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.

In August 1992, the Claimants were employed as Carmen at the Carrier's Loyall, Kentucky, facility. At the end of that month, they were furloughed because of a decline in the Carrier's business. However, the Claimants were provided the opportunity to transfer to Corbin, Kentucky, one of the Carrier's large transportation facilities. (It deserves to be noted here that Loyall is a very small transportation yard which had only one Carman working subsequent to August 1992.)

The claims at issue occurred because on eight dates in August and September, the Claimants were required to perform work at Loyall. The dispute is whether the Carrier was contractually required to use Corbin Carmen (who had been furloughed from Loyall and held Loyall seniority) before sending Corbin Carmen (who held no Loyall seniority to work at Loyally.

As best as we can ascertain from the record, approximately 6.1 man-hours of work. was performed over a 33-day period. While the record is not sufficiently conclusive as to the exact nature of the work performed (whether it was closing hopper doors or routine car inspecting and repair work) we find that the work which was performed was, insufficient to justify recalling Carmen from furlough. (See Second Division Award 131021.

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