DAVID
Do
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..
)7) IIOATN Y-CM-CAN .VCNUC
Mr. J. D. Ger esux, Carrier Kember.
1:orfolt and Western Railway Company
8 North Jefferson Street
Roanoke, Vi rtinia 24042
Nor. D. E. Col 1
i ns, Crganiza ti on !!ember
resident, A-ae;-ican Train Dispatchers
Association
1401 South
Harlem
Avenue
Berwyn, Illinois 60402
GentIErEn:
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July. 20,
1983
Re: American Train Dispatchers
Association and Norfolk and
Western Railway Company
Furc·er AC&Y Train Disretchers
-Enclosed
to each c_° you is a copy o! my
cropused fineir.-ZE, award, and i.^_plementinc aE-eement In
the dispute suL·=_tted to the Consolidated Arbitration
Cc7zittee under the ;.Ereezent :rtwaen the parties dated
·'.p^il 12, 1903.
I he·:e car afully road and stadied sll submissions,
replies tl:e:·etc, rebuttal c:ie^s end volurzincus exhibits.
Aithc;:Eh 7 .`%ave checked and rechecked any writings, there
very well
=.as
:.a errors of dates, references and rIsspellings. If you
will
call or write me of these, I will
czke the neccssa_-y nor recticne.
Fieese advise me at your earliest convenience
if the findinCe, the award and the linplezanting agreement
&^e acceptable to both of you. If so, I will sign three
copies and mail them to you for your signatures. Should
either or both c_^ you desire an executive session., please
Live re several alternate dates when you are both available
and I will do my best to accommodate you.
Vc-~-y truly
Sours.
DD/eh
enclosures
ATOA photocopies made 7/21/83 for;
Mr. R. E.
Johnson
Mr. G. P. MacDougall
---4PMr.
J. C. Spinelli. Gen. Chmn. ACSV
dN)Mr. E. C.
Nye.
Jr.,
Gen. Chmn. WALE N4
DAVID D0I1dICK
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE A CONSOLIDATED
ARBITRATION COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED
BY THE PARTIES IN AN AGREEMENT
DATED APRIL 12,
1983
PART] S American Train Dispatchers Association
TO Tilt
DISPUTE: and
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
QUESTIONS BEFORE TIC CONSOLIDATED ARBITRATION C0107ITTEE:
Question
rl
Those submitted by the Organization:
Is the merger of the AC&Y into NW azong the possible
YE !5
future related transactions referred to in recital V
and Section 2 of the January 10,
1962
Agreement?
Cuestion 72
Does the WJPA apply to all of NK's Train Dispatchers
in the A:cron and Brewster, Ohio offices who
swill
be
Y~J
affected by NW's proposed elimination of the (former
AC&Y) train dispatching facility at Akron, Ohio and
coordination of same into NW's train dispatching
facility at Br, ewster, Ohio?
Q:jestion
,74,'3
If the answer to Question
rl
above is in the aff it=ative,
do Sections 1 and 2 of the January 10,
'_962
Agreement
contemplate application to all of NW"s Train Dispatchers
in the Akron and Brewster, Ohio offices
who will
be
affec d by the changes proposed in
tfri's Septe=ber 29,
1982
no6ice, including protection based on coeensation
received (and hours worked) in the twelve calendar
month period ir,=.ediatelY preceding the nontch
h
affected by suc c in
whi
~nges?
Question #$
Question +5
For the purpose of application of the January 10,
1962
Agreement to train dispatchers affected by the changes
proposed in NW's September
29, 1982
notice, shall the
term "general locality", as it is used in Section 1(b)
of the January 10,
!962
Agreement and in the Memorandum
of Understanding referred in Question
#5
below, be
defined as an area within twenty-five
(25)
miles from
an employe's point of employment as train dispatcher
on the date so affected?
Under the provisions of Paragraph
5
of one of the
I 'emo.
-anda of Understanding attached to the
January 10,
1962
Agreement, reading:
"5.
In construing the last paragraph of
Section 1(b) of said Agreement concerning the
right of the Norfolk & :estern to transfer the
work of the eszloyees protected under said
A-zree-ent, it is clearly understood and agreed
t:-:at the Ncrf ol:c & Vestern may not transfer
any e-plovee (as distinguished fro= work) to
another
~Ob
Within his craft or class beyond the
=az.e general locality as his point of a=:o;-ment
or. t::e date affected without the consent of his
IE:.^eSentat=v'e
and
that the refusal
or
such
.representative to agree to the transfer or such
e=.plo,~ee without the emplcyee's consent snal_i not
be sub:ect to arbitration as provided in
EECtiOn 1(d) of this Ag:,rzement."
=ay !-N unilaterally require any Train D_Sratcher
r^otected by the January 10,
1962
Agreement and
affected by the coordination of the f or --er j~CfY train
di£;atchinr facility into tie NW facility at B-ewster,
G`a o, to transfer to a fob beyond the general locality
of his Em-.1G-tent on the date he is affected by said
coordination in order to maintain eligibility for
Laxim.;m co=sensation protection?
Question
l#'6
Question
7
Are ail of NW's Train Dispatchers in the Akron and -
Brewster, Ohio offices who will be affected by NW's
proposed elimination of the former AC&Y train
dispatching facility at Akron, Ohio and consolidation
of same into NW's train dispatching facility at
Br, ewster, Ohio, entitled to receive
no less favorable 'than =hose required by the ICC in
Finance Docket Nfl_ 2q805 (i.e. New York Dock-II) in
connection with AC&Y's corporate
merger-T-nTo-Rn
on
or about January 1,
1982?
If the answer to Question
#6
above is
in
the affirmative,
is
ftv'
required to negotiate with ATDA towards an
implementing agreement with respect to application of
the terms and conditions of New York Dock-II pursuant
to (Article I) Section 4 thereof?
..-hcse siibml tted by the Carrier:
,,.-eation
r3
Z:~:1:!1, _f an-,, of N1.1- t-rain dispatchers in the Akron.
C!.^.iC and z:^e'e:$te-^,
)tic
offices who will be adversely
2ffeC.e~_ b}' T~-e:'
S Pi.='.c
ti On of the fo-^-er hCSy train
d-sT.ctChinC facility at ;.;:-on, Ohio and the consolidat=G:1
of the sari°_ into NW's t-rain dispatching facility at
°_^e.:ster,' Ohio will be entitled to the_p;jgt
ections
afforded under the merger protection agreement of of
J2nt:~: y 10, 1952?
