"1. That on March 24, 1992, under the current Agreement the Consolidated Rail Corporation improperly failed to additionally compensate Radio Maintainer G. Falterman at his pro rata overtime rate while attending Book of Rules Classes as ordered by the railroad, eight hours that date, beginning at 7:45 a.m., outside of and in addition to his regular tour of duty as a Radio Maintainer; and instead additionally compensate him for such eight hours at his pro rate straight time rate.

2. That accordingly, the Consolidated Rail Corporation should be ordered to additionally compensate Radio Maintainer G. Faltexman by an amount equal to four hours' pay at straight time his pro-rata Radio Maintainer rate for attending Book of Rules Classes on March 24, 1992, as referred to in Item 1. above, in order to make him whole and protect the Agreement.

3. That on April 3, 1992, under the current agreement the Consolidated Rail Corporation improperly failed to additionally compensate Radio Maintainer R. Burzynski at his pro rata overtime rate while attending Book of Rules Classes as ordered by the railroad, eight hours that date, beginning at 7:45 a.m. outside and in addition to his regular tour of duty as a Radio Maintainer; and instead additionally compensate him for such eight hours at his pro rata straight time rate.

4. That accordingly, the Consolidated Rail Corporation should be ordered to additionally compensate Radio Maintainer R. Burzynski by an amount equal to four hours' pay at straight time his pro rata Radio Maintainer rate for attending Book of Rules Classes on April 3, 1992 as referred to in item 3. above, in order to make him whole and protect the Agreement."

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 were given due notice of hearing thereon.

The Claimants are Radio Maintainers employed on a monthlyrated basis. They were directed to attend a NORAC Book of Rules class. The class was of approximately eight hours' duration. The Claimants attended outside their normal working hours but on weekdays when they also worked such normal hours. The Carrier paid the monthly-rated Claimants an additional eight hours' pay at straight time. The Organization argues that this mandatory assignment should have been paid at the time-and-one-half overtime rate.

The Carrier relies on Rule 8-M-1.(a), which reads as follows:

11(a) Employees will be paid at the straight time rate of pay for time attending related training sessions held during or outside of regular work hours."

The Organization disputes the application of this Rule on several bases. The Organization notes the word "related" in the Rule and contends that the training involved here was not directly "related" to the position of Radio Maintainer. The Board finds the Carrier has demonstrated that the Rules class here involved was applicable, and thus related, to at least some of the responsibilities which a Radio Maintainer is called upon to perform.

The Organization further refers to Appendix "C", Section 8, which reads as follows:

"B. Pending resolution of the cross representation problem, this Agreement shall apply to Communication Department employes represented by the international Brotherhood of Electrical Workers except their rates of pay, basis of pay, and other special rules shall remain unchanged."

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