Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 28578
THIRD DIVISION Docket No. CL-28399
90-3-88-3-168
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee John B. LaRocco when award was rendered.
(Transportation Communications International Union
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood
(GL-10258) that:
1. Carrier violated the TCU (formerly BRAC) Agreement on the date of
June 30, 1987 at Shops, Illinois, when it called Mr. M. R. Williamson to fill
11:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. June 29, 1987, Telegrapher/Leverman position and subsequently refused to pro
the Rules of the Agreement.
2. Carrier's action was violative of the Agreement between the parties, expressly Rule 37 contai
3. Carrier shall now be required to allow Mr. M. R. Williamson the
difference between compensation allowed of six (6) hours fifty-five (55)
minutes and that of eight (8) hours at the straight time rate of position
worked, 11:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. Telegrapher/Leverman for claim date of June
30, 1987."
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.
Claimant, an employee on the Guaranteed Extra Board, filled a position at Havana, Illinois, from
in the day, the Carrier called Claimant to protect a third shift Telegrapher/
Leverman position at Shops Tower. The normal hours for the third shift are
11:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M.Since Claimant was not rested under the Hours of
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Service Law until 12:05 A.M., the Carrier held over the second shift Leverman
and directed Claimant to report at 12:05 A.M. on June 30, 1987. Claimant performed service for six h
Claimant for the precise time he actually worked. Claimant seeks an additional one hour and five min
Once the Carrier calls an extra employee and he reports to work, Rule
37, the Day's Work Provision, obligates the Carrier to compensate the extra
employee a minimum of eight hours of pay at the straight time rate even if he
works fewer than eight hours. See Third Division Awards 25504 and 24306.
Here, Claimant was called to fill out an eight hour vacancy. Although the
Carrier had good reason for directing Claimant to report after the commencement of the third shift,
pay. See Third Division Award 26539.
A W A R D
Claim sustained.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
Attest:
Nancy J. v - Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 16th day of October 1990.