Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No.
6901_
SECOND DIVISION Docket No.
6700
2-EL-CM-'75
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Nicholas H. Zumas when award was rendered.
( System Federation No. 100, Railway Employes'
( Department, A. F. of L. - C. I. 0.
Parties to Dispute: ( (Carmen)
( Erie Lackawanna Railway Company
Dispute: Claim of Em ployes:
1. That under the current agreement the Carrier has improperly
denied accumulated vacation rights to Cayman John D. Lascombe
based on continuous service beginning January,
19+9.
2. That accordingly, Carrier be ordered to grant accumulated
vacation rights based on continuous service beginning January,
19+9.
Findings:
The Second Division of
she
Adjustment Board, upon the whole record
and all the evidence, finds that:
The carrier or carriers and the employe or employes imrolved in
this dispute are respectively carrier and employe within the meaning
of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21,
193+.
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 herein transferred from the Erie-Lackawanna to the Delaware
and Hudson on October 1,
1969
as a result of a coordination of mechanical
department forces and facilities of the two Carriers at Binghampton, New
York. At that point claimant became a Delaware and Hudson employe and
remained so until April 20, 1972 tihen he resigned.
The next day Claimant applied for a position with the Erie-Lackawanna
and was hired the same day.
This is a claim for continuous service, for vacation purposes, with
the Erie-Lackawanna from January 10,
19+9.
Form 1
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Award No.
6901
Docket No. 6700
2-EL-CM-'75
The identical issue was decided against the Organization (Electrical
Workers) and in favor of this Carrier in Second Division Award No.
6656.
The reasoning of that award is sound and we shall follow it.
A W A R D
Claim denied.
Attest: Executive Secretary
National Railroad Adjustment Board
o
rie Brasch - Administrative Assistant
Dated ate hicago, Illinois, this 8th day of August, 1975.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Second Division