Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTT4E_T BO'VRD Award No. 8096
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 7883
2-SOO-CM-' 79
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Bernard Cushman when auard was rendered.
( System Federation No.
7,
Railway Employes'
( Department, A. F. of Lo - C. I. 0.
Parties to Dispute: ( (Carmen)
(
( Soo Line Railroad Company
Dispute: Claim of Employes::
1. That under the current agreement the Soo Line Rail R.R. Co.
violated Rule 311-10-15 and 27 of shops craft agreement, current
and past practice for employees' to hold tz~ro bulletin positions at
Stevens Point, Wis. and the understanding of Mr. D. G. Foote's
letter of May 19, 1975.
2. That accordingly the Soo Line R.R. Co. be ordered to compensate
Carman Richard J. Suchon for time Lost because carrier denied him
compensated nay because he yeas not allow to perform the work of
his position as 2nd truch driver is nova claiming:
10-7-75 1/2 hr. overtime l hr. str. tine
10-8-75 1/2 hr. overtime
11-4-75 1/2 hr. overt: me
11-5-75 1/2 hr. overtime 2/3 hr. str. time
also carrier to be ordered. to compensate claimant for time lost
due to abolisbment of position of the 2nd truck driver when
needed, is now claiming:
12-30-75 1 hr. overtime: 1 hr. str. tame
1-12-76
7
hr's. overtime
1-13-76 7 1/2 hrso overtime
1-14-76 1/2 hr. overtime
1-16-76 1 3/4 hr. overtime 1 hr. str. time
1-19-76 1/2 hr. overtime
1-20-76 9 1/2 hr. overtime
1-22-76 1 1/2 hrs. overtime 1 hr. str. time
1-23-76 1 1/2 hrs. overtime
1/4
hr. str. time
1-24-76 2 2/3 hrso overtime
1-25-76 7 3/4 hr. overtime
1-26-76 9 1/2 hrs. overtime
1-27-76 1 1/6 hrs. overtime
1-28-76 1 1/2 hrs. overtime
1-29-76 2
1/4
hrs. overtime
1-30-76 2 1/2 hrs. overtime
2-1-76 2 2/3 hrs. overture
2-4-76 1 1/6 hrs. overtime
2-5-76 1/2 hr. overtime
Form 1 Award No.
8096
Page
2
Docket No.
7883
2-S00-CM-`79
2-6-76 2 1/6
hrs. overtime
2-7-76 3 1/2
hrs.overtime
2-8-76 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
2-9-76 1/2
hr. overtime
2-10-76 1 1/2
hrs. overtime
2-L1-76 1/2 hr.
overtime
2-12-76 2 1/6
hrs. overtime
2-12-76 6 1/4
hrs. overtime
2-13-76 1/2
hr. overtime
2-17-76 1/2
hr. overtime
2-18-76 2 1/2
hrs. overtime
2-19-76 2
1/?_ hrs. overtime
2-20-76
1 1/2 hrs. overtime
2-23-76 1/2
hr. overtime
2-23-76 6
hrs. overtime
2-24-76 2 1/2
hrs. overtime
2-25-76 2
hrs. overtime
2-25-76 2 1/4
hrs. overtime
2-27-76 1/2
hr. Overtime
2-29-76 9 1/4
hrs. overtime
3-1-76 5 1/2
hrs. overtime
3-1-76 12
hrs. overtime
3-4-76 6 1/4
hrs. overtime
3-8-76 1/2
hr. overtime
3-9-76 1/2
hr. overtime
3-10-76 1/2
hr. overtime
3-11-76 2 1/2
hrs. overtime
3-12-76 7
hrs. overtime
3-16-76 2 1/2
hrs. overtime
3-17-76 2 1/2
hrs. overtime
3-18-76
2
1/2
hrs. overtime
3-19-76 7
hrs. overtime
3-20=76 3
1/2 hrs. overtime
3-23-76 2 1/2
hrs. overtime'
3-23-76 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
3-24-76 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
3-25-76 7 1/2
hrs. overtime
3-27-76 1/2
hr. overtime
4-1-76
1 hr. overtime
4-2-76 1/2
hr. overtime
4-2-76 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
4-3-76 15 1/2
hrs. overtime
4-5-76 8 1/2
hrs. overtime
1+-7-76
1 1/. hrs. overtime
4-8-76 2/3
hr. overtime
4-6-76 1 1/4
hrs. overtime
4-9-76 2 3/4
ILrs. overti n)e
4-11-76 6 3/4
hrs.overtime
4-12-76
1/2 hr. overtime
4-13-76 1/2
hr. overtime
4-7.4-76 2/3
hr. overtime
Form 1 Award
Pro. 8096
Page
3
Docket Do.
