Docket Number SG-20800


                            Joseph A. Sickles, Referee


              (Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

                            ( The Texas and Pacific Railway Company


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

              Railroad Signalmen on The Texas and Pacific Railway Company:


              On behalf of Signalmen R. D. Suttee and ti. R. Martin, Gang 1644, for as additional payment of six (6) hours each at time and one-half their straight time howly rate of $5.52 per hour, account required to suspend signal work on April 9, 1973, to perform work of another craft (l&inteosace of Way employee), cutting prwh an the right-of-way in violation of the Scope Rule and Rules 12 and 62 of the Signalman's Agreement and our understanding ca the subject - M Chairman's file 141. Carrier's file G-315-7,f


              OPINION OF BOARD-This dispute is similar to the one disposed of by our Award

                        No. 20979 and the basic factors set out therein are

              equally applicable here.


              We do note, however, a slightly different treatment of the December 22, 1969 letter while this m For instance, in the initial denial, the Superintendent stated that "changing poles was synonymous with "stringing line wire." We concur with the employe's contention that such a In the final denial, the Director of Labor Relations stated:


                      "The authority to make and interpret agreements


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                      rests with the undersigned."


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              No purpose is served by a detailed recitation herein of the con

              cepts expressed in our Award 20979. Suffice it to say that those con-

              oepts, which control this result, are incorporated herein, by reference.


              We will sustain the claim for additional payment at the pro-rata rate.


              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;

                Award Nu mber 20980 page 2

                Docket Number SG-20800


That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier end Employes within the meaning of the Railway labor Act, as approved Tune 21, 1934;

 That this Division of the Adjustment Hoard has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and

        That the Agreement vas violated.


                    A W A R D


shave. Claim sustained to the extent stated in the Opinion of Hoard,

                          NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTADZIIT HOARD

                          By Order of Third Division


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 Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 27th day of February, 1976.