Section 36 - Duration

A. This Agreement shall become effective on the date of signing and shall remain in effect for five (5) years.

B. This Agreement shall become effective upon the Date of Signing (DOS) and shall continue in full force and effect until (DOS + 5 years) and shall renew itself without change each succeeding (DOS) hereinafter unless written notice of intended change is served in accordance with Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, (hereinafter the "Act") by either party hereto not sooner than ninety (90) days nor later than thirty (30) days prior to (DOS + 5 years), or any subsequent (DOS) thereafter.

C. The Union or Company may demand that negotiations commence ninety (90) days prior to (DOS + 5 years). In that instance, the Union and Company shall meet without delay and exchange written notices pursuant to the Act. Such notice shall include a list of the provisions in this Agreement which each party desires to be amended, revised, added and/or deleted. The parties thereafter may supplement this list.

 

1. The negotiations set forth herein shall begin upon exchange of the notices.

    

2. The services of the National Mediation Board may be requested by both parties to facilitate the use of interest based bargaining during such negotiations.

    

3. If the Company and the Union have not reached agreement on all issues by (6 months after the amendable date), the parties agree to jointly petition the National Mediation Board, invoking its mediation services under the Act. Each party agrees that there shall be no objection to invoking the mediation process at that time.

    

4. The foregoing procedures are intended to be in satisfaction of the procedures for direct negotiations and mediation as required by the Act.

D. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement on the day of , .

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