Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 28187
 THIRD DIVISION Docket No. SG-28290
 89-3-87-3-856
 The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
 addition Referee Irwin M. Lieberman when award was rendered.

 (Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim on behalf of the General Committee of the
 Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen on the National



Protest of Bulletin No. 2205, dated March 7, 1986, that it be cancelled and rebulletined in accordan violated the current Signalmen's Agreement, as amended, particularly, Exhibit No. 'A,' Letter No. 11 of the August 12, 1982 Agreement, when it changed the Classification, labeled and specialized positions in Bulletin No. 2205. Carrier file NEC-BRS-SD-256.


Protest of Bulletin No. 2223, dated May 5, 1986, that it be cancelled and rebulletined in accordance with the Agreement, account of Carrier violated the current Signalmen's Agreement, as amended, particularly, Exhibit No. 'A,' Letter No. 11 of the August 12, 1982 Agreement, when it changed the Classification, labeled and spec NEC-BRS-SD-265. BRS Case No. 7219

Protest of Bulletin No. 2229, dated May 22, 1986, that it be cancelled and rebulletined in accordanc 'A', Letter No. 11 of the August 12, 1982 Agreement, when it changed the Classification, labeled and file NEC-BRS-SD-266, BRS-Case No. 7220

 FINDINGS:

 The Third Division of the Adjustment Board upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

 The carrier or carriers and the employe or employes involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

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 This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the
 dispute involved herein.

        Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.


These three Claims all deal with the bulletining of positions titled "Electronic Technician (Communications)" in 1986. The Organization protested the bulletining due to a change in the title of the position as well as new qualifications and examinations for the new positions. The Organization alleges that Carrier violated Exhibit A, Letter No. 11 of the August 12, 1982 Agreement between the parties by its actions. That letter provides in pertinent part as follows:

            "A. The classification of Electronic Technician shall be included in the Scope of the Agreements dated June 1, 1943 and September 1, 1949, as amended, in effect between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and its Communication and Signal Department Employees of the Southern and Northern Districts, respectively, of the Northeast Corridor represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen.


            B. The Work Classification Rules of the respective Schedule Agreements are hereby amended to include therein the following:


            'Electronic Technician - An employee responsible for the installation, maintenance, adjustment, repair and replacement of electronic and electromagnetic components associated with C.T.C. code control systems, hot box detectors, motion sensors, presence detectors, broken flange and wheel detectors, switch lock overlays, high and wide load detectors, flood and sli detectors and any other similar systems in the Communications and Signal Department and the code lin systems associated with them.'


            D. Applicants for positions of Electronic Technician must be knowledgeable in electronic theory and must possess the requisite capabilities of successfully completing a training course. They will be given written tests and on the basis of such tests, as well as past work experience and individual qualifications, determination will be made by the Company as to whether ap

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 As a consequence of its actions, the Organization insists that the Carrier either rebulletin the positions within the purview of the Agreement or negotiate a separate Classifi
Carrier avers that it did not violate the Agreement since the incumbents of the bulletined positions
The Board is of the opinion that the Organization is partially correct in its contentions. There was would require negotiation. However, Carrier was within its rights in expanding the duties of the pos verify the qualifications of the bidders. In terms of remedy, the Board sees no reason to rebulletin the positions. However, Carrier will immediately drop the added word "Communications" from the job title.

                        A W A R D


        Claim sustained in accordance with the Findings.


                              NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

                              By Order of Third Division


Attest:
        Nancy J. -Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of November 1989.