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:

(1) Carrier violated the provisions of the current Clerk's Agreement, when on September 13, 1958, it arbitrarily changed the status of Position #203 from a six day assignment to a five day assignment and concurrently there with assigned the work attached to the handling of bills of lading for outbound industrial traffic to the incumbent of Position #206, a lower rated position, on Saturdays.

(2) That the occupants of Position #206, namely L. Ramey and E. Egan, be compensated for the existing differential between the assigned rate of pay of Position .#203 and the regularly assigned rate of pay of Position #206 for each Saturday, effective September 13, 1958 and continuing until March 4, 1959, when the practice was discontinued.

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

That the Carrier and Employe involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employe 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 parts 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 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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