._-..
_-,
Are the ?;y w_ York -Dock _II Conditions, iercsed by the 3C.'
in Finance Dp:Y.et
Nc. 2 o3 5,
involving the rerger of
AC&Y into ?:h for ccr.-crate simplification, applicable
to the consolidation of offices described in eues.-ro_n 1
above?
(a) If the answer to q-Westion 2 is negative, does the
Implementing Agreement proposed by the Carrier which
is attached to its submission, meet the criteria set
forth in Section 1(b) of the January 10,
1962
MergerAgreement and in the Washington Job Protection Agreement
of May,
1936
as amended by the parties for the purposes
of the said January 10,
1962
Agreement, in effecting
the transfer of the train dispatching office and territory
of the Akron District, former Akron, Canton do Youngstown
Railroad, Akron, Ohio to the train dispatching office
at Brewster, Ohio as described in the Carrier's notice
of September
29, 1982?
(b) If the answer to (a) is "No", what terms would
be appropriate for application in this particular
case?
PRELD.INARY STATD~NT:
She AWerican Train Dispatchers Association is herein
referred to as the "Cr~Canization", the Norfolk and Western Railway
Co=zany is herein referred to
2s
the "Carrier" and sometimes as
~1:~ r ."~ Oy
vhE Ne.WC:'c.
':~1:~n
~_..ec^ _nt dated April 12, 1083, wherein
.':~
1:~ o ,., ~ n
~:.zar ties estatlish ed the Corzolidcted ~rt'itrcti~ Co =ttee
and ,efined the =ss'.;es and proccd;res tterE'-rider is herein referred
to as the "AgrEEzenz"
The A_recn_nt arose because o_` a disrute, w:,ich is
the a~?icat'eht cfst stated in ty- of
~ted _n tne
;z=ee=
eht.ras tc _?i
(1) -:e Wzshincton Jot f:0tCction AEreenent
of May,
~C~S
("h,'ZA")
Grid
the "Azr eE.7zent
Effec==ve .'an-a^v 10, _9-2 and =our Attac-e^
Memoranda of Un-4ercta-ndin7 For Protection of
Emplcvees in .-.vent of -·;rc,v21 of Me^Eer and
Related !~zlications 7!led by Norfolk and
'':estern Fairway
CG.`..pany
and other Car=1E.^s in
I.C.C. -inance Doc~:et Nos. 21510, 2!511, 21r-12,
21513 a_nd 21~14 " f.`Icrit:cr}' 10, 10-2 i;G:`e°-
ent"),
and
(2) the employee protective conditions
required by the Interstate Commerce
Commission ("ICC") in connection with
the merger of the former Akron, Canton and
Youngstown Railroad ("AC&Y") into NW in ICC
Finance Docket No. 29805 (New York Dock
Ry-Control-Brooklyn Eastern
Dist.,
36o I.C.C. 60, 80-94 (1979)
("New York Dock-II")
to the proposal contained in NW"s notice
dated September 29, 1982 announcing
intention to transfer the train
dispatching office and territory under
the jurisdiction of the AC&Y train
dispatching office at Akron, Ohio to the
NW train dispatching office at Brewster, Ohio.
The Consolidated Arbitration Committee consists of
th: ee me-bers. 1r. J. D. Ge: eaux is designated as the Carrie^
._~-.:.cr, M._^. D.
r.
Collins is designated as the Cr-ganization mcntter
- _
c.^.t·.^. .rcvid':.!fMCk
.~5 C°SiCPct°d
cs the C~a.._..^..=_n and :.f'u_.^C :___.
IPurs-,;ant to -he t:.r ov15_Cas
O°
the
Ag"E°_=ent,
each par _
-:.c-ed written su_.-_ASsiC·ns and exhibits, exC'an_Ed CG:ies and
a2se ~.ent copies to the Chat -an and neutral __zter.
G. hearinx before '.he Conso21dsted
..c.'c.~a~t~r
referred
to as the $1nrbltraz=Gn
C.'. !:znday,
!-'ay 2,
29'53,
_n Hotel =Canci:e
i1:
ed -ear t_es, _r..^!.:c_ _ the ::.e-bers e^ t:,e t.r._~:a__c..
e3-:'1 tear i, Part-ctpated
if:
z.'::
='JC-=C:C~
r~.:ed -.s cosition.
Also, purs-,;ant to Paragraph 6 o!' the E=ree ~e~ each
Pa: ty elected and did submit pest hearing briefs wilhin --he
tine limits therein provided.
.~__.;,ee, ::ere present.,
and each s::-.;=and
BACKGROUND FACTS:
On Marcb
17, 1961,
Carrier filed a joint application
with the Interstate Commerce Commission, hereinafter referred
to as "ICC", under Section
5
(a) of the interstate Commerce Act
for Authority to mere properties and franchises of The New York,
Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, hereinafter referred to
as "NKF'", into NW, to lease lines of railroad and certain franchises
of othe!a properties of the Vabash Railroad Company, hereinafter
referred to as the "Wabash" and to accomplish other related
t:^ansactions. This application was assigned ICC Finance Docket
Nos. 21510, 21511, 21512, 21513, and 21514.
S=et=ce '.*areafter the Carrier entered intc discusscns
^.iE
%Y:r.^..^., Car tca &' ',' o-nss town
'2i
1 rcaC Cc-Gnu',
eferrec tc
Z$
~~`x.l.u. After several :nee`..`.^.=s, no
was r eac~Ed.
Cn
SE:
temter 15, '_951, ACLY filed a pet:ticn w-_th the
_..I rc^ .Eav a tc in.c-VE-.e and .for inclusion
-in
~: a-.:actic.^.. !,'e=tin,-s bE:.:ecn this Carrier and AC-_
i.^. a 2etter dated D:=E=:.E:' .~., -Cr1, t~-is Carrier
_.a
c° c.'. cf Vie:' ..c
:., __ to pL;rc~.ase its s'~a-es
or
cc-_,on stock. ":is cf f E: was
c~CE:
ted. do
LcCcr.:.E.
