NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION Docket Number CL-19699
(Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks,
( Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employee
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(J. F, Nash and R. C. Haldeman, Truestees of the Property
( of Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Debtor
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood (GL-7060)
that:
1. Carrier improperly and unilaterally applied wage increases to
those employes included in the Scope Rule of the Agreement, Rule 1, paragraph
(a), which covers positions and employes designated as "P" and which reads
"shall not be subject to any of the Rules of this Agreement except Rules 1,
3(d) and 18(c)."
2. The Carrier shall make such wage adjustments in the rates of
all "P" partially excepted positions coming under the provisions of Scope Rule
1, paragraph (a), as will bring it into full compliance with the provisions of
the February 25, 1971 Mediation Agreement, and shall make such retroactive wage
adjustments to claimant employes, as will fully compensate them for wage losses
suffered account improper application of the Wage Agreement by the Carrier, plus
1% interest per month, on all monies improperly withheld, from date of the offense until payment is
OPINION OF BOARD: The Claim is vague, indefinite and totally lacking in
specifics. Consequently, we are compelled to dismiss it.
See and compare Third Division Awards: 18640, 18956, 17740, 19026, <
13741 and 14682.
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
Award Number 20131 page 2
Docket Number CL-19699
The Claim must be dismissed for lack of specificity.
A W A R D
Claim dismissed.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
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ATTEST:
1`xecutive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 31st day of January 1974.
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