"Claim on behalf of the General Committee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen an the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corp.:
Claim on behalf of D. A. Moore and R. W. Sorensen, for 26 hours each at the overtime rate of pay account Carrier violated the current Signalmen's Agreement, particularly Rules 1, 15 and Side Letter 10 (dated May 16, 1999), when it used junior employees instead of the Claimants for overtime service on March 11 and 12, 2006 and denied the Claimants the opportunity to perform this work. Carrier's File No. 11-21-5'71. General Chairman's File No. 117-RI-06. BRS File Case No. 14041-NIRC."
This is basically the same dispute involving the same Claimants sustained by the Board in Third Division Award 41192. The work in dispute in this matter was weekend overtime on March It and 12, 2006, assigned to junior employees (Signal Electronics Technicians) on the Claimants' prior rights Rock Island District. The overtime was planned and involved testing the proper downgrade of signal aspects on the Root Street territory and the Gresham Interlocking on the Rock Island Engineering District. There is no showing that the Claimants were not qualified to perform the work.
As in Award 41192, Side Letter No. 10 and Public Law Board No. 5565, Award 34 govern this dispute and require a sustaining award.
In terms of a remedy, the Claimants shall be made whole for any lost overtime opportunities on the dates set forth in the claim. However, if the Claimants earned overtime on any of the dates set forth in the claim, those amounts shall be offset against the Carrier's liability.