11,
_aC~,
ii.&Y
w'-tt':d:'Ek; -t£
'..._.. _
cEI.S..ion
filed.
with the 1CC. On
filed a petition with the -_-CC for the approval of its Purchase
of AC&Y
common
stock. It -.:as approved by the ICC ~n Finance
t y_
s
r.
ft
a
G; rGG
En1.
,Docket No. 21920, on June
24, 1964,
and
the
acquisition
of the AC&Y
common stock became effective on October
16, 1964.
In
the
same"
order dated June
24, 1964,
the ICC also approved the merger of
properties, leases and franchises in Finance Dockets Nos. 21510,
21511, 21512, 21513, and 21514.
All
these mergers, acquisitions,
leases and franchises also became effective October
16, 1964.
Prior to the
Dockets, this Carrier
its
emplbyes, includin
Protective Agreement o
that Merger Frotective
but Section 4 thereof The forEgoin
of protection
e approval of the above mentioned Finance
and a number of organizations representing
g this Organization, entered into a Merger
n April 16, 1962. The effective care of
Agreement
is noted therein as January 10, 19u2,
s;.a;,2s the following:
G
.-=resents
an
azrcE,^.
settlement
^. of the interests of the E=Dloyees
o^
the ca-r_E^
1.-.vol':Ed in
'.`.E
acre-described
t:c::ScCWCnS
e5 ."Ep:'ESEntECyb1'
c ....:nG:=:eC and __^ECC_f._:eC bc:'ti'_nW _ "ErrC
.°.E.'1va-
tiVES SiS73i.C_^y r.E: Ei.C,
rl:.^S''-~cn+..
v0
i(2)
O:
the
5:7:.EI'S'.ct2
CO.'-3rCe
~,Ci.
c.'.'.. ct^._.'.1iCcj.`je
provisions
Or
the
Railway
LauG_^
i.Ct, 8S
a-ended,
which shall
`..cCGze
2pplicab7E cnly in the event
of
c;
f_^CVcl
by
.h°_
CC
-=SS~C:n _.''W
CC.'.5'-=-._~:G:1
C~
any or 211 Cf "':°_ c~CVE-~_=_--c.2C c=-:.-Cc
t=G^s
now Fcr,c=-=
tE"C:'e
3:. __ .s:·.asi
~E
cers_Cc: EG and
CC.`:~:. ;:EC 25
c
SE,
a^cLE
cC^cE=_rt bet-,.--en 1;:r.^~C=Y
s'
'VES:.E^:. c..'.,. each
of the 1cCC_^
G.-_c.'._.:.c:_G.^.E Si~'c.'.G_^y hE.^EtO.
n
:a° "above-
dEsC'r:bEd tra:-.sacttons"
and -.he
c.,-24C2viOnS" refer t0 t:':°
SUbStcne_VE
=°SUeS
if:
I.C.C.
-nc:WE
Docket Nos. 21510, 21511, 2'12, 21513, and 215?. -'_.^.a-sc° Dc:i:E:
No. 21920 is not mentioned ever thGuth the petition ::as
.^ilE,-f
cn
January 10,
1962.
In an agreement dated September 22,
1981,
The Akron,
Canton Ee Youngstown Railroad, an Ohio corporation, was merged
into AC&Y Railroad, Inc. (AC&Y), a Virginia corporation. Ch
December 24, 1981, with a service date of December
31, 1981,
the ICC issued the following NOTICE OF EXEMPTION in Finance
Docket No. 29805_
On December
18, 1981,
the Norfolk and Western
Railway Company (NW) notified
the Commission
. that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Akron,
Canton and Youngstown Railroad Company (Akron)
will merge into AC&Y Railroad, Inc. (AC&Y), a
wholly owned subsidiary of NW. AC&Y will be
the surviving company, and subsequently it
will merge into NW, with NW the surviving company.
The transactions 2.^e within the corporate family
and come within the exemption described at
49 C.F.R. 1111.5 (c)
(3).
lne mergers will not
result in any change in service levels, operations,
or the competitive balance with carriers outside
the corporate family. The purpose of the mergers
is corporate
simplification.
As a ccndition to use the exemption, any
Akron and AC&Y employees affected by the
merger shall be protected pursuant to
New York Dock .r.-Control-Brooklyn
Eastern Dist., jo0 I.C.C. b0 2
19
). '"his rill
satisfy the statutory requirements of
49 U.s.C. 10505 (E) (2). (2-aphasis retained)
Pursuant to Section 1(b) o: the Jan;:ary 10, 191? Merger
trotEC,.On r._^eez.ent, tf)e Carrier, on September 24, 19E2,
EErved
notice on the Organization of its intention to close the
-:din
dispatching office at Akron, Ohio and to assign that work to the
train dispatching office at br, ewster, Ohio. ''his notice s:agested
that the parties meet and negotiate an implementing agreement.
1983,
the
Conferences between the parties followed. On January
14,
- t
Organization wrote to the Carrier, in part, as follows:
This is to formally serve notice of our
desire to enter into an implementing agreement
with respect to NW's proposal referred to above,
under the provisions of Section
5
of the Washington
Job Protection Agreement of May,
1936,
Section 1(b) of the "Agreement Effective
January 10, 1962 and Four'Attached Memoranda
of Understanding for Protection of Employees
In Event of Approval of Merger and Related
Applications Filed by Norfolk and Western
Railway Company and Other Carriers in I.C.C.
Finance Docket Mos. 21510, 21511, 21512, 21513,
and 21514° and Appendix III, Section 4 of the'
employee protective conditions (New York Dock
Ry.=Control-Brooklyn Eastern Dist., 3bO I.C.C.
b5;
4-
1 required as part of the
ultimate merger of the AC&Y into the N'd (ICC
Finance Docket No.
29805)
on or about January 1,
1982,
for the protection of a11-Train Dispatchers -
affected by said proposal.
In a letter dated February 9, 1983, the Carrier submitted
'he following question to an Arbitration Committee established
ru^ruant to Section 1(d) of the January 10, 1962 Merger Protection
Agreec.ent
(a) Does the implementing agreement pro.-tsed
b3· the Carrier, attached as Carrier's '.·_,x::_c_t
"C" ceet the criteria set forth in Sectic·^· ? (b)
of the Jars::ary 10,
1962
Merger Agreement sac in
the ?:ashington job Protection Agreement o
may, 1936
as amended by the parties for the
pu^peses of the said January 10, 1962 Agreement,
in effecting the transfer of the train cis;.a; c~:_
office and -territory of the Akron District,
fo Wer Akron, Canton & 5·oungstown Railroad,
Akron, Ohio to the train dispatching office
at Brewster, Ohio as described in the Carrier's
notice of September 29, 1982?
