The Nation - News from Aug. 12, 1985

Top officers of Conrail--the government-owned freight railroad whose employees made three years of wage concessions to help keep the line operating--have been quietly awarded salary increases ranging from 7% to 21%. Many of the officers had earned $115,000 or more. From April, 1981, through June, 1984, Conrail’s unionized employees agreed to forgo some salary increases to help their employer keep rates down. But with the ratification by the United Transportation Union of a new contract last week, all of Conrail’s 36,000 employees are now due to return to industry-level wages retroactive to July 1, 1984.