NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the General Committee of The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the Norfolk Southern Railway that:
1. The Carrier violated the agreement between the parties
when, on July 14, 1953, it suspended Operator-Clerk Homer C. Spell
from his regular assignment at Bailey, North Carolina (12:00 Noon
to 8:00 P. M.), and required him to proceed to Neverson, approximately three and one-half miles distant to copy train order No. 50,
and deliver same to Extra 1608 North, in the absence of any emergency.
2. The Carrier shall be required to compensate Operator Spell
to the extent of a day's pay for this service performed at Neverson
in addition to that received for his regular assignment at Bailey.
3. The Carrier violated the agreement between the parties
when, on September 19, 1953, it suspended Operator-Clerk C. W.
Fish from his assignment at Bailey, North Carolina (8:00 A. M. to
4:00 P. M.) and required him to proceed to Neverson to copy train
orders Nos. 48, 50 and 52 and deliver same to trains No. 98 and
Extra 1504 North, respectively, when no emergency existed.
4. The Carrier shall be required to compensate Operator Fish
to the extent of a day's pay, in addition to that of his regular assignment at Bailey, because of having required the performance of
this work at Neverson.
FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board finds:
That the dispute was certified to the Third Division of the Adjustment
Board ex pane by the complainant party; and
That hearing thereon has been held and concluded. Under date of October 26, 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.
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AWARD
Claim dismissed.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of THIRD DIVISION
ATTEST: S. H. Schulty
Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 23rd day of November, 1959.