(b) If the answer to
(a) is "No", what terms
would be appropriate for application in this
particular
case?
The Organization responded in two letters both dated
February 24, 1983.
In the letter that refers to Carrier's letter
of September 24, 1982, and
which
implies knowledge of Carrier's
letter dated February
9, 1983,
the Organization wrote, in part,
as follows:
Because of our dispute as to the application
and or interpretation of the WJPA and January 10,
1962
Agreement regarding changes proposed in
your notice, this is formal notification under
the provisions of Section 1(d) of the January 10,
1962
A_reement to refer such dispute to an
arbitration co=dttee for decision.
In addition, because of our similar dispute
as to the concurrent application of the
New York Dock II pursuant to NC Finance
Docker
NO.
29505, this is also formal notification
under the provisions of (Appendix III, Article I)
Section 11 of New Fork Dock-II to refer this
dispute to an arbitration. committee for decision.
In order for timely and efficient resolution
of these disputes, this is to request your
agree-ment to refer them to a single consolidated
arbitration cc`ittee, rather than two separate
cc~ t tees . ..
'ne ltcreement of April 12, 1953, pr eviously referred to, followed.
POSITION OF TIM PARTIES:
Organization
The position of the Organization is as follows:
1. Sections 1(c) and 1(d) of the January 10, 1962
Agreement are applicable to AC&Y employes under Section 2 of that
Agreement.
2.
Under the June
24, 1964
ICC orders which were consummated on October 16, 1964, the Carrier took into its employment,
as of the latter date, all train dispatchers except those of the
P. C&Y.
3.
Similarly, the Carrier assumed all Train Dispatchers'
Agreements as of October 16, 1964, except the one with AMY.
4. The merger Of AC&Y into 1.^.-: is among the possible
future merger transactions provided for in Section 2 of the
January 10, 1962 Agreement.'
5.
The elimination of the train dispatchin_ office
at Akron, Ohio and the transfer or consolidation of th:e work into
Ca crier's facility at Brewster, Ohio is a "coordination" within
the
meaning
and intent of Section 2(a) of the WashinEtc-. Job
~ctec:ic:-: AE^ee-ent. -=.e date of hire or promotion is _. relevant
to the application of the `VJPA, except as otherwise yrc':ided in
Section 7 thereof. The VJ FA, ther efore, applies to all of
Carrier's train dispatchers who will be affected by the closing
of the Akron, Ohio office and coordinating the operation into
Carrier's office in Firewster, Ohio.
6.
The Carrier did not take AMY train dispatchers~.ijEo
its employment until December
31, 1981,
when the ICC issued a
Notice of Exemption in Finance Docket No.
29805. The
merger
between AC&Y and NY was not consummated until January 1,
1982.
C
For more than 18 years following October
16, 1964, AC&Y was
separately operate . It follows that all AMY train dispatchers
affected by Carrier's changes proposed on September
29, 1982,
are covered by the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of the January 10,
1962
Agreement, "including protection based on compensation received
(and hours worked) in the twelve calendar month period immediately
preceding the month in which affected by such change".
7. It is also the Organization's position that any
transfer of train dispatch=ers by reason of the jnr:-AC&Y merger
should be defined as "an area within twenty-five (25) miles from
an ezploye's point of employment as defined in Section 51(c) of
the June 28, 1968 Im=leMenting Agreement
which interprets
the
1=r=uace in Section (b) of the January 20, 1962 Agreement.
S. Pirther,
'''v
is the position of the Organization -fat
the Cc r_^_Er =ay not l:^ _°_.^ rc.^$graph
5
Of a T:°_
:O: cnC_.L O. i.:1~E:
£:cnG:c: taC~ed to the ;,c~l::ar~'
_=,
1952
Agreement require a train
C=spatc'her to transfer ;,c ancther job in his craft or class bevenC
the sa=e general local=tl· of his point of erploynent on the date
affected without consent of his representative. The Carrier
may
only transfer work. Any refusal of a representative to agree to
an employe's transfer
is
not subject to arbitration under Secticb
l(c
of the January 10,
1962
Agreement. 1
9.
The
WW-ACdcY
"control" ended December
31, 1981.
The "merger"
or
AMY Into NW was consummated on January 1,
1982.
The consolidation or the Akron and Brewster facilities is not
taken pursuant to 'control" but rather under the "merger". This
is supported by iCC's order of December 24,
1981,
with a service
date of 'December 31, 1981, which required that New York Dock-I1
employe protective conditions be applied. The application of the
benefits in New York Dock-1I is not intended to duplicate those
In the WJFA and in the January 10, 1962 Agreement, "but only that
the protective benefits should be no less favorable to the affected
Train Dispatchers than those provided in any of the arrangements
(=~hss:s retained).
10. Carrier is.reouested to negotiate with the
Organization for an implementing agreement concerning t'.^.°_ application o_" the terms tend conditions o: the New York
DOQ'~---
ree.:_rezents.
Carrier
The.position of the Carrier is as follows:
v
(a) The protection of benefits afforded by the
New York Dock conditions are not applicable "because there is no
causal connection between the intended changes and the ICC order
approving the merger of the AC&Y into MI for corporate simplification purposes". It was not the 1982 merger of the AC&Y and NW that
precipit4ted the consolidation of the Akron and Brewster train.
dispatching facilities. This consolidation would have occurred
in any event because the Carrier has the right to do so under the
January 10,
1962
AEree::ent. This is not a "transaction" within
the =easing and coverage of New York Dock-II. ~ The p: oposed
consolidation
is soleiv attributable to the conditions of the
Janery 10, 1962
Agreement, v;hich was consun=.aced on October 16,
(b) The operations of AC&Y and hW "have been increasingly
ccc--,=mated
since 1964
". Since 1964 the AC&Y and 1:
r.'
.have been
c::_^a;.=nG as a
single
system.
This
is recognized by ;.he _CC
c,4-er _n Finance Docr:at 2;::01,~ dated DecE=:.er 24,
lc°_:.
~'._re,
:.'.= ' ^Opcsed chc-.=es were not con.te-:laced o.^ tci:ell f.::rS::c.':.`. t0
t*-at :CC order.
