Posts by William Wallace
Meals in Multiple Hours of Service
Dear Brothers and Sisters: As you are aware, the Carrier has prevailed in its position that Extra Engineers performing Hours of Service Relief are not eligible for trip rate payments when dog catching trip rated service. In its submission to the National Disputes Committee, the Carrier argued that: “In calculation of trip rates for pools…
Read MoreMAPS system coming on line September 15th
M.A.P.S. (Managing Agreement Professionals for Success) is Union Pacific’s new replacement for the current UPGRADE policy and is scheduled to come online on September 15th. You can read the policy and get the overview by looking under the downloads tab or by clicking here
Read MoreQ&A 18 Dispute Award
Dear Brothers and Sisters: This has reference to my memo to you of July 2, 2015 advising that the 2003 National Agreement Article V Disputes Committee had heard our dispute involving Q&A 18 claims payments of trip rates for extra engineers performing hours of service relief on trip rated jobs. I advised that I would let you…
Read MoreNTSB study: ECP brakes out-perform other systems
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, July 23, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of its ongoing investigation of the derailment of a crude oil unit train in Casselton, North Dakota, today the National Transportation Safety Board produced a Train Braking Simulation Study, which it placed into the investigation docket. The study was prompted…
Read MoreSenate to debate 3-year delay of Positive Train Control
(Source: New York Times, July 23, 2015) WASHINGTON — Two months after the high-speed derailment of an Amtrak train killed eight people and injured hundreds more in Philadelphia, a Senate transportation bill headed for debate this week calls for a three-year delay of the deadline for installing a rail safety system that experts say would…
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