ARTICLE IV ‑ PAY STRUCTURE ‑ INEQUITY ADJUSTMENTS

Section 1‑‑ Road Service

The application of any wage increases which become effective before January 1, 1968 will be limited to basic daily rates and shall not apply to existing mileage rates.

Section 2 ‑ Yard Ground Service

            (a) The hourly rates for yard foremen and yard helpers will be increased to $3.10 and $2.90, respectively, including the 4-cent holiday adjustment and there will be a commensurate increase in the hourly rates of other yard service employees.

(b) Application of the foregoing increases will result following standard basic hourly and daily rates of pay:

       Pro rate
hourly         Daily
 
rate           rate  

Yard Foremen (Conductors)           $ 3.10       $ 24.80  

Yard Helpers (Brakemen)                  2.90          23.20  

Switchtenders                                    2.65          21.20  

Car Retarder Operators                    3.20          25.60  

(c) Existing money differentials above existing standard daily rates shall be maintained.

  Section 3 ‑ Yard Engine Service ‑

  (a)   The basic daily rates of yard engine service employees presently on a five‑day workweek will be increased as follows: yard engineers ‑ 4.11% yard fireman. hostlers and hostler helpers represented by an organization party hereto ‑ 3.11%.

 Those increases will be applied to yard engine service employees who my hereafter elect to adopt the five‑day work week on a railroad by railroad basis, or on that part of a railroad. where there are more than one General Committee. In the event one or more General Committees elect to adopt the five-day work week, the basic rates of yard engine service employees who are not on a five‑day work week are not changed hereby, except that the 32 cents per day holiday adjustment applicable to yard engine service employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers shall no longer be deductible,

  (b)   Application of the foregoing increases will result in the following standard basic daily rates of pay for yard engine service employees on the five-day workweek.

  (1) Yard engineers and firemen represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

WEIGHT ON DRIVERS

   (Pounds)

                                                                    All territories (a)

                                                        Engineers               Fireman (helpers)

            Less than 140,000       $25.35              $21.98
140,000 and less than 200,000  25.87                22.13
200,000 and less than 250,000  26.07                22.34
2150,000 and less than 300.000 26.25                22.54
100,000 and less than 350,000  26.43                22.87
350,000 and less than 400.000  25.69                22.96
400,000 and less than 450,000  26.04                23.15
450,000 and less than 500.000  27.49                23.35
500,000 and less than 550,000  27.44                23.54
550,000 and less then 600,000  27.66                23.73
600.000 and less than 650,000  27.87                23.92
650,000 and less than 700,000  28.09                24.11
700,000 and less than 750,000  26.11                24.31
750,000 and less then 800,000  28.52                24.50
000,000 and less than 650.000  28.74                24.69
850,000 and less than 900.000  28.95                24.88
900.000 and less than 950,000  29.17                25.07
950,000 and less than 1,000,000 29.39              25.27 

1,000,000 pounds and over . . . . with 21 1/2 cents with 19 cents added for each  added for each add'l 50,000 lbs.  or fraction thereof.

 

 

MALLETS                                                        Engineers                                     Firemen (helpers)

                                             East and Southeast (b)              West(c)                   All Territories

     Less than 275,000                      $27.33                               27.24                          $23.21
275,000 and less than 500,000          27.62                                                                   23.53
500,000 and less than 550,000         27.91                                                                   23.69
550,000 and less than 600,000         28.20                                                                   23.74
600,000 and less than 650,000         28.49                                                                   23.93
650,000 and less than 700,000         28.77                                                                   24.13
700,000 and less than 750,000         29.06                             25.71                             24.32
750,000 and less than 800,000         29.35                                                                   24.51
800,000 and less than 850,000         29.64                                                                   24.70
850,000 and less than 900,000         29.93                                                                   24.89
900,000 and less than 950,000          30.21                                                                  25.09
950,000 and less than 1,000,000       30.50                                                                  25.28
1,000,000 and over                    with 29 cents added for                                    with 19 cents added
                                                
each add’l 150,000                                            for each add’l 150,000
                                                 
lbs. or fraction                                                  lbs. or fraction

                                                 thereof.                                                               thereof.

(a)   Carriers’ represented by Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers’ Conference Committees.

(b)   Carriers’ represented by Eastern, and Southeastern Carriers’ Conference Committees.

(c)   Carriers’ represented by Western Carriers’ Conference Committees .

 

(2)  Yard engineers and firemen represented by the

      Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen

 

             

(3) Hostlers and Outside Hostler Helpers

                                    Represented by       Represented by

                                        BLE                    BLF&E

Outside hostlers                  $22.82                     $23.33

Inside hostlers                     21.95                       22.47

Outside hostler helpers 21.17                      21.68

 

(c) Existing money differentials above existing standard daily rates shall be maintained.

 

Section 4 ‑

 

The increases herein provided shall be effective. subject to Article VIII hereof, as of May 7. 1964 except that the increases which are contingent upon adoption of a five‑day workweek will be applied on the date the five‑day work week agreement becomes effective.

This agreement is subject to approval of the Courts with respect to Carriers in the Lands of Receivers or Trustees.

Signed this 25th day of June, 1964.

For the participating carriers listed in Exhibit A:

 

Chairman 

( END OF AGREEMENTS DOCUMENT )