(c) L--pioyes hired after October 16, 1964, a== not
entitled to benefits under the January 20, 1962 Merger Protection
Agreement because Section 1(b) limits these benefits to "f-resent
employes" as of January 10,
1962
up to and including October
16',~'
1964.
This is so even though the actual merger of AC&Y into
NW
a ri
did not take place until January 1, 1982. Those hired after
October 16,
1964
are not "present employes". The consolidation
of the Akron and Brewster dispatching offices was not taken under
the authorization or approval of ICC Finance Docket No. 29805.
(d) Recital Y and Section 2 of the January 10,
1962
Merger Agreement consider the merger of the AC&Y Into NW as a
possible transaction. Two other possibilities are contemplated
in the language. One is the "control" of the AC&Y acquired by
the Ire on October
16, 1964.
By the acquisition of the AC&Y
c_pital stock, the MW had "control" as provided in the January 10,
9E2 !'.erger lbreement. In the alternative it also "leased" the
C%Y =,roperties which has the same effect.
(e) Carrier is under no obligation under any agreement
to offer r:JPA protection to affected former AC&Y employes. If the
:;J?f applies to such affected employes then neither the january 10,
_=12 l-:e:ger Agreement nor the few York Dock. Condit_cn= a:a
~t~l_cabie
_..e te-=s and rrcce_::res o: all three cannot be ecnc;:-_ -.-.c1:: «-!·__ee.
(f) Carrier's proposal does not contenpl«e :he
:.:-ansfer c.^ train dispatchers
"beyond the
_cenera3;=c_-_:.: c_° h_s
e==lc;-.ent ...". Brewster is not beyond the Eeneral loca?_ty cf ~.::ro
(g) The intent and purpose of the January 10,
1962 t
Merger Agreeipent Is to indemnify an employe against lost wages
r
when he is unable to work or receives less compensation due to
coordination. An erploye who refuses placement is entitled to
no protective pay.
DISCUSSION AND OPITffONs
. This decision, including the preliminary statement,
the position of the parties, the discussion and opinion, the
findings, the award and
the
implementing agreement is exclusively
the
work of
the
neutral me=ber of the Arbitration Committee.
Fe
alone bears the sole responsibility for all that is herein
written; he alone initially reached all of the conclusions and
answers to cuestio=.s presented by the parties; he alone prepared
the au-and and the implementing agreement. It is his sincere hope
that his findings, his award and his implerjenting aF,eement will
be acceptable to both parties and that the partisan mernbers o_" the
A^titration Cc-==`--ce
vill
indicate their assent thereto. At c
==r=~.:7,
he 1.=11, ~':Q::Et'er, repretfu2ly accept the azscnt :hereto
c -e part1scn =e-ber
Q:
the %r!,itrc~lon Co=4_..t°.°..
O_ the three e.estions proposed by the
C~^==E~ a.^.:.
SE'.c~: C::ESy...,_G..^.5 r2;SEQ
by the O-^&cniZa`v.iOn, the
1''_-^5t an~ per-'a--s
t::e nest important issue before the r.^bi tration Cc
-__-jY_J__e
i s
whether or not the train dispatchers of the former ACx-Y .:ho ::ere
hired after October
16, 1964
and before January 1,
1982,
who
malir
be adversely ~a.ffected by the elimination of the Akron, Ohio
~s
dispatching office and the coordination of the same into NW's
train dispatching office at Brewster, Ohio, are entitled to
protective benefits under Merger Protection Agreement dated
January 10, 1962? The answer to that question, after a careful
and, exhaustive study of all of the voluminous written data
presented by the parties and the oral arguments at the hearing,
is "yes". Al1~fo:;mer AC&Y train dispatchers in active service on
January 1, 1982 are entitled to protective benefits under the
?;erger Protective Agreement effective January 10,
1952.
Item V of the January lO, 1962 Merger Protection
reads as follows:
. certain other applications may be later
filed path the Coznission under Section 5(e)
of the Act involving the lease, control by
or mercer into Norfolk & Western of the
Akron,
Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company and
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway or transactions
ray be undertaken by the carrier heretofore
ra:.ed
inducing
Nickel Plate and Wabash in"cl-ving
the
diver
lion of I?abash traffic frog the
Canadian ::GtiCnal
Railway
t0 ?%iCk21
F1EtE, C_"
the diversion o.^ Nickel Plate
PassEn:E^
operations
^:c= the LzSelle Street Sta:_._.
(hock Island Lines) in Chicago, Illinois^~c
=aE
Chicago and T:2Stern T17G_caa nail^Cad (:cc_'_:.':1
Street Station), Chicago, Illinois, v:h_c·
applications c: transactions :ay have adverse
effects upon enoloyees represented by :h. la-'.,cr
organizaziors parties hereto, the extent tc
which is not now determinable.
Transmittal letters dated December 11,
1961
and
December
18,.1961,
from Carrier's Assistant General Counsel to~
NW Senior Vif President John P. Fishwick merely state 'in each
case that drafts of labor agreements are enclosed. Presumably,
these were preliminary drafts of the Merger Protective Agreement
which later became effective January. 10,
1962.
In a letter
dated December
27, 1961
to Mr. Stuart T. Saunders, NW President,
Mr. Fishwick wrote that "Section 2 is to be rewritten in consultation with Mr. Hicket in order to clarify its meaning ... this
section is intended to limit employment protection to employees
of the N & W, Nickel Plate and Watash and, in addition, the
Av
C&~ and Pittsburgh West Virginia in the event that the applications under Sections 5(a) are approved". his, says the Carrier,
c? ear 1y indicates "that, at the time this language eras drafted,
the Carrier uas referring only to its contezp2ated control through
=.zeck oi,..-.ership and not to some hypothetical post aer ger transaction
as n:-;; contended by the Organization". k-natever the contemplation
Or _.:~c.':~ these -letters do not determine the intent of the r-arties.
-:':_=-_..re=,:esent no -utual agreement.
For
additional
s*wpport, Carrier quotes
^=G=
a 2etter
date-` G:tcber 10, 19541, from Mr. rish-,%·ick to the GG.-.era: Cha___ar
G=
:.^.° Brother
hood of 'Elli;ay Tr ainren wherein 1:.^.
