Agreements Etc...

Brothers and Sisters,

Union Pacific has taken a new position on the use of a single paid sick day. Under their new interpretation, an employee’s use of paid sick leave is in conjunction with other forms of leave if the employee observes a single paid sick day, marks up, and does not work before observing another form of paid leave. The time marked up between the paid sick day and the other form of leave does not matter, they still consider the two in conjunction.

This position is contrary to what was discussed and agreed upon at the bargaining table. We’ve been trying to resolve the issue but are now preparing to arbitrate the matter. If one of your members receives a message from UP requesting medical documentation for their use of a single paid sick day, make sure they respond to the message. If they do not,…

I now have 4 weeks of vacation, can I single all those weeks out or is there a limit to how many can be singled?

Also, if an employee singles out a week of vacation and uses them all does that week become available for another employee if the want to move their week?

Brothers and Sister,

I hope all of you are enjoying the holidays and time with family.

We filed in the District Court of Nebraska today to vacate SBA 1208 (Articles V-VII Arbitration Award). All the General Committees are listed as parties along with the International. We are pursuing three counts: the permission to use “any qualified employee”; the elimination of extra rest; and no scheduled rest for extra board employees. Our dissenting opinion is also included at the end of the attachment.

Attached is the Tentative System Agreement with Union Pacific. You will all get a ballot to vote on this agreement.