1. The agent-operator's rate of pay shall be restored at Stanfield agency and Parkwood agency.

2. The senior idle operator, extra in preference, shall be paid a day's pay for each day the telephone is retained at these agencies.

EMPLOYES' STATEMENT OF FACTS: Carrier's main line, on which the two stations involved are situated, extends westward from Norfolk, Virginia to Charlotte, North Carolina, a distance of 381 miles. Stanfield, North Carolina is located 363 miles west of Norfolk while Parkwood is 298 miles distant. In relation to Charlotte, Stanfield is 23 miles to the east and Packwood 88 miles distant. Parkwood was formerly known as "Hallisan".

The current Agreement as published August 1, 1937, listed Stanfield and Hallison (Parkwood) under Article 32-Wage Scale, which provided:

"The minimum rate hereafter established for non-telegraph offices referred to in Section (b) of Article 2 of this agreement will be $62.50 per month, except at Glendon, Pantego, Northwest and Hallison. The minimum rate applicable to telegraph positions hereafter established will be 58¢ per hour on branch lines and 59~· per hour on the main line. It is understood that the main line constitutes the track from Norfolk, Va., to Charlotte, N. C., inclusive.

A - Agent

0 - Operator

AO - Agent Operator

OC - Operator-Clerk

YC-O - Yard Clerk-Operator

L - Leverman

OL - Operator-Leverman

T - Towerman

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"The minimum rate hereafter established for non-telegraph offices starred (*) in the wage scale (Appendix A), except Glendon, Pantego, and Hallison, will be $197.49. The minimum rate applicable to telegraph positions hereafter established will be $1.402 per hour on branch lines and $1.414 per hour on the main line. (It is understood that the main line consists of the track from Norfolk, Va. to Charlotte, N. C., inclusive.)"

For the reasons herein stated, the respondent holds the claim is without contractual basis or merit; contrary to past practice and should be denied, and we urge that your Division so hold.

(Exhibits not reproduced.)

OPINION OF BOARD: The dispute is similar to the one in Award No. 12628. On the basis of what we said in that case and on the further fact that the issue was adjudicated in Awards 9572, 9573, 10825, 10836, 11509, 11512, 11610, and 11611, there is no merit to the claims.

FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, after giving the parties to this dispute due notice of hearing thereon, and 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; and

That Carrier did not violate the Agreement.

AWARD