NATIOXAAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION Docket Number
SG-19531
Joseph A. Sickles, Referee
(Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad C
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the General Committee of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Signalmen on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific Railroad Compariy:
On behalf of Special Signalman J. D. Schmeling and Assistant Signalman
T. C. Keating and R. A. Hinther for payment of additional meal expenses on may
11 and 12, 1970. (Carrier's File: F-1068)
OPINION OF BOARD: This dispute involves the same parties, same basic issues
and same Agreement as in Award No. 20094. For the
reasons stated in that Award, the claim is dismissed as discussed in that Opinion.
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;
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 dismissed.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
ATTEST:
Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 11th day of January 1974.
Dissent to Awarda Nos. 20094, 20095, 20496 and 20097,
Dockets Nos. SG-19530, SG19531. J1-19540 and SG-19746
The Majority has made a play on semantics to dismiss these claims.
We hold that the meaning and intent of the option exercised is quite
clear and that it should have been applied accordingly.
Awards Nos. 2oo94, 20095, 20096 and 20097 being in error, I dissent.
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Al
OIWI tus , Jr.
Labor Member