Foam 1 NATIOTTAL RUL.T;OAD ADJUCTI.r.~,'AI't' DOA1;D Award YTo. 7760
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 7691+
2-YIP-C14-78





Parties to T)i.srsate: ( (Ca1:r~j.e n )



Dispute: Clain, of 7421ye





Findings:

The Second Division of tine Adjustment Board, upon the whole record anti all the evidence, finds that:

The carrier or carriers and she emplt>Sre or urployes involved :i n this dispute are respectively carrier and employe iich_n the meaning of the Rail;-ay Tabor Act as ~;.;pproved June 21, 193?

This Division of the Adjustzerzt Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.



Claimant 1S a fOx':?C'.f Carman, Painter whose ~,tCLtl)S was subject totl-,a I`Zernorancivzn of Apreean-~-iat of T::ur,-aa~,er 15, 1y'73, whel^ebyl;ne classes of the Carmen's cx'wf-c were dovetailed into a conv::ot? seniority roster.


t0 that date C:.La:1.::M'.:nt -vas .1.1:~'i.::C, as a CcLlaiZ I!E.'lTW.'r,



Cax':T:eTl ~~`,' ..,-.?.1~='!C. under 'fli_. provisions of Section L Of the ~~_?J1'..':Yl:i?w.:i U
Ag1'C,'c.1T1C i1t ."d`'ted !`:L'. nC'tl .i_9y 1973 tp become effective April 1
Form Z Page 2

Award No. 7760
Docket No. 'I'CGy
2_Mp_CM-' 78

This dispute involves Claimant's contention that, although currently employed as a Carman Apprentice, he should retain the higher rate o1.' pay of the position he held at the time he entered the apprcntice-training program. Claimant relies on the Letter o' Understanding dated Jartaw.ny 31, 3.973 as authority.

Ca.x'x'_LF_r, on the other hand., alleges C;lairant was still a Carman Painter Helper and by accepting . a ,T"o.Sl.t'w.0;1 G.: Carman (O'GCl;;r Carmen) Appx'entice, he c1,rngc:d his class and cxaft. Carrier &02 Second Division Awards 69~-ip 7015 8.;':d 701) involving Carrier and other crafts party 'r,0 the Qxeelnen-(; to suppork its position.


d:L:ainfvu2.:h":b.Zv from the disputes '1.i; the above cited. rds. In those
d~n Aatn~, C:Lav _ . .~,n ' c.. r - ' s.-: ~ rO 1 ~ tU `a. Z ~t1,
_,~_L 'iii:-. v_..~,n'c.. ~. .. clearly transferred from ·"1 ... on.-, c_ .A.C·,:_ f:._~, rr cr
craft where thcy would. have had no opportunity to become helper appvantices
had that cla:s of apprentice been retained in the agre.e.ment. The
in this dispute accepted a. position as apprentice in his o,m ex`a~.:4b. Ha


was on a co~Y~iY_. ~-0_1 seniority J.'c;,t=ar for Carmen Helpers a.t the time ne voo> the apprentice position. We will, therefore, sustain the claim.

Claim sustained.

Attest: Ex(-cutive Secretary
National Railroad Adjustment Board

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By Order of Second. Division

By - 41

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Dated ~at Chicago, Illinois, this 29th day o~." i;avember, 1978.