Common use of Use of Radio Clause in Contracts

Use of Radio. (1) Section 3 of the BLE proposal of April 30, 1968, covering special increase for engineers on locomotives equipped with radio, is disposed of on the basis that it is recognized that the use of radio, pursuant to the operating rules of the individual carriers, is a part of the engineer's duties. (2) Where existing agreements provide for arbitraries or additional pay for using radios, the General Chairman on the carrier involved will have the option of accepting this Agreement in its entirety or preserving such existing arbitrary or additional pay. If the General Chairman decides to preserve such arbitrary or additional pay, effective July 1, 1969, the amount by which the increases in yard rates of pay, exclusive of the general wage increases provided for in this Agreement, and the increases resulting from establishment of minimum yard rates, exceed 40 cents per day will be applied against such arbitraries or additional pay for using radios.