The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Joseph M. McDonald when award was rendered.
SYSTEM FEDERATION NO. 6, RAILWAY EMPLOYES'
DEPARTMENT, A. F. of L. - C. I. O. (Carmen)
DISPUTE: CLAIM OF EMPLOYES: (1) That under the controlling agreement the Carrier improperly augmented the wrecking crew with other than Carmen to perform Carmens' work at Beech, Iowa, on November 21, 22nd, and 24th, 1961.
(2) That accordingly the Carrier be ordered to compensate the Carmen whose names appear in the following list, at the applicable rate and one-half for the number of hours indicated on the dates shown in connection with their respective names on November 21, 22nd, and 24th, 1961.
EMPLOYES' STATEMENT OF FACTS: The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, hereinafter referred to as the carrier, maintains
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.
Carrier maintains a wrecking derrick and regularly assigned crew at Des Moines, Iowa. On November 21, 1961, this derrick and crew were dispatched to a derailment near Beech, Iowa.
It is undisputed that while the wrecking crew members were rerailing passenger cars, the maintenance of way men dug into the road bed and placed cribbbing for the purpose of blocking the outriggers of the wrecking derrick to enable it to lift the three Diesel Engines which were involved.
The Organization contends that this work, performed by the maintenance of way men, is work generally recognized as Carmen's work, and that the maintenance of way men were improperly used to augment the wrecking crew.
Carrier contends that this is not Carmen's work and that it was properly performed by the maintenance of way men.
Work of digging a hole in the roadbed and placing cribbing therein cannot be found in the Carmen's classification of work rule, even within the general statement in that Rule: "and all other work generally recognized as Carmen's 4542--6 285
work." But Special Rule 114 (supra) does give Carmen the right to man the wrecking crews such as here.
What specific items of work are encompassed in "wrecking service" is not spelled out in the Rule. We know from practice that the work of handling the cars and rerailing them is carmen's work in "wrecking service". We have held in prior awards that the wrecking crew shall perform all services incidental, or necessary to the proper completion of a given task. (cf. Awards 878, 1090 and 1298).
But the duties of other classes of employes are generally involved at the scene of a wreck also, and apparently Rule 114 recognizes this fact. Nevertheless, other classes of employes cannot be assigned to perform carmen's work.
Turning again to the work here in dispute, we cannot agree that the digging of a hole and the placing of blocking is work belonging to a Carman mechanic under the controlling agreement. The placing of the outriggers and manning the derrick are clearly the duties of the Carmen comprising the wrecking crew, but the preparation of the road bed to support the equipment cannot be considered Carmen's work in "wrecking service" under the Rules.