Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION
Award No. 31728
Docket No. SG-31465
96-3-93-3-455
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee
Herbert L. Marx, Jr. when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(Chicago & North Western Transportation Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
"Claim on behalf of the General Committee of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Signalmen on the Chicago & North Western Transportation
Company (CNVV):
Claim on behalf of R.E. Stipek for payment of $40.00 and M.J.
McNace for payment
of
$20.00, account Carrier violated the current
Signalmen's Agreement, particularly Rules 30, 56 and 58, as well as the
established practice of reimbursing employees for the cost of special
licenses, when it refused to reimburse the Claimants for the total expenses
incurred in obtaining Commercial Drivers Licenses required for their
positions. Carrier's File No. 79-92-41. General Chairman's File No. SAV-108. BR$ File Case No. 9077-
FINDINGS:
The Third Division
of
the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the
evidence, finds that:
The carrier or carriers and the employee or employees involved in this dispute
are respectively carrier and employee 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 were given due notice
of
hearing thereon.
Form 1 Award No. 31728
Page 2 Docket No. SG-31465
96-3-93-3-455
This claim concerns a dispute as to fee payment for a Commercial Driver's
License, which the Claimants were required to obtain.
This identical subject is covered in Third Division Award 31156 involving the
same parties and seven Claimants. Having reviewed this Award, the Board concurs
with its reasoning and conclusion. There is no Rule support obligating the Carrier to
reimburse the Claimants for this fee.
AWARD
Claim denied.
ORDER
This Board, after consideration of the dispute identified above, hereby orders that
an award favorable to the Claimant(s) not be made.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 25th day of September 1996.