(Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
 PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
 (Missouri Pacific Railroad Ccmmpany

 STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the General Committee of the Brotherhood
 of Railroad Signalmen on the Missouri Pacific
 Railroad Company:

 On behalf of Signal Maintainer V. Smith, Pine Bluff, Ark., for 2.7 hours Class 3 time (time and one-half a mechanic's rate of pay) account being called at 6:25 a.m. prior to his regular starting time of 7:00 a.m. on September 12, 1975 to work on Communication Line Wire trouble, but was only paid 35 minutes at the 6vertime rate."

OPINION OF BOARD: Claimant is a regularly assigned Signal Maintainer
 who is headquartered at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. His
 regular hours are 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. On September 12, 1975 Claimant
 was called to repair a communication line prior to his regular starting
 time. Claimant commenced work at 6:25 A.M. and worked through his regular
 hours. The Carrier compensated Claimant at time and one-half for thfrty
 five (35) minutes.

 The Claimant alleges that under rule 308 he was entitled to be paid a minimum allowance of two (2) hours and forty (40) minutes.

 The Carrier contends that it acted in accord with the Agreement when it paid Claimant time and one-half for 35 minutes under rule 304(b) in that the work performed by Claimant was continuous with his regular working hours.







        "and one-half rate; if held longer than two (2) hours and forty (40) minutes, they will be paid at the rate of time and one-half computed on the actual minute basis, until the double time rate becomes applicable as provided in Rule 3o6.


        (b) The time of employes so notified in advance will begin at the time required to report. The time of an employe called will begin at the time called. The time of an employe notified or called will end at the time released at headquarters."


                    nRUf~E 304


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        (b) Overtime hours, either prior to or following and continuous with regularly established working periods, shall be computed on the actual minute basis and paid for at the rate of time and one-half."


The work performed by Claimant prior to his regular hours was continuous with his regular working hours and within the scope of rule 304. Accordingly we find that the Claimant was properly compensated and deny the claim.

        FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Hoard, 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.

                  Award Number 22263 Page 3

                  Docket Number SG-22052

                  A W A R D


        Claim denied.


                        NATIGTAL RAILROAD ADJiRS9HM HOARD

                        BY Order of Third Division


ATTEST:
        Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 12th day of January 1979.