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It is important to add that if this proposal fails ratification, we will be done with on-property handling.  Our future contract will be settled at the national level and we will be in handling with the engineers on UP who have not enhanced their agreements in decades because they have been unsuccessful in on-property negotiations over the years.  They really want to use this round as an opportunity to rectify what some of them see as inequities between BNSF and UP agreements.  Also, in all likelihood, the NCCC will focus on relaxation in work rules and adjustments in pay, but more troubling, we will probably not have any opportunity to add a second week of single day vacation, a sixth week of vacation, a fix to demote force assignment problem or a 401K employer contribution.  These were issues specific to our property and the engineers on the UP are still looking for just profit sharing and an updated scope rule, let alone all of the other enhancements that we have received in our agreements since 1996.  This isnt to slam the engineers on UP.  They have a very difficult management team to deal with.  This just needs mentioning, because this situation will be in play if we choose national handling.

 



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