PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

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




STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood (GL-5782) that:




EMPLOYES' STATEMENT OF FACTS: This dispute is between the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes as the representative of the class or craft of employes in which the claimant in this case held position and the Southern Railway Company.


Mrs. D. C. Dodson was a clerical employe in the Passenger Section of the Accounting Bureau, Southern Railway Company, holding a position of Ticket Clerk until her position was abolished on October 31, 1963. Mrs. Dodson was, therefore, entitled to exercise a displacement as provided in our Agreement Rule 21. She was denied this right, the Carrier contending "inasmuch as Mrs. Dodson had no experience as a Keypunch Operator, she was not allowed to make a displacement because she was not qualified."


Claim was filed accordingly on December 30, 1963, by Chairman, Protective Committee, Mr. E. E. Yancey (Employes' Exhibit A) which reads:






"RULE 21.

REDUCING FORCES AND EXERCISING SENIORITY

(Revised, effective October 1, 1935)













OPINION OF BOARD: This case involves the same parties, agreements and issues as in Award No. 15164. For reasons stated in that Award we will deny the Claim.


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








Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of January 1967.

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