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Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No.
6379
SECOND DIVISION Docket No.
6229
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The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Irving T. Bergman when award was rendered.
( System Federation No. 41, Railway Employes'
( DepartmentDepartment, A. F. of L. - C. 1. 0.
Parties, ~o.,Dis-pute: ( (Carmen)
( The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
(Chesapeake District)
Dispute: Claim of EbMloyes
That Freight Car Painter, F. N. Kennedy, was improperly compensated Sunday,
June 28, 1970 (his second rest day of his regular assigned work week) when
only allowed time and one-half (1`) rate in violation of National Agreement
signed April 24, 1970.
Accordingly Kennedy is entitled to be additionally compensated the difference
between time and one-half
(12)
and double time rate for twelve (12) hours i
and fifteen (15) minutes at Locomotive Painters applicable rate.
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.
Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.
Claimant's regular assignment was eight hours a day Monday through Friday
with Saturday and Sunday as his rest days. It is not disputed that he was called
from the overtime board to work on his first and second rest days after having,
"worked all the hours of his assignment in that work week." The organization contends that this entitles claimant to double time for hours worked on the second rest
day under Article V of the National Agreement dated April 24, 1970. Claimant was i
paid one and one half times the rate for the hours worked on both the first and
second rest days.
Carricr rejected the claim on the ground that claimant's regular assignment
was from 7 A.M. to 3 P.M. as a freight car painter whereas the work performed cn the
rest days was as a Locomotive Painter from 7 A.M. to 11 P.M. the first rest day, and
from 7 A.M. to 7:15 P.M. the second rest day.
Form 1 Award No.
6379
Page 2 Docket No. 6220
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Carrier also rejected
the
claim on the theory that Article V of the April 24, i
1970 agreement excludes emergency work from the double time payment. Carrier reasons
that all call
in
work is emergency. work pursuant to Rule 7 (c) of the Agreements
derived from
Decision No. 222
Docket
475
of the United States Labor Board effective
August 16, 1921. The Organization opposes the use of the emergency work theory before
this Board because it was not raised or referred to on the property and is submitted
now for the first time.
We believe that reference to emergency work in Article V of the April 24, 1970
Agreem-ezit, the Agreement relied upon by the Organization, opens the door to discussion
of whe~,her or not an emergency existed. However,,
the
Organization is correct, in
its Re1;:.:Uta.l P.3, where it contends that no double
time
payment would be possible if
Carrier's trieory was adopted. i
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The words "assignment" anu "emergency" as used. by the. Carrier are incorrect.
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Article V of the April 24,
1370
Agreement
requires only
that claimant complete all
the hours of his assignment during his regular work week and also work on
his first
rest day to qualify for double time
on
the second rest day. The emergency must be j
work necessary at the time which if performed at a later time would be too late to
be of any value. On P.6 of Carrier's Submission the work is referred to as, "urgent"
so that the unit could b-.used, "as soon as possible." This does not add up to an
emergency, although it indicates priority sufficient to justify payment.of overtime
rates to get it done.
The
opinions
expressed on the facts of this case and the result reache,: are
consistent with Second Division Award No.
6252, 6282, 6283,
and
6304.
A W A R D
The clan is sustained.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Second Division
Attest:~v~ i
Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 28th day of September,,
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