Opinion ID: 500031
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Negotiation of the Implementing Agreements

Text: 25 Pursuant to Article II of the March 4th Agreement, the CNW sought to conclude implementing agreements with respect to the relative seniority rights of its employees and the former employees of the Rock Island Railroad it had hired. Although the CNW did involve the union representatives of the former Rock Island employees in preliminary discussions, these representatives were not present when the final agreements were reached, were not parties to these agreements, and had virtually no control over the terms of these agreements. 26 Final implementing agreements with engine service employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) and the UTU were signed by the CNW General Chairmen for the BLE and the UTU on February 16, 1982. See 7 Joint Appendix 1399. 27 On October 22, 1980, the CNW and two UTU General Chairmen of the Committee of Adjustment for the CNW--G.R. Maloney and Thomas Q. Ryan--signed an interim agreement. This agreement determined the relative seniority rights of former Rock Island employees and employees of the CNW in terms of ground service work. 28