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Text Box: 2011 Productivity Share Value Announcement
The General Committee has announced the 2011 Productivity Fund Share value for Crew Consist protected employees who qualify for these payments.

The B&O Eastern and Western Productivity Fund (No. 6603) for crew consist protected employees retaining their fund will be valued at $70.46 per share this year. This amount represents an increase of $17.52 per share (+ 33.09%) over last year’s value of $52.94 per share.

Former CR Northern District Productivity Fund 7001 for crew consist protected employees will be valued at $125.84 per share this year. This amount represents an increase of $36.08 per share (+ 40.2%) over last year’s value of $89.76 per share.

Former CR Northern District Productivity Fund 7008 for crew consist protected employees will be valued at $173.33 per share this year. This amount represents an increase of $40.10 per share (+ 30.1%) over last year’s value of $133.23 per share.

Checks will be dated and received December 2, 2011, with employees who have direct deposit credited on that day also. Conductor certification: Clear track for Jan. 1 WASHINGTON – It's now official. Conductor certification, mandated by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, has a clear track for Jan. 1 implementation. In a final rule, published by the Federal Railroad Administration Nov. 9, railroads must implement, by Jan. 1, a formal training program for certifying conductors and a formal process for training prospective conductors, thus ensuring job competency. The FRA's final rule on conductor certification follows many of the provisions of locomotive engineer certification, with a number of improvements the UTU, joined by the BLET, was able to obtain. Following are highlights of the final rule, which runs almost 300 pages in the Nov. 9 Federal Register. * While the railroad and its employees must comply with the final rule, there is no … (Read More) Rail disability plan revisions effective Jan. 1 Revisions to the Anthem Voluntary Short Term Disability (VSTD) plan that better reflect the actual claims experience of our rail members and adjust to the prevailing market rate for this type of coverage will become effective Jan. 1, 2012. (Read More) LOCKER UNDERSTANDING Click here for to view a letter concerning the final settlement of outstanding locker claims, from John Lesniewski, along with a self-explanatory Understanding regarding future locker requests. We have listed some key points below: The Agreement will become effective on December 14, 2009. If you have no locker, a request must be made in writing to the Terminal Trainmaster (email is acceptable). Note: include your LC. If a locker is not provided within 30 days, a 2 hour penalty claim should be submitted for each day that a locker is not provided. Use con code “NL” for locker claims. A Locker Request email template is provided here for Trainmen and here for Engineers. The template contains instructions and information on all individuals the request should be directed. Click here to view the CSX/BLET Locker Understanding.