September 1, 2008 Interim Agreements This agreement is here to have been concluded between the signature page below (called NSR for simplicity) and the Brotherhood of Engineers and Locomotive Railwaymen (hereafter known as BLET for simplicity) on September 1, 2008. View Agreement PDF Q – A View Agreement PDF Side Letter and Personal Leave View Agreement PDF August 1, 2008 NS Proposed Agreement As submitted by the General Chairman to the rank and file August 1, 2008. See PDF Convention July 30, 2008 Convention Update Here is a copy of the preliminary agreement with Article XIV reproduced with the omitted paragraphs. To avoid sharing the signature page, Anne had to change the gap throughout the document so that things would not be displayed in the same places as before, but nothing else was changed than to add the rest of Article XIV. We`re sorry for the mistake. PDF Agreement 1985 – The UTU National Agreement of 15 October 1985 launched the concept of entry quotas (75% to 95% in the first five years). Staff referees after 1985 were eliminated and reduced deadhead payments were imposed. Several problems of this agreement could not be resolved and were the subject of arbitration. A number of agreed questions and answers were also included. May 1, 1996 – BLE / Norfolk Southern System Agreement (.html) This agreement governed separate wage and settlement decisions, with the exception of the national agreement negotiated that year. This also applied to the Thoroughbred Bonus for Engineers, which is still in effect today. March 1, 2000 – Designated Supervisor of Engineers Agreement (.html) This letter of understanding provides for the use of engineers for recertification visits and LET observations. Engineers selected under this agreement receive $240 per day.
1991 – BLE conducts a national strike before Congress imposes the deal. It is generally accepted that this agreement is the end of the “give backs” that had so marked our negotiations in the 1980s. This agreement is officially considered the agreement on the implementation of public law 102-29 of 7 November 1991 (. PDF). Letters of assistance (. PDF) are also included. 2003 – 2003 National Treaty (. PDF) – Health and wellness and travel price provisions are the most important elements that apply to Nazi employees under the property agreement. Synopsis (. PDF) and Q-A (. PDF) for this contract.
July 1, 1999: The BLET / Norfolk Southern Agreement for the Nickel Plate Territory (). PDF) is a consolidated agreement that has brought together several contracts, some of which date back nearly 45 years, into a single book for the entire former NKP and Wabash Railroads.