PREAMBLE


Agreement between Norfolk Southern Railway Company and its employees, employed Oil that part of the
Norfolk Southern Region known as the Nickel Plate District, the Lake Erie and Western District, and the
Clover Leaf District, represented by the United Transportation Union, covering rates of pay and articles for
overtime and working conditions effective April. 1999.


It is understood that employees currently working under the Chicago Memorandum Agreement will continue
to be governed by the provisions of that agreement unless specifically changed herein.
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