7-4=::'w-CS!,
referring
to the Sale item
v,
states that '·7I:° ap-2icatiC.'l5
referred to relates to stock. control of AMY and lease of
P&HVr
and the trap actions referred to are 'the transfer of f7abash trace
from Canadian Railways to Nickel Plate and the diversion of
Nickel passenger trains from LaSalle Street to Dearborn Street.
There is nothing in this paragraph which indicates in any way that
a separate application is required for either of those transactions
(Emphasis retained).
Aside from the fact that this letter is a self serving
document, it is significant that the control
or
AMY is not a
"transaction". Oaly the transfer of Wabash traffic and the
diversion of Nickel Plate passenger trains are "transactions"
which do not require additional applications to the ICC.
Ca..rrier agrees that AC&Y employes are covered under the
:;anua^y 10, 1952 Me^ger f:g^eement, but only those who here in
active service on October 16, 1964.
Although 1
%'W acquired the capital stock o^ AC&Y on or
at-out .Lecember 11, 1961,
and
the acquisition b:a$ az~roved by t::?
?CC =n F=narice Docket 13o. 21920 on June 24, 1054, t:.e :act is
..'.a~ t::e
AviY
_rE=?ined a se'arate and dfst=l:ct en:t~t~ '.;ntil
r. 1, 1932. It re=_=ned an Ohio corporation ~.-.'il on cr
atr_t September 22, 1961 and a Virtinia ecrpcrat_cn aS ;C__
:-.al
1r
oad, .Inc., until on or about December
31,
1931.
':W
a_id I,C
-ailr·oad, Inc. merged on January 1, 1982 after the ICC issued its
order in Finance Docket
No.
29805.
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As cu-ner of
the AC&Y capital stock, NW obviously had
authority to direct the operation of that railroad as it deemed
best to its Interest. It did so, by electing officers of AC&Y
who appointed operating personnel to carry out the appropriate
orders and directives. It is i=aterial that NW supervisors were
_
yI1.Yi~. _1i .n~ .n.n.~r
assigned to operate AC&Y facilities or that a single time table
was issued. The fact remains that all train dispatchers remained
employes,of AC&Y and not of NW. They worked and were paid under
the rules of the schedule agreement between AC&Y and ATDA. The
loiryt time table
was merely a ,joint
venture between two rail-GaC
rir.ge 't_'.ef_ts,
G^
;.e. ..a_r.:~ t..e: etc,
-!;' a5 L. cv:
of w7ar.-.;ary 10, a97'12
W l=
vi::
c.
on
This agreement is signed by Carrier representatives,
by
the
Organization's President and
by four (4)
General Chairmen, each,
representing \tAin dispatchers on the aforementioned railroads.
Not included in this implementing agreement are the
train dispatchers who were working for the AC&Y. The reason is
obvious.
They .were e.-nployes .of_.i.he_AC&Y. They were not employes
of NW on October
16, 1964;
they ::are not employes of NW on
June
28, 1968,
they first became employes of M: on January 1, 1962.
before that last date the
?X
did not exercise "control" over them,
-:or did the 1;:: as a corporate entity 'control" the operation o:
%Lie ACIY within 'Ile -_canlnz end intent of teG 1' of the
C=
,.'~-..:a^~' i0, ? _ _~ ?'e-
her . ^ctEc;ien E.c^;.==~nz.
. c. _. Ca=
m=:z-ed Into !;-W or lesSad by !7%
c'.' the hC&Y. Only than did the !;:.' have
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the locations at Akron and Brewster, Ohio. From October 16, 1g
when the ICq,apgroved NW's petition to purchase AC&Y common st ,
r
until January 1, 1982, when ACgY merged into NW, NW did not
"control" the AC&Y as contemplated in the January 10, 1962 Merger
Protective Agreement.
Train dispatchersof_1'ormer AC&Y are covered by the
January 10, 1962 Mercer Protective Agreement. Section 2 of said
Agree--Bnt
reads as follows:
7t is further ac: eed that 211 of the provisions
set forth in Section 1(a) of this
f,_reE=Ent
rEspECt!ng Y,otection to be af: crded e_r_cyes
in the evEr.t e.^
z:e^ze^ of' Nickel Fit=a _r. ;,c
?:C._C:k
L
:-=E: c_^t. s1--'a2!
e>:CC-.=t
as
:.o E..=_c~.=a -r.to_;=~ _.-.
Ec=.. C.
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With certain additions and modifications as they appeIr
in Section *and Section lib) of the January 10, 1962 Merger
.r
T
Protection Agreement, the Washington Job Protection Agreement of
1936,
as provided in Section 1(a) of that January 10, 1962 Merger
Protection Agreement, applies and covers train dispatchers of
former AC&Y in active service on January 1, 1982. This includes
all who have been promoted to train dispatchers as
of
January 1, 1982
It follows that the twelve month "test period" is the twelve
months =zr-ediately affected by the change.
Tine C:car-jjzat._on contends that the tar= "general local~'y"
as
la
'_n _i _ (b)
Gr
_,. I_s
.:sec
2Se:__c.. _ .he
_an..a^r _C, 1:~E2 1:erg=^
=:.;, a^ea ::=-.=.-. _. _.. .-._:__ (2j) ~__es
thereof that "The Committee shall make findings and render a
written award with respect to each dispute listed". Question NOTE
heretofore quot9d, Is listed by the Organization. The Arbitration
Committee is obligated to answer this question.
Carrier states that the distance between the train
dispatching offices at Akron and Brewster is 34 miles. It cites
precedents wherein The Disputes Committee in Docket No. 18 held
that under the WJPA a distance of 48.68 miles did not require
a change in residence and Award 421 of Special Board of AdJust=ent
;:o. 6r15
held that a distance o_° 43 c.=las of co=-uting did not
aq.are a chirze'in re_de.~ce.
in i.;:ard 422 o_" Special, _..
_: d
C_^
rc~-s:-..:..
.';c.
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area within twenty-five miles from an employe's point of employment
as train dispatcher on the date affected". Hut the June
28, 19
Agreement
doles
dot cover AC&Y train dispatchers for the reasons
heretofore stated. AC&Y did not merge into
N&W
until January 1, 1982
Ts.-enty-five (25) miles may not be a proper and precise definition
of "general locality" with respect to former AC&Y train dispatchers.
