NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION Docket Number CL-23212
George E. Larney, Referee
(Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks,
( Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes
PARTIES TO DISPU~E~'
(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
STATEMENT OF Cl,Al ; Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood (GL-8911)
that:
(1) Carrier violated the Clerks' Rules Agreement at Sioux City, Iowa
when it utilized employes outside the scope and application of the agreement to
assume duties covered under the scope and application of such agreement on
June 28, 29, July 22, 25 and 26, 1977.
(2) Carrier shall now be required to compensate employes R. D. Blessing,
R. M. Hoberg, P. Weisz, M. Wensel, E. L. Flair, G. T. Malloy and L. DeGroot each
an additional eight (8) hours at the time and one-half rate on each of the claim
dates listed at the applicable rates; the applicable rates are to be determined
by a joint check of Carrier's records.
OPINICU OF BOARD: The Organization alleges Carrier violated several rules of
the Controlling Agreement, effective July 1, 1975, when on
the claim dates in question, it utilized the services of personnel provided by
an outside contractor to perform work of loading grain doors and grain car cooper
age at its Sioux City, Iowa facility. The Organization asserts the disputed work
has historically been performed at this facility under the scope and application
of the Clerks' Rules Agreement.
Carrier argues the disputed work is not now nor has it ever been
exclusively assigned to and/or performed by employes represented by the organization. Thus, Carrier
it utilized the services of personnel supplied by an outside contractor to perform the disputed work
Upon a review of the central issue, we find a preponderance of the
evidence supports the Organization's assertion that the disputed work has indeed
been performed by members of its Craft at the Carrier's Sioux City, Iowa location.
As to Carrier's primary contention that the Organization must prove exclusivity
of the dir.2uted work for its position to prevail, we disagree that this principle
is applicable in the instant case, referring the parties to what we said in our
Third Division Award No. 13236:
Award Number 23217
Docket Number CL-23212
"The exclusivity doctrine applies when the
issue is whether Carrier has the right to assign
certain work to different crafts and classes of
its employees - not to outsiders."
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In addition to the basic dispute at hand, we note the several minor
points at issue whdch shall be disposed of as follows:
1, As there is no evidence in the record to validate the claim date
of June 28, 1977, it shall be dropped from consideration by us
in disposing of this case.
2. As there is insufficient evidence in the record to support the
number of claimants in whose names this claim was progressed, we
rule to make our decision in this case applicable to the senior
claimant only, identified by name as E. L. Flair.
We find the applicable rate of pay to be the pro rata rate
rather
than
the time
and one-half rate as so contended by the Organization.
3.
Based on the foregoing discussion and determinations, the Board directs
Carrier to compensate Claimant, E, L. Flair, eight (8) hours pay at
the applicable
pro rata rate for each of the four (4) claim dates of June 29; July 22; July 25;
sad July 26, 1977.
FIMIMS; 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 is this dispute are
respectively Carrier and Employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act,
as approved June 21, 1934;
That this Division of the Adjustment Board hoe jurisdiction over the
dispute involved herein; and
That the Agreement was violated.
A W A R D
Claim sustained as set forth in the
Opinion.
ATTEST:
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Executive Secretary
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT~BOARD
By Order of Third Division
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 16th day of March
1981.
CARRIER WDMS
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DISSEM
TO
AWARD 23217 DOCYM CL-23212
Referee Larney
It is evident that the Majority here has misapplied the
exclusivity doctrine just as was done in Award 13236 upon which this
Award is founded. Compounding error does not make it right. For the
same reasons noted in our Dissent to Award 13236, we dissent here.
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