NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION
BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND STATION EMPLOYES
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that-
"(a) The Carrier has violated and continues to violate the current agreement by establishing the position of Assistant Cashier, rate $6.04 per day (later increased to $6.34 per day, retroactive to date established), effective October 1st, 1939, in the Local Freight Office at Shreveport, La. It is the claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that the same differential should apply between the positions of Cashier and Assistant Cashier as between the position of Accountant and Assistant Accountant, or thirty three (33) cents per day, and
"(b) That the Carrier should now be required to establish the rate of $7.56 per day-thirty-three (33) cents per day less than the rate paid Cashier-on the position of Assistant Cashier, retroactive to October 1st, 1939; and to compensate employes for all wage losses suffered as a result of the Carrier's violation of our agreement."
EMPLOYES' STATEMENT OF FACTS: "Effective with October 1st, 1939, the Louisiana and Arkansas Ry. Co. closed their Local Freight Office and Warehouse in Shreveport, La., and all work formerly done in their Office and Warehouse was taken over by the Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.
"A 'Memorandum of Understanding' (copy of which is attached and made a part of this submission) governing the operation of the coordinated Offices and Warehouses of the Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. and the Louisiana and Arkansas Ry. Co., effective October 1st, 1939, was signed on September 22nd, 1939 by the representatives of the two interested Carriers and of the Brotherhood.
'It is understood that the coordinated operation will be under the supervision of the Kansas City Southern, and covered by the agreement between the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and the Kansas City Southern, except as herein specifically set forth, and as otherwise provided for under the terms of the Washington agreement; it being understood that the terms and conditions of the Washington Agreement shall apply to all employes affected by this Coordination.'
"The L. & A. rate for Steno-Clerk prior to coordination was $4.39 per day. The retroactive wage adjustment made by the L. & A. brought this rate up to $4.61. The position of Steno-Clerk under the coordinated arrangement was given the same rate as that of the L. & A. position of Steno-Clerk.
"The duties of this position are practically unchanged by reason of the coordination and there is no justification for increasing the rate of pay.
"The L. & A. rate for O. S. & D. Clerk prior to coordination was $4.74 per day. The retroactive wage adjustment made by the L. & A. brought this rate up to $4.98. The position of O. S. & D. Clerk under the coordinated arrangement was given the same rate as that of the L. & A. position of O. S. & D. Clerk.
"General Chairman Moore in the tabulation accompanying his letter of October 22, 1939, claimed the rate should be $5.44 per day. At no time since then has he contended for the $5.84 rate now claimed. 14. Switching Clerk, $5.50 per day. Rate Proposed, $5.84 per day.
"The L. & A. rate for Switching Clerk prior to coordination was $5.24 per day. The retroactive wage adjustment made by the L. & A. brought this rate up to $5.50. The position of Switching Clerk under the coordinated arrangement was given the same rate as that of the L. & A. position of Switching Clerk.
"There has been little or no change in the duties of this position and there can be no reasonable justification for increasing the rate of pay.
"As to each and every one of the claims, the Carrier contends that the National Railroad Adjustment Board is without jurisdiction for reasons hereinbefore set forth."
There is in evidence an agreement between the parties bearing effective date of June 16, 1937.
OPINION OF BOARD: This case is governed by the Opinion in CL-1241, Award No. 1151, and is disposed of accordingly.
FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, after giving the parties to this dispute due notice of hearing thereon, and upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:
That the carrier and the employes involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;
That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and