.The parties need to consider the circumstances of the train
dispatchers at AC&Y locations to determine an equitable definition.
The next item discussed is an example.
In another Mcnor andi:W of Un,=_rstandingg also executed
c.-. : a.-.,:ary 10, -=2, any at'.~c..=a to ~..e ~ar.::ar~ 10, 1952 ?.'°r~Er
_< :a-a=rah = :.._-~_. . ea_; as < o-_ ,
ows:
E..lcye (as c_s'.
.:cr~:) '_c ~.c~e^ fob xith=n ~_s cry.":. cr
cl.rs `.=;o-,, ;,?:E sa-ne sEr.Era= _ecs_~-_ as
c:
v.i_^^vJ`h
n0 fault Cf f=s own, he
E3_rS iE£S i.'._.'. ..__ .'._W.=_
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work hours been available or through no fault of his own is
unable to work due to coordination. It is not the intent of th-f
Agreement for as employe to receive protective pay when a job
assignment within his class or craft is available to him and he
voluntarily refuses to accept that assignment.
The
parties in negotiations and in mutual agreements
set the rules when, how, and under what circumstances protective
benefits are available. Section 1(b) of the January 10, 1962
Rcreemeht provides that the Carrier has the right to transfer the,
wcrf, of the protected emL2Oyes "th=-G'.;zhOUt the
rerted
or consolidated
it p-Gl'_Ges
tray
the
v. ~c.._~-_O~ v1ll.
Co0,e:-ate arid
=ft
-__-=-a _ ___~ -~.al- nay
s
n
O_ i.~uC3.^S~c-.
-2T-
are not involved in that Memorandum of Understanding. The merge
of AC&Y into.Nh' did not occur until January 1, 1982, after the
ICC approved Finance Docket No. 29805. Whatever may have been
the employment conditions of the train dispatchers who were
aSfected by the approval of the five
Finance Dockets
first above
mentioned, they
may or may not have been comparable to those
train dispatchers who nay be affected by the coordination of the
Akron
and
Brewster train dispatching offices, which are only
14 miles apart.
To Per=it
AC,--v
a:=3oyes to deliberately : ef',_:se a
' tc another
nc'Zed
cS.d CGnsc_=,__tcd £y'ster woild do
tlE .'._ _=_ _ - -. ..r
n - -~ lf`G^
.C t. __ _._n_
C:
~~ia~
is C"i'~ated
t0
_C
:E-CA__Ct____._.. . '~a
.._..,. _ a _
C G.1
_--~-.7~._
G:'~._.~
rC'
alfe=-uate ~h_s .,tcse.
~1 ^'. _ -
a.`.c _-c6:stcr a.^°
Cn_y
3
G~l
e~ c~ c= ..
_ 1:G_=d LE
i. r . a
Cntrary
2o ~:.~ _..'= C_°Es C.
...
.: E'-
E
and totally
c:'
i_'OtECt=C'
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The twenty-five mile definition of "general locality" and
paragraph
5
of the Yenorandum of Understanding attached to the
January 10, 1964Merger Protection Agreement shall apply only to
transfers of train dispatchers employed by the former railroads
aerged in MI by ICC orders approved in Finance Dockets 21510,
9 e
21511, 21512, 21513, and 21514. Neither should apply to former
AC&Y train dispatchers.
. Whether or not hew York Dock-II conditions apply to
for=er AC&Y train dispatchers depends on whether or not the
transfer of train discatch_:g office fro:r Akron to b^ewster, Ohio
It,
a
a ..^E-nsaction" tai:en Pursuant to the IC ....
ficp:
oval in
F=nonce
a
_ ~Cr.E. N0.
=i, t:.e ;c.,~'o?i: and
nc-'i"Ied '--e
S
wh CI_'V'
C'r.~EC
c
y7'--, E~C.~c^\',
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As a
condition to
use the exemption, any
Akron and AMY employees affected by the
merger shall be protected
pursuant
to
New York Dock -Control-Brooklyn Eastern
Dist. 3b6 I.C.C. 1 . This shal
satis y the statutory requirements of
49 u.s.C.
10505 (g) (2).
The proposed transfer of train dispatching from Akron
to Brewster was not taken pursuant to the above ICC order in
Finance Docket !do.
29805.
it is not a "transaction" under the
New Yohk Dock-II Conditions. It is, rather a "coordination"
permissible in the
January 10,
1962
I-larger Protective Agree=ent. .
^':-.e change w:as
contezaated long be_'ore December 24, 19?1 and the
.':G.,CE v0 CGG:
C_.^.2te the
two
t=2;n
C:S'G:ChinC.
StctiC:'Ss
was
to tae
-TCC
n==rC'ia_
G^
__nciCe
~,.~f:p~
i.0.
G,=-
c, f :.h e
` a -
'-he
CGG.^C.i.ncLiO^ O:
not an
a--t resulting
_:-.O
I.r~
:c5
y . and
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FINDINGS:
For all of the reasons stated in the Discussion and
. Ir
Opinion, the'Copsolidated Arbitration Committee makes the
following findings:
1. By reason of the Memorandum of Agreement entered
into by and between the Carrier and·the Organization on April 12,
1983,
this Consolidated Arbitration Committee has jurisdiction to
render.a written award on each of the issues raised by each of the
parties.
2. On the questions p-resented b5· the Organization as
ear c_ jn
t
yaCy=
=tut
"~:a
,.il 12c?=
t!r,.%0, -
:p W: _ OW the
n;J- , _. r
.BnG.
~.v
C:
-_'_=ment, :.^e anfi.;a-s
O^
t^e Consolidated Ar::traticn
C.C-.-~..'-,c
_ _ =s
_`Gl?GWs:
av
~:.wi:~C.s v~C~ Cs . C'_--,-CC
lr.
~i
(c) To Question
#3,
the answer is that
Sections 1 and 2 of the January 10,
'A2 Agreement apply to all former
ACacY train dispatchers in active
service on January 10,
1962,
or
October
16, 1964,
or-on
January 1,
1982,
who will be
affected by the changes proposed in
1TW's September 29, 1982 notice,
lnclud=.^.z protection Cased on
CC=.zensat'_on
rECE=':cd
(arid hours
1-.C:
i:E'C1 -n the
...c_:E ._:En_a_
rsr`L^
c"E-E:
G~
T /v eSts
M F C
T "y. p
(E) TO
e,..E~tf. Cn
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(a) To Question #1 the answer is that a_11
former AMY train dispatchers at Akron,
-Ohio and Brewster, Ohio offices who were
in active service on January 10, 1962 or
on October
16, 1964,
or on January 1,
1982
.o._.v..~.n^h..1."..y~s...r~w rv w~r.r
~-
znd_r:ho will be adversely affected by MI's
elimination of the former AC&Y train
dispatching facility at Akron, Ohio,
kill
be entitled to the protections
arfG.^GEd under the s.er her protection
c: Jan',;a.^S 10, ?g52.
