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Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 6341
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 6164
2-SLSF-SM-'72
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Robert G. Williams when award was rendered.
( System Federation No. 22, Railway Employes'
( Department, A. F. of L. - C. I. 0.
Parties to Dispute: ( (Sheet Metal Workers)
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( St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
Dispute: Claim of Employes:
1. That the Carrier violated the current agreement, particularly Rules
31(a), 94 and 98 at Springfield, Missouri when A. L. Crews, Diesel
Supervisor, improperly assigned himself the duty of disconnecting sand
hose and air pipes on truck of Diesel Unit 822 on June 14, 1970 at
Crocker, Missouri.
2. That accordingly the Carrier be ordered to additionally compensate
Sheet Metal Worker Bob Altic in the amount of eight (8) hours at pro
rata rate of pay.
Findings:
The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and
all the evidence, finds that:
The carrier o r carrier s 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.
Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.
After attempts to temporarily repair a Diesel locomotive failed the Carrier sent a derrick to remove and replace the engine truck with a "dummy" truck. The
Carrier's Diesel Supervisor oversaw this ,job and in the process actually disconnected
four sand hoses. This disconnect work required a total of some eight minutes.
The Claimant's contend that the work involved in this dispute is included
in Rule 94, Classification of Work. This rule provides that "connecting and disconnecting of air . . . pipes" is recognized as Sheet Metal Workers work. If this was the only
issue in this case, the claim would be sustained.
Form 1 Award No.
616
Page 2 Docket No.
2-SLSF-SM-'72
Rule
94,
however, is limited by Rule
98.
Rule
98
provides that Sheet Metal
Workers will be sent to outlying points for work, "but not for small, unimportant
running repair jobs." In this case the work in dispute took only eight minutes to
perform. Such a time period shows the work was a small job and, therefore, the Carrier was not required to send a Sheet Metal Worker to this outlying point.
The Claimant's contention that a Supervisor is prohibited from doing this
work is without merit. Rule 31 (a) and (b) provide that foremen and other supervisors
are not prohibited from performing work in the exercise of their duties. Rule 31 (d)
also provides that "incidental work" may be performed by mechanics of other crafts.
Given these specific provisions of Rule 31 on the Assignment of Work a majority of
this Board believes the Supervisor's performance of eight minutes work did not involve a contract violation.
A W A R D
Claim denied.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT HOARD
By Order of Second Division
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Attest: ,
ecutive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 7th day of July, 19T2.