THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE
RAILWAY COMPANY
DISPUTE: CLAIM OF EMPLOYES: 1. That under the current agreement the Carrier improperly assigned two Bridge and Building employes is perform Carman Painters' work of painting portable supply bins and Upholsterer work benches on March 31, 1950, April 3y 4, 5 and 6, 1950.
2. Accordingly the Carrier be ordered to additionally compensate Carman Painters Archie Viers and Geo. W. Cook, Sr. in the amount of thirtytwo (32) hours each at their applicable hourly rate of pay.
EMPLOYES' STATEMENT OF FACTS: The carrier maintains a large back shop at Topeka, Kansas, and at this seniority point fifty (50~) carman painters are employed with working hours 8:00 A. M. to 12:00 Noon and 1:00 P. M. to 5:,00 P. M., five days a week, Monday through Friday. On Friday, March 31, 1950, from 12:30 P. M. to 4:30 P. M.; Monday, April 3, from 8:00 A. M. to 12:00 Noon and 12:30 P. M. to 4:30 P. M.; Tuesday, April 4, from 8:00 A. M. to 12:00 Noon and 12:30 P. M. to 4:&0 P. M.; Wednesday, April 5, from 8:001 A. M. to 12:00 Noon and 12:30 P. M. to 4:30' P. M.; and Thursday, April 6, 1950, from 8:0'0 A. M. to 12:00 Noon, the carrier assigned two (2) bridge and building painters to paint portable supply bins and upholsterer work benches located in the upholstering shop at Topeka, Kansas.
The equipment painted was portable and not a part of or attached to the building.
Carman Painters Archie Viers and George W. Cook, Sr., hereinafter referred to as the claimants were available to perform the work if assigned.
The agreement effective August 1, 1945, as subsequently amended is controlling.
POSITION OF EMPLOYES: It is not in dispute that these claimants established and maintain seniority rights within the sub-division, "Painters" under the terms of Rule 28 captioned "SENIORITY," and that they were
FINDINGS: The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:
The carrier or carriers and the employe or employes involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employe within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.
This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.
The record shows that on the days stated in the claim, Bridge and Building forces painted the interior of Passenger Shop Car Building No. 2, including the interior of that portion of the building occupied by the upholstering shop. As a part of the same project, they also painted the supply bins and upholsterers' work benches in the upholstering shop. The supply bins appear to have been moveable bins in the sense that they were not attached to the building. They were not ordinarily moved about. The work benches appear to have been unattached to the building and moveable in every sense of the word. Claimants are carmen painters who assert that the painting of the supply bins and work benches is the work of their craft and not that of Bridge and Building painters. The claim is based on this contention.
No claim is here made that it was improper under the rules to assign the painting of the interior of the passenger shop car building to Bridge and Building painters. The dispute centers around the assigning of the painting of the material bins and work benches to other than carmen painters. The Carman's classification of work rule as it bears upon this dispute provides as follows:
It will be observed that the foregoing rule gives to carmen all work in the building, maintaining and dismantling for repairs of freight and passenger cars (except all-wood freight train cars). In addition thereto, carmen are entitled to perform other work not connected with passenger and freight cars such as planing mill, cabinet and bench carpenter work, and all other carpenter 1656-7 735
We think this interpretation is sustained in principle by Docket 1088, Railway Board of Adjustment No. 2 wherein the provision "and all other carpenter work in shops and yards" was interpreted to mean all carpenter work except that in connection with the erection and repair of buildings: See also Docket 2201, Railway Board of Adjustment No. 2. The same reasoning supports our holding that all painting of moveable supply bins, work benches, furniture and the like, is the work of carmen as against the claims of Bridge and Building forces.