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Arbitration in RCL dispute

A federal district court in Ohio ordered arbitration to determine if CSX violated a collective bargaining agreement with the UTU by entering into a separate agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), permitting engineers to operate remote controlled locomotives outside existing terminal limits.

The dispute, ruled by the court as "minor" under the Railway Labor Act and requiring binding arbitration, involves a January 2007 CSX-BLET agreement the UTU says conflicts with a 2002 remote control agreement between the UTU and the nations major railroads, including CSX.

That ratified 2002 agreement provided that the scope of work by UTU-represented conductors extends to remote control operations "including, but not limited to, yard engines, road switchers, locals and other comparable assignments."

Although an arbitrator subsequently ruled that language to be valid and enforceable, the court noted that the arbitrator "deliberately limited his findings to remote control technology operated within terminal limits," resulting in the courts ruling to arbitrate this CSX-BLET contract conflict.

UTU and CSX representatives will be meeting to agree on the mechanics of the arbitration process and selection of arbitrators.

July 16, 2008


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