NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System General Committee of
The Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, that:
(a) The Carrier violated the terms of the collective agreement
(hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) between the
parties when, on Saturdays January 16 and January 23, 1954,
it required employes outside of the Agreement to handle train
orders at Wyatt, Missouri, a one-man agency station, when
there was no emergency and at a time when the agent-telegrapher was not on duty but subject to call pursuant to Article
6-4, and Article 7 (revised) Section 1 (m) 11 B'(2) ; and that,
(b) Carrier shall now compensate Agent-Telegrapher B. W. Powell,
Jr., Wyatt, Missouri, for a call (two hours at overtime rate) for
each of these days-January 16 and 23, 1954-just as though
he had been called, as he should have been under the terms of
the Agreement, to perform the work of handling the train
orders in question.
FINDINGS:
The Third Division of the Adjustment Board finds:
That the dispute was certified to the Third Division of the Adjustment
Board ex parte by the complainant party; and
That no hearing thereon has been held, and under date of Fbruary 10,
1955, the complainant party addressed a formal communication to the Secretary of the Third Division requesting withdrawal of this case, which request
is hereby granted.
AWARD
Claim dismissed.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
ATTEST: (Sgd.) A.IvanTummon
Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 17th day of February, 19-55.
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