Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 29087
THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MW-29278
92-3-90-3-168
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Charlotte Gold when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(CSX Transportation, Inc. (formerly The Chesapeaka
( and Ohio Railway Company)
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:
(i) The Agreement was violated when the Carrier used junior Trackmen
J. Bloomfield and/or T. Wisecup to perform trackman duties on Force 6614 and/or 6605 instead of Trac
to perform such service from April 3, 1989 through May 1, 1989 [System File
C-TC-4880/12(89-480) COS]. ,
(2) The Agreement was violated when the Carrier used junior Trackman
J. M. VanDalsen to perform trackman duties on regional forces instead of Trackman T. J. Goodon who w
from April 3, 1989 through May 1, 1989 (System File C-TC-4837/12(89-526).
(3) As a consequence of the violations referred to in Part (1) and/or
(2) hereof, Trackman T. J. Goodon shall be compensated at his trackman rate of
pay for all wage loss suffered."
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.
This dispute combines two Claims, both of which cover the period from
April 3 through May 1, 1989, resulting from Carrier's decision to recall three
furloughed trackmen on April 3, 1989. Claimant, a furloughed employee who alleged he was senior to t
to do the work and that he had properly notified Carrier of his willingness to
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perform temporary work, in accordance with Rule 5(c). The first Claim is for
all time spent by J. Bloomfield and/or T. Wisecup on Force 6614 and/or 6605
during this period and the second is for all time spent by J.M. VanDalsen on
regional forces on the Chicago-Cincinnati seniority district.
Carrier argues, and this Board agrees, that it is improper to make
two Claims for the same dates, since both cannot be awarded. One or the other
must fail. Central to the resolution of both is the question of whether Claimant did in fact properl
positions. Rule 5(c) mandates that "where cut-off employees desire to be used
to perform temporary or extra work, they will notify the Manager-Engineering
or other corresponding supervisory officer in writing accordingly." As pointed out by the Organizati
the form with the cut-off notice that reads "I desire to protect extra work
during period of furlough."
Carrier maintained throughout the handling of this Claim on the property that Claimant had calle
did not want to work on a regional force unless awarded a permanent position.
Claimant and the Organization denied this assertion.
Ultimately, the issue of whether Claimant ever orally informed the
Division Engineer that he was not interested in a temporary position is immaterial. Rule 5(c) of the
the Manager-Engineering of a desire to be used for this purpose. That interest must be convey
was filed.
A complete review of the record, however, reveals no such notice.
Thus, it is not possible for this Board to determine whether the Claimant has
any standing in either Claim.
Under the circumstances, in keeping with our position in numerous
cases before us, where a basic fact is in dispute and there is no evidence put
forth to reconcile the conflict, we have no alternative but to dismiss the
Claim.
A W A R D
Claim dismissed.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
Attest:
-'Nancy J. r - Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 23rd day of January 1992.