NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION Docket Number SG-19746
Joseph A. Sickles, Referee
(Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the General Committee of the
Brotherhood of
Rail
road Signalmen on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific Railroad Company:
On behalf of J. D. Schmeling for payment of additional meal expense
over and above that allowable under Section
1-B-3
of Award 298 for the period
November 2 through
5, 1970.
(Carrier's File: F-1071)
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 Awards Nos. 20094, 20095, 20096 and 20097,
Dockets Nos. °u-19530, SG-19531, SG-19540 and
19746
The Majority has made a play cr, semantics to dismiss these clairs.
We hold that the meaning and intent of the option exercised is quite
clear and that it should have been applied accordingly.
Awards Nos. 20094, 20095, 20096 and 20097 being in error, I dissent.
)W.-W. Altus, Jr.
Labor Member
