The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee John C. Fletcher when award was rendered
The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:
The carrier or carriers and the employee or employees involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employee 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 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths were notified of the pendency of this dispute, and it filed a Submission with the Board. Form 1 Award No. 12793
The Organization has argued that its Agreement was violated when Carrier assigned a Boilermaker to weld lock tabs on truck binder bolts on June 3, 1991. Lock tabs are welded onto truck binder bolts so that they may be tightened with a single wrench. The bolts are utilized when Machinists make repairs to locomotive trucks. Carrier argues that both Machinists and Boilermakers have, in the past, been used to weld tabs to binder bolts at its North Little Rock facility.
For the organization to prevail it must demonstrate that the work performed by the Boilermaker was reserved exclusively to Machinists at the North Little Rock facility. This has not been done in this record. Instead, the evidence is conclusive that both crafts have performed the work in the past. Further the task is simple in nature and requires very little time to accomplish. It is apparent that both Machinists and Boilermakers possess the necessary skills to do the work.
Inasmuch as the organization has not established that the work complained of is exclusively reserved to the Machinist craft, the claim must be denied.
This Board, after consideration of the dispute identified above, hereby orders that an award favorable to the Claimant(s) not be made.