7883
2-S00-CM-' 79
4-15-76 1 1/4
hrs. overtime
4-20-76 1/2
hr. overtime
4-21-76 1/2
hr. overtime
4x30-76 1/2
hr. overtime
5-1-76
2
2/3
hrs. overtime
5-4-76 1/2
hr. overtime
5-4-76 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
5-6-76 1/2
hr. overtime
5-10-76 1/2
hr. overtime
5-12-76 7
hrs. overtime
5-13-76
1 1/2 hrs. overtime
5-16-76
4 hrs. overtime
5-16-76 2
hrs. overtime
5-19-76 1/2
hr. overtime
5-20-76 1 1/2
hrs. overtime
5-22-76 8 1/2
hrs. overtime
5-23-76 14 3,/4
hrs. overtime
5-25-76
1 1/4 hrs. overtime
5-27-76 2
hrs. overtime
6-1-76 1 1/2
hrs. overtime
6-2-76 9
hrs. overtime
6-3-76 1 3/4
hrs. overtime
6-4-76
1/2 hr. overtime
6-5-76 4
hrs. overtime
6-8-76
1 1/2 hrs. overtime
6-9-76 3
1/2 Ms. overtime
6-15-76 1 1/4
hrs. overtime
6-18-76
2
1/4
hrs. overtime
6-21-76
1 hr. overtime
6-22-76 2 1/4
hrs. overtime
6-22-76 1 3/4
hrs. overtime
6-24-76 1/2
hr. overtime
6-29-76 2.
i/2 hrs. overtime
6-30-76 1/2
hr. overtime
7-1-76 1/2
hr. overtime
7-2-76 1/2
hr. overtime
7-6-76
1/2 hr. overtime
7-13-76 6
hrs. overtime
7-15-76 1/2
hr. overtime
7-16-76 1/2
hr. overtime
7-19-76
1/2 hr. overtime
7-20-76 1/2
hr. Overture
7-23-76 1/2
hr. overtime
7-27-76 1/2
hr. overtime
7-30-76 l/2
hr. overtime
8-4-76 1 1/6
hrs. overtime
8-5-76 5
hrs. overtime
8-10-76
1 1/2 hrs. overtime
8-20-76 l/2
hr. overtime
8-20-76 4
1/2 hrs. overtime
8-24-76
1/2 hr. overtime
Form 1
Page 4
Award No. 8096
Docket No.
2-S00-CM-' 79
8-25-76 1/2 hr. overtime
8-27-76 1/2 hr, overtime
8-29-76
5
hrs. overtime
8-30-76 1/2 hr. overtime
9-1-76 1/2 hr, overtime
9-2-76 15 1/2 hrs. overtime
vacation remainder of Septemaber
10-4-76 l/2 hr. overtime
10-5-76 2 1/2 hrs. overtime
10-6-76 4 1/2 hrs. overtime
10-7-76 1 1/6 hrs. overtime
10-8-76 3 1/2 hrs. overtime
10-9-76 2 2/3 hrso overtime
10-11-76 3 l/2 hrs. overtime
l0-l?-76 1 3/'4 hrs. overtime
10-18-76 2/3 hrs. overtime
10-20-76 J_/L hr, oveL time
10-26-76 1/2 hr, overtime
10-28- 76 1/2 hr. cverta?ne
10-2g-76 1 1/2 hrs. overt4;rne
10-30.-76 g 1/2 hrs. overtiz'.e
11-2-76 2 1/2 hrs. otrexwc9.rae
11-4-76 1/2 hr. overtire
L1-8-76 1/2 hr, overtime
11-9-76 1/2 hr. overtime
11-10-76 1/2 hr, overtime
11-L1-76 :L/2 hr. overtinke
11-12-76 6 1/2 hrs, overtir,~e
11-15-76 1/2 hr. oVertlrnP
11-16-76 1/2 hr. overtvY_,_
11-17-76 1 1/2 hrs. overtime
11-18-76 2 1/2 hrs. OVertlie
71-19-76 1 1/2 hrs. overtime
11-23-76 7 hr--. overtime
11-24-76 2 1/2 hrs, overtime
11-26-76 1 hr. overtime
11-29-76 1/2 hr, overtime
1.1-30-76 1 1/2 hr s . ove rt i ^ie
12-1-76 1/2 hr. overtime
12-3-76 l 1/2 hrs. overtime
12-3-76 2 l/2 hrs, overti.~ne
off injury
from 12-4-76 to 1-13-77
1-14-77
1_15_77
1-17-77
1-18-77
1-19-TI
1 1/2 hrs, overtir~!e
g hrs. overti:e
1/2 hr. overti?ne
3 1/4 hrs. overtime
1 1/4 hrs. overtime
Form 1 Award No.
8096
Page
5
Docket No.
