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Toronto East & Smiths Falls East/West Territory Mandatory Familiarization Trips Belleville Sub and
Winchester Sub: ECCP Running Trade employees will be responsible for ensuring
they make arrangements for familiarization trip(s) onto the
Belleville and Winchester Subdivisions, as follows: Familiarization under the ECCP will commence July 3, 2006. A minimum of 2 trips (one in each direction) and a maximum
of 3 trips will be allowed for Toronto & Smiths Falls crews
on the applicable subdivisions between 19.32 Belleville Sub
and 103.80 Winchester Sub, as per the local agreement on
familiarization trips. Additional trips may be allowed, if
required, after consultation with the applicable Manager. All
employees, while working a tour of duty will require 2 hours
remaining on their clock to complete this familiarization. It
is suggested that these familiarization trips be completed
during daylight hours to best familiarize the employee but
will be left up to the individual employee. Employees may decide to undertake this familiarization at
their discretion, but should take the daylight and possible
fatigue issues into consideration. All Toronto East and
Smiths Falls East and West Running Trades employees must
accomplish this familiarization, if required, before
September 1, 2006. All employees not already familiarized will be expected to
take familiarization on Belleville and Winchester Subs (for
familiarization purposes only). RTE’s will be required to
communicate with the RTC/NMC Operations Manager or Montreal
Operations Centre when they are making these trips, to
determine the likelihood of the train will be delayed for
meets or switching operations. If the train has work at , or
will be delayed for meets prior to the limits of the ECCP, it
may not be prudent to remain on this particular train for
familiarization. The employee will be required to advise the applicable RTC
to ensure that they are aware that he/she is on the train so
the RTC can arrange for a taxi to meet them at the
predetermined location. Employee board placement will be as
per Local Agreements. Employees that have taken the familiarization will be
required to advise the designated manager when they have
taken the trips for record keeping purposes. A form will be
developed to capture this information and upon completion of
each familiarization trip, must be placed in the designated
location. It is recommended that the familiarizing Locomotive
Engineer should operate the train during their
familiarization trips. All employees must remain in the cab of the lead
locomotive, and are responsible for the observance of
operating rules, special instructions and other regulations. Payment for training/familiarization trips Employees that run long for familiarization purposes will
be paid 4 hours at “other than RQ rates” per familiarization
trip. Training allowance for the crew members providing the
familiarization will be paid according to the collective
agreement, under training. All other applications of the ECCP will be governed by the
terms and conditions contained within the Collective
Agreement. Local arrangements will be made to have Local Union
Representatives on site for the initial familiarization
period in order to assist Running Trades employees with
logistics and other operational issues relating to the ECCP. This agreement is signed this 13th day of June, 2006. For the Company:
For the Union: (Signed)_____________________
(Signed)__________________ G.S. Nelson
J. Campbell Manager, Road Operations
Local Chairman, TCRC-LE (Signed)_____________________
(Signed)__________________ A.S. Doyle
B. Hiller Road Manager
Local Chairman, TCRC-T (Signed)_____________________
(Signed)___________________ C. Grapes
D. Lemay Road Manager
Local Chairman, TCRC-LE
(Signed)___________________
L.I. Cole
Local Chairman, TCRC-LE
(Signed)___________________
D.R. Crate
ViceLocal Chairman, TCRC-T
for/A. Donivan - LC
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