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ONLINE VERSION VOLUME 106 - NUMBER 10 - NOVEMBER 1997
 
For U.S. Members: A Reminder On Holiday Rules
 
If you are a furloughed employee of an American railroad company with at least 60 days of seniority or 60 calendar days of continuous service preceding a holiday covered by our U.S. National Holiday Agreement, and if you had compensation paid by the carrier credited to 11 or more of the 30 calendar days immediately preceding the holiday, you may be entitled to pay for that holiday even though you are furloughed.

The complete list of holidays is:

  • New Year's Day
  • Washington's Birthday
  • Good Friday
  • Memorial Day
  • Fourth of July
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Day after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Eve (the day before Christmas is observed)
  • Christmas Day
  • New Year's Eve (the day before New Year's is observed)

For detailed information, contact your general chairman.

 
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