NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS,
FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND STATION EMPLOYES
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD-Gulf District
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
Claim of the System Committee of the
Brotherhood that:
1. Rule 51 (b) and (c) of the Clerks' Agreement was violated
by the Carrier when on May 19 and 20, 1958, certain timekeeping
payroll work performed manually in the Superintendents' offices at
DeQuincy, Louisiana, Kingsville, Texas and Palestine, Texas, was
transferred to the Machine Bureau in the Disbursements and Roadway and Transportation Section of the District Accounting Office,
Palestine, Texas, without negotiation for the assignment of work
and rates of pay.
2. That all employes affected by the abolishment of Payroll
Deduction Clerk No. 265, Palestine, Texas; General Clerk No. 267,
Palestine, Texas; Comptometer Operator No. 242, Palestine, Texas;
Asst. Timekeeper No. 1399, Kingsville, Texas, and Asst. Timekeeper
No. 2381, DeQuincy, Louisiana, namely, V. B. Fitzgerald, V. W.
Waldrum, A. N. May, Gertrude Altizer and Eva French, be compensated for all monetary losses sustained from date positions were
abolished until an agreement has been reached regarding assignment of work and rates of pay, account having to displace on lesser
paying positions. Losses to be determined by joint check of Carrier's
payrolls and other necessary records.
3. That all employes displaced as result of occupants of the
positions abolished exercising displacement rights be compensated for
all monetary losses sustained account having to displace on lesser
paying positions; namely, A. V. Murray, V. S. Faulk, F. A. Darling,
D. 0. Smith, R. C. Brooks, Kathleen Calloway, C. W. Dobbs, Lois
Green, Alma Reese, Margaret Mansur, Jessie Jones, Nelda C. Wall.
Losses to be determined by joint check of Carrier's payrolls and other
necessary records.
4. That occupants of Machine Operator positions D-6, D-7 and
D-17, be paid the rate of $20.30 per day; namely, W. M. Woodard,
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H. E. Picket and L. L. George and/or their successor or successors,
if a·iy, effective May 19, 1958, and each day thereafter until an
agreement has been reached regarding assignment of work and rate
of pay.
5. That occupants of Key Punch Machine positions D-11, D-12,
D-13, D-14, D-15 and D-16; namely, L. Beane, V. Garner, M. Mansur,
B. Hodges, R. Brooks, 0. Loveless and/or their successor or successors, if any, be paid $18.09 per day effective May 19, 1958, and each
day thereafter until an agreement has been reached regarding assignment of work and rates of pay.
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;
That the dispute was certified to the Third Division of the Adjustment
Board ex parte by the complainant party; and
That hearing thereon was waived by the parties and under date of
March 9, 1960, 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
Case dismissed.
NATIONAL RAILROAD
ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of THIRD DIVISION
ATTEST: S. H. Schulty
Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 24th day of March, 1960.