Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 12329
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 11946-T
92-2-90-2-94
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Eckehard Muessig when award was rendered.
(International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(Union Pacific Railroad Company (former Missouri
( Pacific Railroad Company)
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
1. That the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company violated Rule 107 (a)
of the June 1, 1960 controlling agreement Article III of the September 25,
1964 National Agreement, and the Letter of Understanding dated December 12,
1979, when Electrical Foreman Trainee A. McKnight assigned himself at approximately 1:00 a.m. to perform electricians' work on July 26, 1989, thus
depriving Electrician R. M. Roe of his contractual rights under the provisions
of the agreements at North Little Rock, Arkansas.
2. That accordingly, the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company be ordered
to compensate Electrician R. M. Roe four (4) hours at the straight time rate
for July 26, 1989.
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 American Railway & Airway Supervisors
Associaton were advised of the pendency of this dispute, but did not file a
Submission with the Division.
The Organization claims that on July 26, 1989, a Foreman performed
electrical work on Locomotive 1817 in the form of trouble shooting a "no
loading" problem. The Organization further claims that the services of an
Electrician should have been utilized.
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The Carrier contends that the Engineer on the site already determined ._/
and reported the "no load" problem. Therefore, it claims that all the Foreman
did, when he appeared on the scene, was to make a decision where the repairs
would be made.
We conclude from the evidence developed on the property that the
Claim must be sustained. In reaching our decision, we gave particular weight
to the statement of the Electrician, which was not refuted by the Carrier.
His statement reveals that the Foreman came to Locomotive 1817 because he
already had sent another Electrician to work on another unit ("so he came
himself"); that the Foreman spent some time on the locomotive and told the
Electrician what the problem was and its possible cause; and, last, that the
Foreman did not contact the Service Track to determine where the locomotive
should be sent to be repaired.
A W A R D
Claim sustained.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Second Division
Attest: _
4ancvyZCJO.~tEDp4"e';*4OrYxecutive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 27th day of May 1992.