,- ..,, Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No.6895
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 6661
2-N&W-CM-'75





      Parties to Dispute: ( (Carmen)


                    (

                    ( Norfolk and Western Railway Company


      Dispute: Claim of Employes:


            1. That the Carrier violated the Rules of the Current Working Agreement when they unilaterally and arbitrarily changed the working hours of ,x.11 carmen at Buffalo Junction Shops from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 P.m., to 7:00 a. m. to 3:30 p.m., on March 27, 1972.


        2. That the Carrier be ordered to compensate all carmen working in

        . the Buffalo Junction Shop from the effective date of March 27,

        1972 from the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 P.m., instead of bid

        assignment hours which they worked from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 P.m.,

''~ two-thirds (2/3) of an hour at time and one-half for each day
            they worked thereafter,_until adjusted.


      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.


      A review of this record compels the conclusion that there is no support for this claim, by contract or otherwise, and it should be denied. See Second Division Award No. 6691.


                            A W A R D


        Claim denied.

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Award No. 6895
Docket No. 6661
2-N&W-CM-'75

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMET4T BOARD

By Order of Second Division


Attest: Executive Secretary
National Railroad Adjustment Board

o marie Brasch - Administrative Assistant

Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 8th day of August, 1975.