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 Agreement between the parties when
on April 12, 1958, at 11:59 P. M. it declared abolished the positions
of CTC telegraphers at Gurdon, Arkansas, without actually abolishing the work of such positions, and acting unilaterally transferred
the work of these positions to employes not covered by the Telegraphers' Agreement,
2. Carrier shall restore the work of the positions to telegraphers and shall compensate
H. W. McCain
M. S. Nelson
Guy Wilson
J. D. Foshee
J. W. Harris
and any other telegraphers adversely affected in this improper
transfer of work, all loss of pay and expenses, beginning with April
12, 1958.
3. Compensation shall be for one day's pay at the Gurdon,
Arkansas CTC Telegrapher-Clerk rate for each work day of the
position, in addition to any other pay made to these employes for
any other work. Expenses shall be actually expenses incurred by
these employes which would not have occurred had they remained
on the positions which were declared abolished.
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.