Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 12268
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 11889-T
92-2-90-2-11
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee George S. Roukis when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood Railway Carmen/ Division of TCU
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
1. That the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company violated
the September 1, 1974 Agreement, as amended, specifically Rules 36(a) and
98(a), Article VI of the Mediation Agreement dated December 4, 1975, and
Article VI of the Mediation Agreement dated November 19, 1986, by instructing,
allowing and permitting other than carmen, specifically the train crew, to
perform a final air test on train No. 1-169-16 after the power had been reduced and also the consist of the train had been changed when qualified carmen
were on duty and available to perform the final air test.
2. That accordingly, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway be
ordered to additionally compensate Carmen E. A. Lewy, D. J. Rowland and J. R.
Russell each in the amount of four (4) hours at the pro rata hourly rate of
pay for violation on November 19, 1988.
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.
As Third Party in Interest, the United Transportation Union was
advised of the pendency of this dispute and did not file a Submission with the
Division.
In a recent Award of this Board involving the same parties and the
same issue, the Board found for the Organization. Our rationale for that
decision is set forth as follows:
Form 1 Award No. 12268
Page 2 Docket No. 11889-T
92-2-90-2-11
"In considering this case, the Board concurs with
the Organization's position. Under the defining
parameters of the arbitral cases cited by the
parties and particularly under the clear language
of Article V of the September 25, 1964 Agreement
Carmen have the right to perform inspections and
tests of air brakes and appurtenances on trains in
a departure yard or terminal and, as such, the work
performed by the train crew on Train 1-991-07 on
December 7, 1988 violated the above Agreement.
Since the facts in this dispute, namely that Carmen
were on duty in a departure yard and the train
tested departed from this location, comport four
squarely with the three conditions set forth in
numerous Second Division Awards including Awards
11347, 11203 and 8848, the Board must find for the
Organization." (See Second Division Award 12113.)
In the case herein, and notwithstanding a detailed painstaking analysis of the record, we find no distinguishable variances in the facts and arguments cited to warrant an opposite or modified conclusion and accordingly,
Second Division Award 12113 is controlling. Similarly, consistent with our decision in Second Division Award 12113, we will award Claimants one (1) hour
each at their applicable rate of pay. Anything beyond this amount would
indeed be excessive and unsupported by the record.
A W A R D
Claim sustained in accordance with the Findings.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Second Division
Attest:
ancy J. r - Executive Secretary
Dated
at Chicago, Illinois, this 4th day of March 1992.
CARRIER MEMBERS' DISSENT
TO
AWARD 12268, DOCKET 11889-T
(Referee Roukis)
Bakersfield was an INTERMEDIATE POINT where the locomotive
power of Train 1-169-16 was reduced and three cars were set out.
The claim here concerned an asserted "final air test." The
Majority, here, as it did in Award 12113, has ignored the fact that
Bakersfield did not come under the provisions of Article V of the
September 25, 1964 National Agreement.
For all the reasons detailed in the Carriers' Dissent to Award
12113, this decision is palpably erroneous.
We Dissent.
. V. VARGA // M. W. FIN RHUT
R. L. HICKS
JJ
E. YOST
M. C. LESNIK