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2/14/2008
Rail News: Amtrak
UTU, Amtrak agree on tentative pact
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After nearly eight years of negotiations, the United Transportation Union and Amtrak finally reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday.
Retroactive to Jan. 1, 2000, and extending through Dec. 31, 2009, the contract would cover 2,300 conductors and assistant conductors. The pact calls for no work-rule givebacks and protects assistant conductors; Amtrak previously sought to eliminate about 400 assistant conductor positions to cut costs.
The contract also would provide back-pay and wage increase provisions identical to those Amtrak agreed to with nine other unions last month.
Retroactive to Jan. 1, 2000, and extending through Dec. 31, 2009, the contract would cover 2,300 conductors and assistant conductors. The pact calls for no work-rule givebacks and protects assistant conductors; Amtrak previously sought to eliminate about 400 assistant conductor positions to cut costs.
The contract also would provide back-pay and wage increase provisions identical to those Amtrak agreed to with nine other unions last month.
