Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 10954
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 10701
2-MP-CM-'86
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Hyman Cohen when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States
( and Canada
Parties to Dispute:
(Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Dispute: Claim of Employes:
1. That the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company violated Agreement on
operating trucks in the car department to Carmen. That February 29, 1983
General Car Foreman T. Duncan took over driving duties from Carman B. Greaff
and was involved in a serious accident.
2. That the Carrier be ordered to enforce written agreement assigning carmen to drive truck in service of the Car Department.
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 employes 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.
The Carrier operates a Train Yard and repair facility at Houston,
Texas.
There is very little dispute between the parties over the facts
giving rise to the instant Claim. On February 9, 1983, General Car Foreman T.
Duncan and Carman B. Greaff were involved in a serious accident while riding
in a pickup truck for the purpose of going to a derailment. Car Foreman
Duncan was driving the pickup truck.
On February 11, 1983, Car Foreman R. T. Wyatt and Carman F. Gallegas
were sent on a road trip to a derailment. At the time Car Foreman Wyatt was
driving the pickup truck.
Form 1 Award No. 10954
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The Organization claims that by having Car Foremen Duncan and Wyatt
drive pickup trucks, the Carrier violated the Agreement "on operating trucks
* * * to carmen" and "that the Carrier be ordered to enforce (the) written
agreement assigning carmen to drive truck in the service of the Car Department."
In part, the Organization claims that the Carrier violated the
Agreement because Car Foremen Duncan and Wyatt drove a pickup truck on the
dates in question. The Organization has failed to demonstrate that the Scope
Rule or past practice entitles Carmen to the exclusive right to drive Carrier
trucks. No such duties are reserved exclusively to Carmen in Rule 102 (Scope
Rule). Furthermore, there is no evidentiary support that driving Carrier
trucks has historically been performed by Carmen.
In support of its position, the Organization relies on a Local
Agreement. Without passing judgment on whether the Local Agreement is binding
on the parties, its terms do not establish that truck driving constitutes
Carman's work. The terms of the Agreement refers to such matters as the
establishment of a truck driver Overtime Board, the monthly rotation of truck
drivers based on seniority, the manner in which a person can be placed on the
truck drivers' Overtime Board and the requirement that a truck driver "must
have a commercial license or chauffeur's license." These terms indicate that
the parties who were signatories to the Local Agreement had no intention to
establish that the Carmen had exclusive rights to truck driving duties.,
Finally, it should be noted that in its Statement of Claim the
Organization requests, "That the Carrier be ordered to enforce written
agreement assigning carmen to drive truck in service of the Car Department."
Thus, the Organization seeks, in effect, a declaratory judgment that the
Carrier violated the Agreement and a mandatory injunction that it cease to
violate the Agreement in the future. It is well established that this Board
has no authority to issue a declaratory judgment or to grant injunctive
relief. Second Division Awards 6746, 6160 and 10708. Accordingly, the Claim
is denied.
A W A R D
Claim denied.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of the Second Division
Attest:
Nancy J. - Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 13th day of August 1986.