Award No. 10266 Docket No. CL-11574

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

THIRD DIVISION

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND STATION EMPLOYES

THE BELT RAILWAY COMPANY OF CHICAGO

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:

(a) Carrier violated the rules of the Clerks' Agreement when effective March 16, 1958, it unilaterally removed one and one-half hours work from Class 1 employes in Seniority District No. 9 and assigned it to Class 2 employes holding seniority in District No. 2.

(b) Class 1 employes, namely J. B. Heiser, W. Powers, J. A. Wojik, M. A. Steed, H. Cammack, A. H. Skinner, their regularly assigned relief and/or successor (s), if there be any, be compensated for a proportionate part of the actual time involved, or fifteen minutes additional compensation at the rate of time and one-half, account of being denied the right to perform and be paid for this work.

FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:

That the Carrier and 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 December 6, 1961, the parties jointly addressed a formal communication to

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