Edt8Td L. Suntrap, .-REfexee


(Brotherhood of Railroad Signalman PARTIES TO DISPUTE
    (Akron.. Canton and Youngstown Railroad Company


STAMaNT CF C:AT~4: "Claim of the General Committee of the Brotherhood of Fail-
 road Sigalmen on The Akron, Canton and Youngsttoun Rail .road C=Tazq that:

 (a) The Carrier is continuing `_a viola+_e the rules of the Sio-.alxn's Agreement effective July 1, 1971, establishing `,he position of Signals and Communications Maintenance Foreman. On n-er our occasions we have requested the Carrier to fill the position of Signals and Coamunic--tioas Maintenance Foreman, but instead the Carrier is contim_~ `,a instruct Mr. E. C. Bell, Assistant Division sneer-S&G, and other S&C sumervisors to perform the Sigals and C~nications Maintenance Foreman's duties.

 (b) The carrier now say Mr. Tong and Mr. Bell in addition `.,o their hourly S&C asiatairers' rates of pay., -the Signals and Colmunicstions Maintenance Foreman rate of pay beglnain~ sir-"'ty (EO) days prix' -ro the f'~ date of this claim.

 (c) This claim is also beig filed in accordance vi+.h Article 7, Rule 701 (e), of the Signalmn's Agreement effective June 15, 1955."

 OPINIOTT OF BOARD: By letter dated August 23, 1980 the Organization filed
                claim under Article 7, Rule 701(e) of cur. ent general _e_

rent dated July 15, 1955 to the effect that Carrier eras in violation of s=ecial
 Agreement dated July 1, 1971 (and a.:.e:3ed :<_brca.^y 15, 1974) which establls'ne3
 and retained the position of Signals and Communications ..~iatenanc Foreman.
 A fortiori to this c:_Aim Organization requested coapeasatioa adj us tment f cr
 Signalmen Tong and Bell'.

        An analysis of the record before the Board clesrl7 shows that there

is a special Agreement is force between the pasties which states '..hat ~e posi
 tion of Signal and Communics,tions Maintenance Foreman be established and :e
 ttalned. No citing by Carrier of general Rules ('-:CS, 406 stag. ) nul"i °ies such
 special Agreement. This Board has r,tled on a=e^oas occasions -zha t srec4 jl
 Rules negotiated between parties have priority awr gene--al rules (Tsi_-d
 Division 10'77 inter alia). Nor does the citing by the Cal- .--;ex of adverse
 business conditions at a given point in time, nor of employees' failure to
 bid or. the position abolish the position. Oaf the mx-ties can abolish the
 position by means of negotiations. For this Board to isle otaex-wise would
 place i t far beyond its ,jurisdictional authority which is limited to the
 interpretation of collective bargairiag contacts (Third Division Auaxds
 0695, 21697 inter ali.).With respect to part (a) of Organization's srzne-
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