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Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 6887 SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 6657 2-LI-EW-'75

The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee Dana E. Eischen when award was rendered.

( System Federation No. 156, Railway Employes'

( Department, A. F. of L. - C. I. 0.

Parties to Dispute: ( (Electrical Workers)

( The Long Island Rail Road Company

Dispute: Claim of Employes:

1. That the Long Island Rail Road Company improperly removed senior bidder Electrician J. Gabrus from his bid-in and delayed awarded position as Electrician (Maintenance),and placed him back on his former position, which he no longer owned, as Electrician (Power Operator).

2. That, accordingly, the Long Island Rail Road Company be ordered to award senior bidder J. Gabrus Group #10 position on Bulletin #04-72 effective 9:00 a.m., February 21, 1972, and to compensate him $214.00 due from March 10, 1972 to and including May 2, 1972, adjusted to include subsequent wage increase.

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 were given due notice of hearing thereon.

Upon reviewing the record herein we find that the parties, facts, pertinent Agreement provisions and positions of the parties are nearly identical with the those presented in our recent Award 6885. Close examination shows that aside from a different Claimant and different hours of service the claims are substantially the same. For reasons developed fully in Award 6885 the instant claim is similarly sustained.

Form 1 Award No. 6887

Page 2 Docket No. 6657

2-LI-EW-'75

The Claimant, J. Gabrus, is entitled to four hours pay which is the difference between straight time and overtime for each Saturday he worked during the period March 10, 1972 to May 2, 1972.

A W A R D

Claim sustained to the extent indicated in the Findings. NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD By Order of Second Division - Attest: Executive Secretary National Railroad Adjustment Board By s r-t.~,' ~,. ~` ,/L~L-c emarie Brasch - Administrative Assistant Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 25th day of July, 1975.