NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
Claim of the General Committee of The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, that:
1. Carrier violated the scope rule, Rule 1, of the Telegraphers'
Agreement when on August 28, 1958, and on each succeeding day,
it required employes at Osawatomie to place train orders in a
pneumatic tube for delivery to train service employes at a distant
location and thus deprived the telegraphers of the work of delivering
the orders, which work is reserved to the telegraphers.
2. Carrier violated the Rule 1 of the Telegraphers' Agreement
when it declared the telegrapher position at SK Jet. abolished when
the work of handling train orders still exists and was merely removed from the former location.
3. Carrier shall now compensate the following telegraphers for
eight (8) hours each work day at the pro rate of pay and shall pay
any other employe adversely affected by this violation.
Following are the employes affected:
H. S. Weissenfiuh 1st Trick SK Jet.
A. P. Hoyt 2nd Trick SK Jet.
#K. L, Walker 3rd Trick SK Jet.
R. A. Talbott Swing SK Jet.
A. E. Crossno One (1) day week tail end job.
#Third trick open as of this date and unassigned, allowing the oldest
extra man this time.
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 hearing was waived and under date of December 31, 1959, the
parties jointly addressed a formal communication to the Secretary of the
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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: S. H. Schulty
Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 11th day of January, 1960.