NATIONAL. RAILROAD ADJi7520NT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION Docket Humber
CL-24161
George S. Ronkis, Referee
(Brotherhood of
Railway,
Airline and Steamship Clerks,
( Freight Handlers, Express and Station Enployes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
STAT34MT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood
(GL-9445)
that:
(1) Carrier violated the effective Clerk-Telegrapher Agreement when,
on various dates commencing September
7, 1979
and continuing, it causes and
permits employees not covered thereby, to pick up and deliver materials and
supplies at Fairmont.. West Virginia, wad
(2)
Because of such impropriety, Carrier shall be required to compensate Chief Yard Clark J. K. Come
(8)
hours'
pay
($70.88)
for the dates of September
7, 11, 13, 26, 23;
October 1,.
5, 10, 11,
12, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26, 30;
November 1,
2, 6, 9, 15, 21, 23, 27;
December 13
14, 18, 20, 27, 31, 1979;
January 1,
7, 9a 10, 15, 18,
23,
25, 29,
31; February
Sa 8a 13a 20a 21, 27, 29;
March
4, 5a 7a
UP
14, 19a 25a 2Ta 31;
April 1,
3a 7a 9a
11, 17, 18, 24, 29, 30;
May
2, 8, 9
and
13a 1980·
OPINION OF BOARD: The Organization contends that terrier violated Rule 1(c) of
the controlling Agreement when it assigned part of the work
belonging to the Janitor-Messenger position at Fairmont.. West Virginia to a
Maintenance of Way Track Foreman. The Janitor-Messenger position vas
abolished,
effective September
7, 1979·
The work in question involved the delivery of
packages, bundles, cases and parcels of company materials and supplies from
the storekeeper's office which the Organization argues should have been assigned
to the Chief Yard Clark position or another clerical employs covered by the Agree
ment at that location. It avers that the incumbent of the abolished Janitor
Messenger's position regularly performed this function at Fairmont and it vas
protected work under the Agreement and the relevant decisional lax of Special
Board of Adjustment Ho.
192.
Carrier contends that it did not violate the Agreement, since it
re-assigned the abolished position's functions to other clerical employer at
that location consistent with the requirements of Rule 1(c). It argues that
the former Janitor-Messenger consented-to use his own vehicle to deliver materials
and supplies for which he received a mileage allowance under Rule
23,
wad this
particularized arrangement removed this work from the protective coverage of
Rule 1(c). It asserts that it could not force another clerical employs to use
his private automobile to perform this work since Rule
23
did not require as
employs to use his vehicle for company business to qualify for a position. It
avers that the work was also performed by the Maintenance of Way Track Foresaw
who used a company owned truck to deliver supplies and it vas permissible under
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Docket Number CL-24161
these distinguishable circumstances to assign the work to him.
In our review of this case, we concur with Claimant's position.
Essentially, the reasoning is Award No. 91 of Special Board of Adjuscment No.
192 articulates a fundamental principle that if work of an abolished position
is incident to the primary duties of any craft or class, the work nonetheless,
if it is to be continued at that location, reverts to the remaining employes
of the abolished position's craft at that location. The duties of the JanitorMessenger in the instan
to Rule 23, to deliver the materials at Fairmont, but he also loaded and unloaded these materials in
work process that was different from the incidental work performed by the
Maintenance of Way Track Foreman. In some cases, however, it was necessary
to load these supplies in the Maintenance of Way Track Foreman's truck, because of bulls weight, siz
warrant its exclusive assignment to the Track Foreman.. when the Janitor-Messinger's position was ab
work
should have been first offered
to Claimant or the other clerical. employee at Fairmont., West Virginia before
being assigned carte blanche to the Track Foreman. If Claimant or the other
employee refused to perform this work, in accordance with Rule 23, then the
Track Foreman could have been assigned this work. Exclusivity is not at issue.
Since the work was performed by, the Janitor.,Hessenger on a rather long term
basis, it was work that de facto accrued to this position and was protected by
Rule 1(c). Inasmuch as carrier did not offer this work first to Claimant or
the other clerical employes at that location, it violated the Agreement. We
agree with Carrier, however, that the claimed relief requested is unduly excessive and disproportion
direct that Claimant be paid his straight time for fifteen (15) minutes on
each of the claimed dates. This was the estimated time it took to perform
the disputed function.
FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole
record and all the evidence, finds and holds:
That the parties waived anal hearing;
That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are
respectively Carrier and F5aployea 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 violated.
A W A R D
Claim sustained is accordance with the Opinion.
Award Number
23945 age 3
Docket Number CS.-24161
NATIONAL RAILROAD AWTJS24MT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
ATTEST: Acting Executive Secretary
National Railroad Adjustment Bawd
By
.J~.ts~
~marie Brasch - Administrative Assistant
Dated at Chicago., 111inoisv this 14th day of July
1982.