Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 11850
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 11612
90-2-88-2-128
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Marty E. Zusman when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood Railway Carmen/Division of TCU
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(CSX Transportation, Inc.
(The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company)
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
1. That the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company violated the
controlling Agreement, specifically, Rule 28, when on the date of April 10,
1987, the carrier ordered carmen from another seniority point to perform the
work previously performed by the Claimants. The Claimants have been monetarily and contractually deprived under the provisions of the controlling
Agreement between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the Brotherhood
of Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada.
2. That accordingly, the Carrier be ordered to compensate the Claims
ants for all monetary losses suffered as a result of such violation, such
losses to the extent of eight (8) hours pay each at the Carmen's straight time
rate, on account of the Carrier's violation of Rule 28 of the controlling
Agreement, as amended, on the date of April 10, 1987.
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,.
In the instant record, Claimants were furloughed and held seniority
at Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. There is no dispute that on April 10, 1987,
three Carmen who held seniority at Butler, Pennsylvania (another seniority
point) were ordered to assist a Punxsutawney Carman in the oiling of journal
boxes on the Indiana Branch. Inasmuch as the three (3) furloughed Claimants
were not recalled to assist on the stored cars, the Organization filed a Claim
in their behalf.
Form 1 Award No. 11850
Page 2 Docket No. 11612
90-2-88-2-138
The Organization argues that the Carrier's assignment of the Butler
Carmen was a violation of Rule 28 of the Agreement. In challenging the Carrier's action, it argues that the governing Rule reserves the work on the
Indiana Branch to the seniority of the Punxsutawney Carmen. Accordingly, the
Claimants were deprived of work that was reserved under the Agreement.
The Carrier argues that the amount of work was minimal, that the
assignment of the Butler Carmen did not violate the Agreement, and that said
work was not assigned by Rule to the Punxsutawney Carmen. The Carrier's
position in this matter is that it may use employees on duty, rather than
recalling furloughed employees for small amounts of work. It further argues
that it may use employees from either or both Punxsutawney and Butler as the
Agreement does not reserve Indiana Branch work to any specific seniority point.
The Board finds from the record that the Carrier has not violated the
Agreement for the following reasons. First, the Agreement does not grant
Punxsutawney Carmen rights to Indiana Branch work. Second, the Agreement
consolidates Butler (11) and Foxburg (19) as one seniority point and leaves
Punxsutawney as a separate seniority point (12). The Memorandum contains no
language which provides seniority rights of Punxsutawney Carmen to the Indiana
Branch work.
There is a lack of proof that the governing Rule reserves the work on
the Indiana Branch to the seniority of Punxsutawney Carmen. There is no probative evidence and contractual language on point with the instant circumstances. We also note that the Organization does not dispute Carrier's argument that it "retains the right to utilize employees already on duty" rather
than recalling furloughed employees for a small amount of work. For the above
reasons the Claim is denied (Second Division Awards 11325, 11324, 11085,
10938, 10800).
A W A R D
Claim denied.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Second Division
Attest: ,
ancy J. 5AWer - Executive ecretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 16th day of May 1990.
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