Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 28565
THIRD DIVISION Docket No. TD-28415
90-3-88-3-207
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee George S. Roukis when award was rendered.
(American Train Dispatchers Association
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(CSX Transportation, Inc.
(former Louisville 6 Nashville Railroad)
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
"(a) CSX Transportation, Inc. ('Carrier') violated its (former LSN)
Train Dispatchers' basic schedule Agreement effective 12:Ola.m. December 15,
1986 when it permitted and/or required Train Dispatchers in its Jacksonville,
Florida office who are not covered by said Agreement to exercise primary
responsibility for the movement of trains on the Americus, Grimes, Enterprise,
Richland and Dothan Subdivisions of the Mobile Division.
(b) Because of said violation, the Carrier shall now compensate the
senior extra Train Dispatcher available in the Mobile office as of the starting hour of each shift,
Train Dispatchers, starting with first shift on December 15, 1986 and continuing on each shift and d
(c) In the event there are no extra Train Dispatchers available
under the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) above, the claim shall be
payable to the senior regularly assigned Train Dispatcher in the Mobile office
who is available at such times.
(d) The identities of individual Train Dispatchers eligible for the
compensation claimed in paragraphs (b) and (c) above are readily ascertainable
from the Carrier's records, and shall be determined by a joint check thereof
in order to eliminate the necessity of presenting a multiplicity of daily
claims."
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.
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The Organization contends that when Carrier permitted and/or required
train dispatchers in its Jacksonville, Florida, office who were not covered by
the former Louisville & Nashville Railroad Agreement to exercise primary responsibility for the
the Mobile Division's supervisory control effective December 15, 1986, said
action violated the former L & N Train Dispatchers' Agreement. The subdivisions transferred were
Specifically, the Organization maintains that while the duties of
Chief, Night Chief, and Assistant Chief Dispatcher associated with these
subdivisions were transferred to the Mobile Division, Carrier continued the
Trick Train Dispatcher duties in the Jacksonville office. Accordingly, since
the Mobile Division's seniority district was enlarged, the Organization argues
that the duties of Trick Train Dispatcher accrued to employees under the former L & N Agreement.
In response, Carrier points out that when it realigned its Divisional
boundaries in December, 1986, it was necessary to adjust some of the territory
from one Division to another. Consequently, with new Division alignments it
was not unusual for a Division to encompass more than one "Railroad" on that
Division. This meant that employees covered under the former Seaboard Coast
Line Railroad Agreement and the Louisville and Nashville Agreement were working on the Mobile Divisi
SCL
Trick Train
Dispatchers reported to and were supervised by the Chief Dispatcher in Jacksonville, Florida. In eff
administrative change, Carrier argues that it was not required to negotiate
with the Organization.
In considering this case, the Board concurs with Carrier's position.
There has been no clear cut indisputable evidence that the Divisional realignments resulted in separ
L & N employees worked exclusively on the Mobile Division. As a result of the
realignment, specifically, the transfer of the five subdivisions, there has
been no correlative showing that it was incumbent upon Carrier to maintain a
complete separation of Divisional activities, particularly, where there was a
distinct commingling of
SCL
and L & N employees at Mobile. Since the Divisional realignments were not akin to the formal
the Organization's Claim. Argument in and of itself is not a substitute for
probative evidence.
A W A R D
Claim denied.
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NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
Attest:
ancy J.~ y,~ - Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 27th day of September 1990.