Common use of Application of Wage Increases Clause in Contracts

Application of Wage Increases. (a) All arbitraries, miscellaneous rates or special allowances, based upon mileage, hourly or daily rates of pay, as provided in the schedules or wage agreements, shall be increased commensurately with tbe wage increases provited for in this Article I. (b) In determining new hourly rates, fractions of a cent will be disposed of by applying the next higher quarter of a cent. (c) Daily earnings minima shall be increased by the amount of the respective daily increases. (d) Existing money differentials above existing standard daily rates shall be maintained. (e) In local freight service the same differential in excess of through freight rates shall be maintained. (f) Other-than-standard rates: (i) Existing basic daily and mileage rates of pay other than standard shall be increased, effective as of the effective dates specified in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 hereof, by the same respective percentages and amounts as set forth therein, computed and applied in the same manner. (ii) Effective July 1, 1969, the rates of pay in the weight-on drivers bracket 450,000 and less than 500,000 pounds, as increased above, will be the minimum rates of pay in yard service. (iii) Effective July 1, 1969, in lieu of the rates of pay as increased above for engineers working without firemen, a uniform differential of $4.00 per basic day in freight and yard service, and 4cents per mile for miles in excess of 100 in freight service,will be established for engineers working without firemen, the fireman's position having been eliminated pursuant to the provisions of Award 282.

Application of Wage Increases. (a) All arbitraries, miscellaneous rates or special allowances, based upon mileage, hourly or daily rates of pay, as provided in the schedules or wage agreements, shall be increased commensurately with tbe the wage increases provited provided for in this Article I. (b) In determining new hourly rates, fractions of a cent will be disposed of by applying the next higher quarter of a cent. (c) Daily earnings minima shall be increased by the amount of the respective daily increases. (d) Existing money differentials above existing standard daily rates shall be maintained. (e) In local freight service the same differential in excess of through freight rates shall be maintained. (f) OtherThe differential of $4.00 per basic day in freight and yard service, and 4 cents per mile for miles in excess of 100 in freight service, will be maintained for engineers working without firemen, the firemen's position having been eliminated pursuant to the provisions of Award 282. Effective as of the date of this Agreement such differential shall be applied in the same manner as the local freight differential. (g) In computing the increased rates of pay effective January 1, 1970 under Section 1 for firemen employed in local freight ser vice, or on road switchers, roustabout runs, mine runs, or in other miscellaneous service, on runs of 100 miles or less which are therefore paid on a daily basis without a mileage component, whose rates had been increased by "an additional $.40" effective July 1, 1968, 5.0% of the daily rates, exclusive of the local freight differential and any other money differential above existing standard daily rates but including the $.40 increase, in effect for such firemen December 31, 1969 applicable in the weight-thanon-drivers bracket 950,000 and less than 1,000,000 pounds, shall be added to each applicable weight on drivers daily rate of pay. The same procedure shall be followed in applying the percentage increases of 4.0%, 5.0%, 5.0%, and 5.0% effective April 1, 1971, October 1, 1971, April 1, 1972, and October 1, 1972, respectively. (h) Other than standard rates: (i) Existing basic daily and mileage rates of pay other than standard shall be increased, effective as of the effective dates specified in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 1 through 9 hereof, by the same respective percentages and amounts as set forth therein, computed and applied in the same manner; except that the special adjustments provided in Section 4 hereof shall not serve to increase other than standard fiveday yard service rates of pay of yard engineers which already include the equivalent of the 67 cents per basic day adjustment for five-day yard service rates of engineers provided in Section 4. (ii) Effective July 1, 1969, the rates of pay in the weight-on drivers bracket 450,000 and less than 500,000 pounds, as increased above, will be the minimum rates of pay in yard service. (iii) Effective July 1, 1969, in lieu of the rates of pay as increased above for engineers working without firemen, a uniform The differential of $4.00 per basic day in freight and yard service, and 4cents 4 cents per mile for miles in excess of 100 in freight service,, will be established maintained for engineers working without firemen, the firemanfiremen's position having been eliminated pursuant to the provisions of Award 282. Effective as of the date of this Agreement such differential shall be applied in the same manner as the local freight differential. (iii) Daily rates of pay, other than standard, of firemen employed in local freight service, or on road switchers, roustabout runs, mine runs, or in other miscellaneous service, on runs of 100 miles or less which are therefore paid on a daily basis without a mileage component, shall be increasea by 5.0% effective January 1, 1970 and by the percentage increases of 4.0%, 5.0%, 5.0%, and 5.0% effective April 1, 1971, October 1, 1971, April 1, 1972, and October 1, 1972, respectively, computed and applied in the same manner as provided in paragraph (g) above.