(Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the General Committee of the Brotherhood of

On behalf of Radio Communications Technicians E. Sumski, C. Latham, J. Varbury, J. Argiro, J. Morris, R. Eckardt, and R. Barreiro for eight hours pro rata pay each account radio equipment sent to the General Electric Company during the month of April 1972 to have work performed thereon.

 OPINION OF BOARD: This claim is based on an alleged violation of the
 Scope rule contained in the Agreement between the parties. Specifically it claimed that a violation arose when the Carrier sent certain radio equipment to the General Electric Company to have work performed thereon.

 The Carrier contends that it merely loaned five radio sets to General Electric so it could examine and analyze same to determine what modifications would be necessary to improve the radio equipment. It is further contended as a part of the engineering check out the equipment was modified in the improved manner as per the proposal of General Electric to upgrade the radio system. The five sets were then returned to the Carrier and are used for spare parts.

 The facts in this case are in dispute. The record herein fails to develop the facts sufficiently so that a definitive finding based on the Scope rule is possible.



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

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Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 30th day of May 1975.