LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

AND

TEAMSTERS CANADA RAIL CONFERENCE

DIVISION 657

AT REVELSTOKE, BC

 

Preamble

 

The current Collective Agreements covering all running trade employees shall be referred to by the union responsible for the Collective Agreement at it’s signing. It is the intended that all rights contained in the Collective Agreements and this agreement be conferred to the recognized bargaining agent for all employees covered within.

 

 

  1. Purpose of Agreement

 

This agreement will stipulate the handling of crews working the Mountain Subdivision unassigned pool. This agreement is intended as a pilot for a period of approximately 6 months, however, may be cancelled, modified or extended as described below.

 

  1. Application of this rule

 

      1. The Mountain sub unassigned freight pool will be run on a first in first out basis at Revelstoke.

 

      1. Except as provided in item 3 of this agreement, all crews called for trains that terminate in the south yard at Golden will remain in Golden pool service until they return to Revelstoke. Exception: (Mountain Assignment working a train that terminates in Golden  will be sent through to Field to work train 471, unless a connection can not be made within 471’s window, the Assigned crew will be deadheaded home from Golden)

 

2.3           Crews in Golden pool service will be kept in suitable accommodations at Golden.

 

2.4           Crews staying at Golden will be called on a first in first out basis for westbound trains originating at Golden and will not be run around by other crews.

 

2.5           Crews in Golden pool service will be paid a fixed rate of 148 miles under the conditions of local rule #1.

 

2.6           All other trains will be crewed from Field or Revelstoke.

 

3.0          Exceptions

 

      1. It is the intent of this agreement that all crews in Golden service on the Mountain Sub be used exclusively for trains initiating or terminating at Golden. Crews staying at Field will not be used for Golden train service except as provided.

 

3.2   Crews may be called from Golden for ad-hoc road-switcher service under the conditions of the Revelstoke local rules.

 

      1. Crews called from Golden to taxi to Field and operate westbound trains other than coal will

               report for duty in Golden and stay in continuous service at Field.

 

 

3.4 Crews called from Field to taxi to Golden and operate westbound coal trains will report for

      duty in Field and stay in continuous service.

 

3.5 Crews called under the conditions outlined in items 3.3 and 3.4 will be paid a penalty payment

      of 100 non chargeable miles and the fixed rate for the train regardless of whether they are

      subsequently relieved en-route.

 

4.0 AD HOC ROADSWITCHER AGREEMENT

 

4.1 Unassigned Locomotive Engineers, Conductors and Brakepersons working the Mountain or Shuswap

      subdivisions may be called in road switcher service from an away from home terminal on the following

      conditions. 

 

4.2 Crews called in this service will be paid a flat rate of 200 miles at road switcher rates and conditions

      except as specified.

 

4.3 The mileage restrictions in the road switcher agreement are relaxed to enable crews in this service to the

      point where they can be used for an unlimited number of times between Field and Donald or between

      Kamloops and Chase.

 

Crews ex Field or Golden will establish their turns in Revelstoke by their order time. Crews at Field or Golden ordered for the same time will use their departure time ex Field or Golden to establish their respective pool turn in Revelstoke.

 

The Company will not be responsible for payment of claims resulting from incorrect information given by  crews or failure of a crew to notify the CMC Crew Dispatcher of their proper placement.

 

This agreement is entered into without precedent or prejudice to the positions of either party and may not be used by either party for any reason without the expressed written permission of the other party.  This agreement cannot be used as an instrument to attempt to change Field as the designated away from home terminal for the Mountain Subdivision crews.  Golden will remain as an intermediate station for the Mountain Subdivision

This Agreement can be amended, revised or cancelled upon seven days written notice by either party.

 

Signed at Revelstoke on August 5, 2004:

 

For the Company;                                                                                For the TCRC;

 

 

__________________________                                   __________________________

S. Bell                                                                                                     W. Cyronek

Service Area Manager, BCI                                                                Local Chairperson                               

 

 

                                __________________________

                                                                                                F. Bonanno

                                Local Chairperson

 

 

__________________________                             

              G. Edwards             

Local Chairman

Calling Mountain Reliefs out of Revelstoke

From: Jack Huxtable

Sent: September 26, 2005 1:02 PM

To: NMC Ops Mgr BC Interior; NMC Corr Mgr Vanc BC Int; CMC BC Interior SA;

RTC Mountain Revelstoke

Cc: Les Daley ; Greg Edwards ; Tim Schumacher; Brian Anderson; Dave Barrett; Fay Pittman; Gary Channel; Greg Wayne; James Fitchett; John Holmes; Sam Morrone; Troy Litowsky

Subject: Calling Mountain Reliefs out of Revelstoke 

In discussion with Local Chairman Edwards (whom is copied on this message), while the Golden Pool Agreement does not go into detail regarding which pool (Golden or Mountain) will cover reliefs for different trains, and states restriction does not exist, we would like to call Golden engineers for coal reliefs and Mountain engineers for other Field Traffic, and when double turns are called (crews should always be called in double turns as it is a good practice), we should look at the first train to be relieved and if it is a Golden Train, then call a Golden Pool Engineer. 

Remember the decision rules work in such a way, that when the Golden Pool is depleted, the spareboard is used, then the Mountain Pool and Shuswap Pool .

 Thanks.....Jack

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