NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION Docket Number CL-15432
William M. Edgett, Referee
(Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks,
(Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood (GL-5748)
that:
(1) The Carrier violated the Clerks' Rules Agreement; particularly
Rules 1 and 25, beginning on April 13, 1964 and continuing thereafter, when
the Relay Operator (telegrapher) on duty 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight, was
required to assist the Clerks to work the head-·nd of train No. 35 at Brookfield, Missouri; a
was required to assist the Clerks on duty with =he head-end work on passenger
train No. 55.
(2) That C. W. Amen, extra clerk an(/or his successor(s) on the
extra list, be compensated for a three hour call on both the second and third
trick each day beginning April 13, 1964 and eacn day thereafter until the
violation is corrected. On the days that Mr. Amen was unavailable due to
working other positions, the senior employe on his rest day at the facility
is to be compensated for the calls.
OPINION OF BOARD: This is a companion case to that contained in
Award 19213 such identical dispute arising at Brookfield,
Missouri where a telegrapher was permitted to assist a clerk in "head end"
work on passenger trains Nos. 35 and 55.
We will follow Award 13823 (Referee Dorsey) and Award 19213 and
deny the claim.
FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record
and all the evidence, finds and holds:
That the parties waived oral hearing;
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;
Award Number 19214 Page 2
Docket Number CL-15432
That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over
the dispute involved herein; and
That the Agreement was not violated.
A W A R D
Claim denied.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
ATTEST:
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Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 25th day of May 1972.