PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

CRAIN CAR COOPERS LOCAL 1286-S-1

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF LONGSHOREMEN


EASTERN WEIGHING AND INSPECTION BUREAU

COOPERAGE AND RECLAMATON SERVICE DEPARTMENT


STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claiming one day's pay for February 22nd, 1958, a holiday and Saturday, for thirty-three employes of the Company.














The Petitioner admits that the work week starts on Monday but contends that it runs through Sunday-by "custom of the Company." Consequently, they hold that the holiday, Saturday, February 22, 1958, Washington's Birthday, was a work day of the work week and that the thirty-three named claimants should therefore be paid a day's pay of eight hours at the pro-rata hourly rate for the holiday under Rule 4 (b) of the Agreement as amended, effective May 1, 1954.


The Respondent says that all work weeks are Monday through Friday, with Saturday and Sunday as rest days.







8997 = 45

The Petitioner here has failed to prove that Saturday, February 22, 1958, fell "on a work day of the work week" for the named claimants as the term "work week" is defined ip Rule 1 (b); consequently this claim fails for lack of proof and must be denied.


FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board 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














Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 31st day of July, 1959.