7883
2-sOo-ct:i-
1
79
1-20-77 4 1/2
hrs. overtime
1-21-77 2
hrs. overtime
1-25-77 8 1/2
hrs. overtime
1-26-77 6 1/2
hrs overtime
1-27-77 1/2
hr. overtime
1-28-77 4
hrs. overtime
1-31-77 1/2
hr. overtime
2-1-77
1
3/4
hrs. overtime
2-2-77 6 1/2
hrs. overtime
2-3-77 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
2-4-77
1
1/2
hrs. overtime
2-4-77 6
hrs. overtime
2-6-77 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
2-5-77 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
2-7-77 3
1/2 hrs. overtime
2-8-77 1/2
hr. overtime
2-9-77
2 1/2 hrs. overtime
2-10-77
2 hrs. overtime
2-11-77
2 hrs. overtime
2-15-77
1/2 hr. overtime
2-18-77 1/2
hr. overtime
2-24-77
1 hr. overtime
2_25_77 1/2
hr. overtime
3-1-77
1/2 hr. overtime
3_5-77 2
2/3 hrs. overtime
3_8_77 8
hrs. overtime
3-9-77
1
1/6
hr.-. overtime
3-10-77
1
1/6
hrs. overtime
3-11-77 3
hrs. overtime
3-15-77 6 1/2
hrs. overtime
3-16-77
1 hr. overtime
3-17-77
1/2 hr. overtime
3-22-77
2 hrs. overtime
3-23-77 1/2
hr. overtime
3-24-77
1/2 hr. overtime
3-29-77 3
hrs. overtime
3-28-77 8 1/2
hrs. overtime
3-30-77 2
hrs. overtime
3-31-77 2
hrs. overtime
4-1_77
1 1/2 hrs. overtime
t-3_77 7 1/6
hrso overtime
4_4_(7
2 h-s. overtime
4-6-77
1/2 hr. overtime
4-7-77
1 1/2 hrs. overtime
4_8_77
11 hrs. overtime
4-11-77 8
hrs. overtime
4-12-77 16
hrs. overtime
4r13-77 3
1/4 hrs. overtine
4_14_77 1/2
hr. overtime
4-15-77 2
1/2 hrs. overtime
4-18-77 6 1/4
hrs. overt',:ne
Form 1 Award No.
8096
Page
6
Docket No.
7883
2-soo-CM-'79
4.-20-77 6 1/2
hrs. overtime
4-21-77 6
hrs. overtime
4-22-77 6
1/2 hrs. overtime
4-25-77 7
hrs. overtime
4.-26-77 7 1/4.
hrs. overtime
5-2-77 5 1/4
hrs. overtime
5-3-77 1/2
hr. overtime
5-3-77 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
5-4-77
1/2 hr. overtime
4-29-77 2 2/3
hrs. overtime
5-6-77 1 1/6
hrs. overtime
5-9-77 1/2
hr. overtime
5-10-77 3 1/2
hrs. overtime
5-11-77 1/2
hr. overtime
5-13-77 1/2
hr. overtime
5-13-77 2 1/2
tzrs. overtime
5-18-77 1/2
hr. Overtime
5-23-77 1/2
hr. overtime
5-25-77 2
'nrs. overtime
5-26-77 2 1/2
hrs. overtime
5-27-77 3
hr s. overtime
5-28-77
11 1/2 hrs. overtime
5-31-77 1 1/6
hrs. overtime
6-3-77 1/2
hr. overtime
6-5-77 15 1/2
hrs. overtime
6 6-77
1/2 hr. overtime
6-10-77
1/2 hr. overte
6-14-77
1/2 hr. overtime
6-15-77 4
hrs. overtime
6-16-77
1/2 hr. overtime
6-17-77 1/2
hr. overtime
6-20-77 1/2
hr. overtime
6-21-77 3
1/2 hrs. Overtime
6-22-77 1/2
hr. overtime
6-23-77 1/2
hr. overtime
6-24-77 1/2
hr. overtime
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
Railz-ray 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.
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8096
Page
7
Docket No.
7883
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t
79
The Claimant, Richard J. Suchon, is an employee of the Carrier at
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and is employed as a member of the craft of
Carmen. On February
14, 10'68,
the position of Carman, work-i ng off a Road
Repairman's extra list was advertised and on Februaz-f
27, 1968,
that
position i-ras awarded to the Claimant. The Claimant also worked as Caman
on the repair track.
On August
24, 1975,
the Claimant exercised his seniority to displace
Rotoboom Operator, P. 3ehnke, and on
AZ?
-.F;ust
27,
the Claimant eras notified
that his request to displace onto the Rotoboom position had been honored
and he was to report effective September 1,
1975.
According to the Carrier, upon the Claimant's displacement of the
Rotoboom operator, he was considered to have forfeited arty right he might
have had to the Relief Road Truck position. The Carrier determined that
the Relief Road
T-YL:c?:
position shod-d be abolished because the previous
bulletining of the position had not accozr, " lished the ouf·poses :intended.
