Common use of Amendments to Article Clause in Contracts

Amendments to Article. (a) Article XIII, Section 1 is amended to read as follows: (a) The parties, realizing the complexities of the changing rail industry and environment, and to alleviate any adversarial relationships emanating from such, agree to establish a non-bindingjoint review Panel to study and examine those unresolved subjects. The National Wage and Rules Panel (Panel) shall consist of three (3) members representing the United Transportation Union and three (3) members representing the carriers. The President of UTU and the Chairman. of the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) shall be ex officio members of the Panel. (b) The parties will assume the compensation and expenses of their respective members. Any incidental expenses incurred in connection with Panel meetings shall be shared equally by the parties.” (b) The list of subjects set forth in Article XIII, Section 2 is amended to add the following issues, and the parties hereby commit to use their best efforts to resolve such matters: employee protective arrangements access to employee medical information employee availability vacation scheduling daily up (preference) rules in yard service national training agreements yard conditions related to Remote Control Technology (c) Article XIII, Section is amended to read as follows: “While the Panel’s recommendations shall not be considered final and binding, the parties shall exert good faith efforts to utilize those recommendations as a basis for settlement of the issues involved. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Panel may be dissolved at any time by majority vote of the members.”