Award
No. 8973
Docket No.
TE-9692
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION
PARTIES TO DISPUTE;
THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the General Committee of the
Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the Pennsylvania Railroad that:
The Carrier violated the Scope Rule of the Agreement when,
commencing November 19, 1955, it issued orders that the CS-54
report, a communication of record, be assembled by certain designated Agents and relayed by telephone to the Superintendent of
Freight Stations at Chicago, Illinois.
Carrier shall compensate an extra telegrapher, or if none available,
a regular man idle, named below, one day's pay for each place and each
day commencing on November 19, 1955 that an Agent at Polk Street,
Chicago, Illinois, Agent at Valparaiso, Indiana, Lima, Ohio, Logansport,
Indiana, South Bend, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Marion, Indiana, and Cadillac, Michigan, receives and relays these
reports and a similar day's pay because of the reports being received in
the Office of Superintendent Freight Stations by an employe not covered by
the Scope Rule of the Telegraphers' Agreement.
Claimants named below are to be covered beginning with November
19, 1955 and including all subquent dates beyond the above date April 12,
1956:
Cadillac, Mich. W. P, Roffman
Grand Rapids, Mich, V. N. Hayden
Marion, Ind. K. Shields
Fort Wayne, Ind. E. J. Adams
South Bend, Ind. H. G. Marshall
Logansport, Ind. W. R. Jones
Lima, Ohio A. R. Trentman
Valparaiso, Ind. S. E. Ritenor
Polk St., Chicago, Illinois R. F. Pointer
Supt. Freight Stations, Chicago R. A. Paschke
FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board finds:
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That the dispute was certified to the Third Division of the Adjustment
Board ex parte by the complainant party; and
That hearing thereon has been held and concluded. Under date of
August 13, 1959, the parties jointly addressed a formal communication to
the Secretary of the Third Division requesting withdrawal of this case from
further consideration by the Division, which request is hereby granted.
AWARD
Claim dismissed.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of THIRD DIVISION
ATTEST: F. P. Morse
Acting Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 15th day of September, 1959.