Leo et al
Here's an example of the 6 day job with a five day crew....
I assume that this arrangement began in 1948, but I don't know for sure, but it
was in effect in? 1956.
The Ravenna, NE switch engine was manned by train crew members on the Lincoln
Division seniority roster.? The job worked 1:00am-9:00am.? The trainmen? on the
job worked six days for five weeks, then took 5 days off.? This was done one
man at a time so an extra board brakeman was "stuck" on this job for three
weeks.?? It was a lousy job...No OT and all night work.? The only OT you got
was if a train was "called in" within 30 minutes of quitting time for the
switcher they had to hold you over to change his waycar...Thinking back it must
have been before they began to pool the waycars on the LIncoln Division which I
thought had started before 1956, but maybe not, otherwise there would not have
been a need to change w/c's at Ravenna.
I got "forced" on the job one week summer 1956 and two weeks summer 57.? Here I
was trying to make as much money as possible for the summer and the extra board
was the place to be, but once you got forced on this kind of a job you had to
stay with it until everybody had his days off.??
I assume that this was a "local agreement" saving?the company OT and giving the
trainmen?essentially a week off every five weeks.?
I stayed in an old typical railroad town hotel with no A/C and nothing to do
after getting a few hours sleep.
I assume that there were other similar arrangments over the system.? Maybe
somebody else will comment.
Another example along the same lines.
Prior to 1953 there was a mixed train operating between Nebraska City, NE and
Tecumseh, NE.? on a tri-weekly schedule...West one day and returning east the
next day..A six day job...BTW? I rode the next to last run of the eastbound
with K engine 954 in August 1953.
There was also a mixed train operating between Lincoln and Nebraska City on a
similar Tri-Weekly schedule.? Mon-Wed-Fri east..Tue-Thur-Sat west.
When service between Auburn and Nemaha was stopped after August 1953 the
Lincoln--Neb City train was set up as a five day job operating Lincoln -Shubert
(via Neb city) Mon....Shubert-Lincoln Tue...Lincoln-Neb City turn on Wednesday
and Thur Lincoln-
Shubert, Friday Shubert-Lincoln.
This job had previously been a 6 day job paying a basic day each way which
would make 600 miles each week.? When the arrangement was changed there was?
established a "guarantee" of 600 miles weekly or 120 each day...I think that
you had to work the full five days to get the guarantee.? I only worked this
job once, summer 1956.? We got considerable OT on the outbound trip, but only
100 basic day on the return.? So only the regular guys on the job got the
benefit of 6 days pay for 5 days work.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: qutlx1@aol.com
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, 9 May 2009 9:38 pm
Subject: [CBQ] Vacations
Pete,
1948 is correct. That years contract marked some major changes;vacations
and as you mentioned the 40 hr week This was also the national agreement
that established the 40 hr week for yard service. In reading the agreement
about 40 hr weeks in yard service I'm having a hard time following the clauses
about a man who still wants to work 6 days. Can anyone explain how that was
handled ? Does he get O.T. on the 6th day ?
Then there is the matter of assignments that remained 6 days but the men
had 5 day schedules. For example I know from looking at the Eola Rdhse engine
assignment log book that the Alley Job worked Mon-Sat. as late as 1953.
The crew being the most senior men on the roster would have bid Sat & Sun off
but their job works Sat ? If one or more of them chose to continue 6 days
I'll assume he just works the Alley on Sat. (I am familiar with swing jobs
that rotated between jobs to fill in on the regular crews rest days but
these were full crews). But if his job is a 5 day but he chose 6 day work week
does he get a one day bump to place anywhere in his district that his
seniority allowed ?
This must have been a trainmasters clerk and timekeepers nightmare.
Leo
**************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy
steps!
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823232x1201398636/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=
May5909footerNO62)
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:CBQ-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:CBQ-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
CBQ-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
|