NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION Docket Number MW-22752
Joseph A. Sickles, Referee
(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood
that:
(1) The Agreement was violated when, during the period extending
from September 13, 1976 to November 2, 1976, an employe junior to Trackman
V. L. Zarate was used to perform overtime service on Tie Gang No. 32
(System File 11-1580-220-119/13-T-65-4).
(2) The Carrier shall now allow to Claimant Zarate pay at his
overtime rate for a number of hours equal to the overtime hours worked by
the junior employe from September 13, 1976 to November 2, 1976."
OPINION OF BOARD: The Claimant asserts that the Carrier used a junior
employe to perform overtime work during a designated
period of time.
The Carrier asserts that during the applicable period, the only
junior employe who was used for overtime work was a truck driver (Roberts).
The truck driver hauled fuel for certain of the machines which
were being used at the times in question, moved slow boards and transported
members of the section from the work train site to headquarters.
As a truck driver, Roberts was required to operate a number of
different types of vehicles during the course of a work day; some of which
required a commercial driver's license.
The fact that Roberts was used to operate a "pickup truck" during
certain periods of time (and a commercial license may not have been required
for that vehicle) does not, to us, justify the claim. If an individual is
designated as a driver, it would appear that he is required to drive whatever vehicle happens to be
Under the circumstances, we will dismiss the claim.
Award Number 22732 Page 2
Docket Number PLHT-22752
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 31st day of January 1980.