"' Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 6653



          The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee Irwin M. Lieberman when award was rendered.


                      ( System Federation No. 156, Railway Employes'

( Department, A. F. of L. C. I. 0.
'. Parties to Dispute: ( (Electrical Workers)

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                      ( The Long Island Rail Road Company


      Dispute: Cla im of Employes:


              1. That the following employee, Conrad Grimm, Electrician, wag deprived of the double time rate of pay worked on Sunday, April 23, 1972 - four (4) hours - when he was called to work on the rectifier at Sub-Station G01.


              2. That the above mentioned employee be compensated at the double time rate of pay instead of the time and a half rate he received for work performed on that day.


      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.


          The issue in this dispute is identical with the issue considered

      . in Award 6648. The Claim will be denied for the reasons expressed in that Award.


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          Claim denied.

          Form 1 Award No. 6653

          Page 2 Docket No. 6556

          2 LI-EW-'74

          NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

          By Order of Second Division


          Attest: Executive Secretary

' National Railroad Adjustment Board

          By _._. _. . j

          R semarie-Brasch - Administrative Assistant


          Elated at Chicago, Illinois, this 19th day of March, 1974.


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