Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 28263
THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MW-27638
90-3-87-3-50
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Rodney E. Dennis when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(National Railroad Passenger Corporation - (Amtrak)
Northeast Corridor
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:
(1) The Agreement was violated when the Carrier assigned Foreman D.
Maine instead of Truck Driver C. Townes to perform truck driving work on July
24, 25, 30, 31 and August 1, 1985 (System File NEC-BMWE-SD-1396).
(2) As a consequence of the aforesaid violation, Mr. C. Townes shall
be allowed forty-three and one-half (43 1/2) hours of pay at his time and
one-half rate."
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.
This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the
dispute involved herein.
Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.
It is well established that the burden of proof is on the Organization to establish that the wor
On the dates claimed, a Foreman was assigned to an inventory project.
In order to perform this work, he drove the Carrier vehicle to transport himself to the job site. It
Form 1 Award No. 28263
Page 2 Docket No. MW-27638
90-3-87-3-50
The Organization has failed to show either by specific language in
the Agreement or by past practice that the work in question was exclusively
performed by the Claimant.
A W A R D
Claim denied.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
Attest:
Nancy J er - Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 28th day of February 1990.