the
organizations. In
conference with the General
Committee of the B. of R. T. on
January 29, 1949, it was recognized that there was an agreement
in existence to the effect crews would not be called between these
hours; however the Committee was advised
calls between 2:30
and 6 :00 a.m. would be limited to the bare necessity.
For a period of three years the management at
considerable
detriment
to the service has endeavored to avoid calling freight
trains between these hours. This has
resulted in considerable
delay to freight trains in departing
from Council Bluffs and it
is now imperative that if we are to retain highly
competitive
freight traffic that we make deliveries as expeditiously
as com-
peting railroads. It is also necessary to move traffic out of
Council
Bluffs to keep that yard fluid tad avoid congestion; also
that we turn power promptly for better utilization.
A
third shift has been established at the Council Bluffs repair
track to avoid excess delay to traffic and permit the movement
of westbound freight out on that shift.
In
view of the fact there is no street car or bus service from
Omaha to Council Bluffs transfer between 12:20 a.m. and 5:40
a.m., and that employes were, prior to November 1, 1947. pro-
vided with rail motor car service between
the Omaha Union
Station and Council Bluffs roundhouse, I am agreeable to allow-
ing each member of the train crew (train and enginemen) an
arbitrary amount of $.75 when called for freight service at Council
Bluffs to report between the hours 2:30
and 6:00 a.m., effective
November 1. 1950.
Yours truly,
H. E. SHUMWAY
ACCEPTED:
M. P. Caveny
General Chairman, B. of L. E.
A.
B. JOHNSON
General Chairman, B. of L. F. & E.
A.
L. MOORE
Generai Chairman, O. R. C.
A. D. HOMAN
General
Chairman, B. of R. T.