Common use of EFFECTIVE DATE AND CHANGES Clause in Contracts

EFFECTIVE DATE AND CHANGES. A. This Agreement shall be effective September 1, 1972, and shall remain in full force and effect until changed or modified as provided herein, or under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended. B. This Agreement supersedes all previous and existing agreements, understandings and interpretations which are in conflict with this Agreement covering employees of the former Great Northern Railway Company; the former Northern Pacific Railway Company, the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, the former Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company, the former Joint Texas Division, the former Colorado and Southern Railway Company, the former Saint Louis San Francisco Railway Company, the former Burlington Northern Railroad and the former ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company of the craft or class now represented by the Organization party to this Agreement. Signed at Portland, Oregon this 24th day of August 1972. For BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN /s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, General Chairman /s/ W. A. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., General Chairman /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, General Chairman /s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, General Chairman Approved: /s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇, Vice President-Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen For BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC. /s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Vice President- Labor Relations The following represents a synthesis in one document, for the convenience of the parties, of the current provisions of the December 17, 1941 National Vacation Agreement and amendments thereto provided in the National Agreements of February 23, 1945, August 21, 1954, August 19, 1960, November 20, 1964, January 13, 1967, April 21, 1969 and November 16; 1971, July 27, 1978 and January 8, 1982, with appropriate source identification. This is intended as a guide and is not to be construed as constituting a separate agreement between the parties. If any dispute arises as to the proper interpretation or application of any provision, the terms of the appropriate vacation agreement shall govern. (a) Effective with the calendar year 1973, an annual vacation of five (5) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred twenty (120) days during the preceding calendar year. (b) Effective with the calendar year 1973, an annual vacation of ten (10) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred ten (110) days during the preceding calendar year and who has two (2) or more years of continuous service and who, during such period of continuous service renders compensated service on not less than one hundred ten (110) days (133 days in the years 1950-1959 inclusive, 151 days in 1949 and 160 days in each of such years prior to 1949) in each of two (2) of such years, not necessarily consecutive. (c) Effective with calendar year 1982, an annual vacation of fifteen (15) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days during the preceding calendar year and who has eight (8) or more years of continuous service and who, during such period of continuous service renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days (133 days in the years 1950-1959, inclusive, 151 days in 1949 and 160 days in each of such years prior to 1949) in each of eight (8) of such years, not necessarily consecutive. Revised by National Agreements 7/27/78 and 1/8/82. (d) Effective with the calendar year 1982, an annual vacation of twenty (20) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days during the preceding calendar year and who has seventeen (17) or more years of continuous service and who, during such period of continuous service renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days (133 days in the years 1950-1959, inclusive, 151 days in 1949 and 160 days in each of such years prior to 1949) in each of seventeen (17) of such years, not necessarily consecutive. Revised by National Agreements 7/27/78 and 1/8/82. (e) Effective with the calendar year 1973, an annual vacation of twenty-five (25) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days during the preceding calendar year and who has twenty-five (25) or more years of continuous service and who, during such period of continuous service renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days (133 days in the years 1950-1959, inclusive, 151 days in 1949 and 160 days in each of such years prior to 1949) in each of twenty-five (25) of such years, not necessarily consecutive. (f) Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) hereof shall be construed to grant to weekly and monthly rated employees, whose rates contemplate more than five days of service each week, vacations of one, two, three, four or five workweeks. (g) Service rendered under agreements between a Carrier and one or more of the Non- Operating Organizations parties to the General Agreement of August 21, 1954, or to the General Agreement of August 19, 1960, shall be counted in computing days of compensated service and years of continuous service for vacation qualifying purposes under this Agreement. (h) Calendar days in each current qualifying year on which an employee renders no service because of his own sickness or because of his own injury shall be included in computing days of compensated service and years of continuous service for vacation qualifying purposes on the basis of a maximum of ten (10) such days for an employee with less than three (3) years of service; a maximum of twenty (20) such days for an employee with three (3) but less than fifteen

