NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD
COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the General Committee of The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers on The Denver and Rio Grande western
Railroad that:
(1) Carrier violated Rules 1 and 21 of the current Agreement
when, effective December 1, 1955, it abolished all the telegrapher
positions at the Passenger Station at Grand Junction, Colorado, and
transferred the work previously done by telegraphers to employes
not under the Telegraphers' Agreement; further by instructing trainmen and/or conductors to seek permission from the dispatcher on
duty to depart from Grand Junction and check the messages addressed to them with the dispatcher before being permitted to depart
from the Passenger Station at Grand Junction;
(2) Carrier also violated the terms of the Special Agreement
executed between the parties on August 21, 1954, specifically Article
V, Carrier's Proposal No. 7, Section 1, Paragraph (a), when superintendent Coleman failed to specify a reason for denying the claim;
(3) Carrier shall therefore be required to compensate the senior
idle telegrapher on the Grand Junction Division for one day's pay
for each and every occasion that the above-described violation takes
place, not to exceed three telegrapher days in each 24 hours; this
claim to commence December 1, 1955, and continue until this violation is corrected.
FINDINGS:
The Third Division of the Adjustment Board finds:
That the dispute was certified to the Third Division of the Adjustment
Board ex parts by the complainant party; and
That hearing thereon has been held but not concluded, and under date of
March 5, 1957, the parties 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 THIfiD DIVISION
ATTEST: A. Ivan Tummon
Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 15th day of March, 1957.
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