Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 28532
THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MW-28778
90-3-89-3-167
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Joseph A. Sickles when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(Soo Line Railroad Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:
(1) The Carrier violated the Agreement when it called junior Burro
Crane Operator S. Solum instead of Burro Crane Operator D. Frojen to fill a
temporary relief position from November 30, 1987 until December 21, 1987
(System File 8558 #I1552F/800-46-B-302).
(2) The claim as presented by General Chairman G. Western on January
29, 1988 to General Manager Engineering G. A. Nilsen shall be allowed as presented because said clai
Rules 13-1(a) and (b).
(3) As a consequence of the violations referred to in Parts (1)
and/or (2) above, Mr. D. Frojen shall now be reimbursed for all time lost from
November 30, 1987 through December 20, 1987 and have all overtime, vacation,
fringe benefits and other rights restored which were lost to him as a result
of the above violation."
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.
On the property, the Organization asserted that it did not receive a
denial to its Claim in a timely manner, and it continued to press that contention to this Board.
Form 1 Award No. 28532
Page 2 Docket No. MW-28778
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There is a conflict of record as to whether the Carrier did forward
the document as mandated by the Agreement.
Third Division Awards 25100 and 25309 speak to the Carrier's evidenciary requirements and contro
A W A R D
Claim sustained.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
Attest:
Nancy ver - Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 28th day of August 1990.