EFFECTIVE DATE AND CHANGES. A. This Agreement shall be effective September 1, 1972, and shall remain in full force and effect until changed or modified as provided herein, or under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended. B. This Agreement supersedes all previous and existing agreements, understandings and interpretations which are in conflict with this Agreement covering employees of the former Great Northern Railway Company; the former Northern Pacific Railway Company, the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, the former Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company, the former Joint Texas Division, the former Colorado and Southern Railway Company, the former Saint Louis San Francisco Railway Company, the former Burlington Northern Railroad and the former ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company of the craft or class now represented by the Organization party to this Agreement. Signed at Portland, Oregon this 24th day of August 1972. For BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN /s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, General Chairman /s/ W. A. ▇▇▇▇▇Class, ▇▇.Jr., General Chairman /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, General Chairman /s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, General Chairman Approved: /s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇, Vice President-Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen For BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC. /s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Vice President- Labor Relations The following represents a synthesis in one document, for the convenience of the parties, of the current provisions of the December 17, 1941 National Vacation Agreement and amendments thereto provided in the National Agreements of February 23, 1945, August 21, 1954, August 19, 1960, November 20, 1964, January 13, 1967, April 21, 1969 and November 16; 1971, July 27, 1978 and January 8, 1982, with appropriate source identification. This is intended as a guide and is not to be construed as constituting a separate agreement between the parties. If any dispute arises as to the proper interpretation or application of any provision, the terms of the appropriate vacation agreement shall govern. (a) Effective with the calendar year 1973, an annual vacation of five (5) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred twenty (120) days during the preceding calendar year. (b) Effective with the calendar year 1973, an annual vacation of ten (10) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred ten (110) days during the preceding calendar year and who has two (2) or more years of continuous service and who, during such period of continuous service renders compensated service on not less than one hundred ten (110) days (133 days in the years 1950-1959 inclusive, 151 days in 1949 and 160 days in each of such years prior to 1949) in each of two (2) of such years, not necessarily consecutive. (c) Effective with calendar year 1982, an annual vacation of fifteen (15) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days during the preceding calendar year and who has eight (8) or more years of continuous service and who, during such period of continuous service renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days (133 days in the years 1950-1959, inclusive, 151 days in 1949 and 160 days in each of such years prior to 1949) in each of eight (8) of such years, not necessarily consecutive. Revised by National Agreements 7/27/78 and 1/8/82. (d) Effective with the calendar year 1982, an annual vacation of twenty (20) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days during the preceding calendar year and who has seventeen (17) or more years of continuous service and who, during such period of continuous service renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days (133 days in the years 1950-1959, inclusive, 151 days in 1949 and 160 days in each of such years prior to 1949) in each of seventeen (17) of such years, not necessarily consecutive. Revised by National Agreements 7/27/78 and 1/8/82. (e) Effective with the calendar year 1973, an annual vacation of twenty-five (25) consecutive work days with pay will be granted to each employee covered by this Agreement who renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days during the preceding calendar year and who has twenty-five (25) or more years of continuous service and who, during such period of continuous service renders compensated service on not less than one hundred (100) days (133 days in the years 1950-1959, inclusive, 151 days in 1949 and 160 days in each of such years prior to 1949) in each of twenty-five (25) of such years, not necessarily consecutive. (f) Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) hereof shall be construed to grant to weekly and monthly rated employees, whose rates contemplate more than five days of service each week, vacations of one, two, three, four or five workweeks. (g) Service rendered under agreements between a Carrier and one or more of the Non- Operating Organizations parties to the General Agreement of August 21, 1954, or to the General Agreement of August 19, 1960, shall be counted in computing days of compensated service and years of continuous service for vacation qualifying purposes under this Agreement. (h) Calendar days in each current qualifying year on which an employee renders no service because of his own sickness or because of his own injury shall be included in computing days of compensated service and years of continuous service for vacation qualifying purposes on the basis of a maximum of ten (10) such days for an employee with less than three (3) years of service; a maximum of twenty (20) such days for an employee with three (3) but less than fifteen