Article XV – General Provisions

Section 1 ‑ Court Approval
This Agreement is subject to approval of the courts with respect to carriers in the hands of receivers or trustees.

Section 2 ‑ Effect of This Agreement

1. The purpose of this Agreement is to fix the general level of compensation during the period of the Agreement and is in settlement of the disputes growing out of notices served upon the carriers listed in Exhibit A by the UTU (E‑C‑T‑S) dated on or about October 20, 1969 and November 20, 1969 and proposals served by the carriers for concurrent handling therewith.
2. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement by and on behalf of each of said carriers and their employees represented by the organization signatory hereto, and shall remain In effect until July 1, 1973 and thereafter until changed or modified in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended.
3. The parties to this Agreement shall not serve nor progress prior to January 1, 1973 (not to become effective before July 1, 1973) any notice or proposal for changing any matter contained in this Agreement, including those matters referred to the Standing Committee, and any pending notices which propose such matters are hereby withdrawn.

These matters include the following subjects:

• Wage adjustments
• Vacations
• Holidays
• Jury service
• Switching limits and switching service for new and other industries
• Interchange service
• Use of communication systems
• Road/yard movements
• Combining road and yard seniority
• Expenses away from home
• Interdivisional, interseniority district, intradivisional and/or intraseniority district service
• Employee protection except future mergers, consolidations or coordinations
• Basis of pay
• Car‑scale additives
• Arbitraries applicable to road and yard employees
• Mileage holddown
• Road‑yard proposals not disposed of in this Agreement
• Reduction of work month for dining car stewards
• Overtime in passenger service
• Time and one‑half for working during vacation periods
• Sick leave pay
• Elimination of hostlers
• Paid holidays for employees not now eligible for paid holidays

4. Nothing in the foregoing, however, will prevent the handling of the items by the Standing Committee as provided for in Article XIV of this Agreement.
5. This Article will not debar management and committees on individual railroads from agreeing upon any subject of mutual interest.

SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, D. C., THIS 27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1972.