PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
Form 1
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION
Award No. 33906
Docket No. CL-33965
00-3-97-3-499
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee
Margo R. Newman when award was rendered.
(Transportation Communications International Union
(Springfield Terminal Railway Company
"Claim of the System Committee of the Organization (GL-11797) that:
(a) I am filing claim on behalf of Ms. Beverly Myers, Clerk, Collections
Department, Boston and Maine Corporation (Springfield Terminal
Railway Company). This claim is for the following dates:
November 30 and December 1, December 4 through 8, December 11
through 15, December 18 through 22, and December 26 through 29,
1995. Claim is for eight hours at the time and one-half rate.
(b) Carrier violated the Agreement when it brought in Agency work of
demurrage and miscellaneous billing, also charges for weight,
switching, storage, transit and diversions. Work has been brought
in from Lawrence, East Deerfield, Fitchburg, Ayer, Boston,
Holyoide, Rigby and Waterville to North Billerica, MA.
The Rules violated are 1, 11, 13, 15, 16 and the Stabilization
Agreement of 1965, which was amended in 1984.
(d) Claim is valid and must be paid.
Claim of the System Committee of the TCU (ST96-52) that:
On behalf of Ms. Beverly Myers, Clerk, Collections Department,
Boston and Maine Corporation (Springfield Terminal Railway
Company). This claim is for the following dates: November 1,
December 1, December 4 through 8, December 11 through 15, 18
Form 1
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FINDINGS:
Award No. 33906
Docket No. CL-33965
00-3-97-3-499
through 22, through 29, 1995. Claim is for eight hours at the rate
of time and one-half.
(b) Carrier violated the Agreement when it took customers that Ms.
Myers was handling and gave the work of corresponding and
collections to a non-agreement employee. The non-agreement
employee is doing scope clerical work in the Collections Department
each of the days listed above.
(c) Rule 1 of the Agreement is being violated, also Rules 2, 17 and 64.
Also the Stabilization Agreement of 1965, which was amended on
October 17, 1984.
(d) Claim is valid and must be paid."
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.
herein.
This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved
Parties to said dispute were given due notice of hearing thereon.
This claim involves an allegation that Carrier brought in additional Agency work
which it assigned to Claimant on the various claim dates and removed other scopecovered work from Cl
For its part, the Organization contends that Carrier's actions with respect to
Claimant's job performance violates Rules 1, 2, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 64 of the
Agreement, since her job bulletin specifies the functions which make up her assignment.
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Award No. 33906
Docket No. CL-33965
00-3-97-3-499
Carrier initially alleges a procedural defect with the handling of the case on the
property. It also contends that there were no material increase in duties in Claimant's
job, and notes a procedure for handling rate adjustments contained in Rule 14 if a
material change in job content has occurred. Carrier further argues that the penalty
rate requested is excessive.
The record on the property reveals the parties' understanding that several cases
being processed at the time were identical in nature and should be held in abeyance
pending resolution by arbitration of one of the cases. This Board has reviewed Third
Division Award 33617, and finds that it raises identical issues concerning the same
Claimant for an earlier time period in 1995. In that case, the Board adopted the
conclusion that Carrier breached the Agreement by assigning clerical work to employees
not covered by the Scope of the Agreement. However, it found that the appropriate
remedy for such violation under the circumstances of the case, was for pay at the
straight-time rate of pay.
We find that the conclusions of the Board in Third Division Award 33617 are
equally applicable herein, and govern the outcome of these claims. Accordingly, we
direct Carrier to compensate Claimant for the hours noted on each of the claim dates
at her straight time rate of pay.
AWARD
Claim sustained in accordance with the Findings.
ORDER
This Board, after consideration of the dispute identified above, hereby orders that
an award favorable to the Claimant(s) be made. The Carrier is ordered to make the
Award effective on or before 30 days following the postmark date the Award is
transmitted to the parties.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 24th day of January, 2000.