Carrier states that the ;practi caliti es of the situati..on with re-and to the
work available and the times -at trhich it s,-::s needed r~il-;tated in favor of
having the work performed from the overtL.Yne last ,dth an equal distribution
of time to Carmen of tiie overtime block. The Carrier contends that Paragrat~h
3
of Rule 15 governs this case. tara.graph
3
states:
"An employee ec~:ercis-n g his seniority rights under this rule
will do so without exonse to the carrier; he will lose his
right to the job he left; 2nd., if after a fair trial he
fails to qualify far the ne*r position, lie.,rill. have to take
whatever position may be open in his craft."
The Carrier says that the Claimant exercised his seniority rights
and thereby automatically te,tmnested his rights to the Relief Road Truck
position which the Carrier at that point abolished.
The Organization contends -that the Claimant was not irmrediately notified
that he had relinquished his rights to the Relief FF,oad Truck driver position,
that other e_,r:ployees hold both a priz:;a.ry and secondary posi Lion tinder dual
bulletins and that, therefore, the Claimant had been discriminated against
within the meaning of !;ule
,84,
Paragr:Lnh 1, which prohibits discrimination
against Coi;mii.tteemen. The Clan-a nt
;vas
a Local C om::i t teeman. The
Organization also claims that Fide 10, Paragraph 1, relating to emergency
road work was violated. Rule 10, Paragraph 1, provides:
"An employee regularly assigned to work at a shop, engine
house, repair track, or inspect'.cn point, z-A1en ordered for
emergency road work away from : uch shop engine house, repair
track or inspection point,
vi
L.be raid from the time ordered
to leave hozae station until his return for all time worked in
accordance with the prac rice at hone sta~ti on and wil.l be paid
straight tire rate for all time zraiting c~.nd traveling."
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Page
8
Docket No.
7883
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The Organization contends further that by not allowing him to work
the Road Truck driver mositi on under the provisions of the Agreement that
there was a violation of Rule 15, Paragraph 1 and Rule 27, =~wragraph 1,
because there was a deprivation of seniority. '1 "hose Rules provide:
"When new jobs are created or pernanent vacancies occur in the
respective crafts the oldest employees in point of service
shall., if sufficient ability is shown by trial, be given
preference i? n filling such new jobs or any vacancies that
may be desirable to them."
"Mechanics helpers and apprentices of each craft will be
shown on their repsective point craft seniority lists
separately."
As to the contentions by the Or-anization that the employee eras not
notified that he Z,:oul d forfeit 'his part tire rights as toad Truck driver,
the Carrier
.no--;
nts out that the General Chairman of the Or jwnization was,
in fact, notified, that the Rile clearly provides for forfeiture, that the
Claimant as Local Chai rn: an
-rn
is t reasonably have been expected to have been
familiar with the Ltale, and that there i s no reaui re:_ient of notification
contained in the Rule.
Fps
to the cla
in
that- the^'e Pre some employees 5'lho
hold two positions,
-76-he
Car i or
poin-t-I'S
ou'i, thE;t n all but one instance
such situations ner Lain to emery cnc;y'
;T:'~i:'!
12service positions which are
cal
I.Ed upon only J:_n connect-.'-on t.Tith de.':ai::aentS. Tile Car-'i er also points
out that i f the _:eli ef = oad Driver rosi tion had been contirnted the ~;oto~: c;~::
Operator and Rel i e:f' _~oad Driver .To-LfLd
1==Lsr
a had tile same hours of assig=;n,-.
and that the Claimant would rave been recurred to protect the two positions,
at the sane ti-.,;,e , a situation which is impractical, if not impossible.
The Board is of the view that a single isolated incident :lay not
contravene the plain and u:1cm!)i_b toss terns of Paragraph
3
of ;1-1.e 15. Third
Di%-Lsion Award ?To.
13994.
Rule 10 r_ere3.lr provides that a :_lethod of pa~rLent
for employees cal out in sT~^ec:.~'.:~.g service, The claim of discri:aination
is not supported by tile record and the Board finds no violation of R ule 34.
Nor does the Board find. any violation of seniority or of Rule 15, Paragraph
1 or Rule 27, Paragraph 1.
The Board finds that Paragraph
3
of Rule 15 governs this case and that
under the circtuastances of this case the Carrier had the right to abolish
the position and rearrange the remaining work. The claim must be denied.
A W A R D
Claim denied.
Form 1 Award No.
8096
Page
9
Docket ',\To.
7883
2-SOO-CM-
' 79
NATIONAL FAIIEOAD ADJUSTIENT BOARD
By Order of Second Division
Attest: Executive Secretary
National Railroad Adjustment Board
seinarie brasch - t'~crinistrative Assistant
Dated Chicago, Illinois this 27th day of September, 1979.
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