:.c :~.==a ~ir.~=-.~s and to the
:'-.at a--,7ac'.^.ec
S:C::S Or _ C:
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AWARD
Each o; the questions propounded
by
the Organization
r
and
by
the Carer in Attachments "A" and "B" to the Memorandum
of Agreement dated April 12,
1983,
are answered in accordance
with the findings. Attached hereto is an implementing agreement
between the parties containing all 'of the terms and conditions
discussed above and included in the findings, which by reference
is made a part of this award and is valid as if the said terms
and conditions of said implementing agreement were verbatim
contained in this award. inis imple=enting agreement is valid
and becomes
f=Seal
and binding upon all par t=es
G.":
:f:° Gate
C.°
Ei:Ecution
O_° :fi=S
awa-'d.
C:.:SC.===:.=:,D
.:=-L=_=,r__0:;
IMPID-LNTING AGREEMENT
By notice dated September
29, 1982,
the Norfolk and Western(
Railway Company- hereinafter referred to as "NW") served notice
upon the American Train Dispatchers Association (hereinafter
referred to as °ATDA") of its intention to transfer the territory
under the jurisdiction of the train 'dispatching office at Akron,
Ohio (former Akron, Canton k Youngstown Railroad Company ("AC&Y"))
to the train dispatching office at Brewster, Ohio, on or about
January
2,
1983.
'-:e pu: pcse of this ag^Eement is the practical
imple=entatlon
Of she M5"s SEptE=ter 20, 1GC2 notice and- 'the
:z-so---.i1:ion
of
l._~ ..Es
'hat lave ar_s~- 1T:
CC
-ECt-cn
~~=~v:_.r..
S,
Lj
c^,:=.
Ca.,°°~
j-n° 2",
-.he
consolidated system and that the labor organizations will enter
r
into implementij* agreements providing for the transfer of
employees to follow their work and the employees, their
organization and the Carrier will cooperate to that end;
NOk', TPDrFC-FORE., pursuant to the aforesaid agreement of
January 10,
1962,
the parties signatory hereto mutually agree
that, as pertains to train dispatchers represented by the
Organization signatory hereto, the train dispatching office and
tern i tory of the Akron District, former ACBY. Akron, Ohio rill be
transferred t0 .`.he ~.rcin d=sL2tchinC. office at Brewster,
C'Ijo
as
_ESC.__cC.
by
Ccr_^=E: 'S nGZ=CE
dated $ei:E:J.ber 2_ _, :C and
_.._.. ~,_: c:...
7: t
ES
At
tc=.=.=.'.C rrjrr,
e;_··'eC..
i.C
:!%-= `c1_.. in=:
'=:r
:..c _.'.cn:e5 described
1T,
I-.`.t2C ~-°_rJ~ ~.
r:~=~'
.. c_
s= a:,c'.^.=rs cn .-e <C&Y District
Ci5s,0:.ci:?.^s O: ^iC2 ^OS:.°_r
cc n.-..
G.'
ccr
C
J
..he
_a
ca:,es,
s _ _ T _ - _ _ ._ _ t
et
! P
'°' an.C
SU~_ _E~c~.,.EC.
.. CCPV
Or 5'..iC.. CCz.=_'
r.
E ~_- _ _
: _'S
:Er as it
'r:, ~_ S:c:.Gn :^E
effective date
O.°
the
C:.:.'.=°_f
u rr n· n
CeSC^i"GEC in ~:i.teC.`=c~
f. i5
cttaCh°_d hereto
c5 h~:.cC.=.5,.
ARTICLE II
MW will qualify dispatchers now working in the Akron, Ohio
dispatching office on territory on
which
they are not already
qualified as set forth in Attachment "C" attached hereto.
ARTICLE III -
An employe whose position is abolished or an employe who is
displaced as a result thereof will exercise his seniority in
accordance with
existing
rules and
26:EEmEnts.
Cr CM
G° C4
and affected by
th,4--z
:`:e
be::°_:-.:s
r-G-adec
f or in 'he
E_=-z=Cle
for
'yrG:,EC:.=Gr: L~.C~_^ :.!?15
c=rc^==.'nt
or protective arrangement(s), such employee shall, .within third
(30)
days after-they date of this coordination, make an election
in writing as to whether he desires to retain the protection
and benefits available to him under any of the other agreements
or protective arrangements or to receive the protection and
benefits provided under the provisions
of
this agreement. In
the event the employee fails to make such election within the
said 30-day period, he shall.be dee=ed to have elected the
protection and benefits provided under provisions of this agree=ent
t0
the exclusion of protection
and ~c.'._fi~5 ~:..^.C,e:
any o-th?r
a_ree-.ert or ar:-an=e=.snt.
_..
the event
G_°
c=:':
CC!.=1~C~
Gc....EE~
:~:E C~==_C.^.£ C: .h=S
__ ~c-.c.^..
and pr_Cr _ . _C:'°e-'G~EC~'_~E
at_'E==.3.'._5
c'.~.7c=c-.nt5, '_~:c
; GS'18_Cns
hereof
5~':all
Fcvern ac
._c~;.cr5, except for :.·:e election permitte. i
n ~^
r _
-'nz an. ass'
c.
t.
~._. e= r_n~ f=
c = c^...o
a.^.L~rr 10,
lc (2,
or Q:tc'.^.er lE, _,
case may be, was a work day), all extra employes who were working
or were available for service as train dispatcher on January 10Ci
or on October
1,6, 1964,
or on,January 1,
1982,
as the case may be,
and who are expected to respond when called for service as train
dispatcher.
ARTICLE VI
This agreement shall be implemented upon fifteen (15) days
bulletin board notice to the employees involved, with copy to
the general and office chairmen, showing the positions to be
abolished, the name end seniority dates of the regular occupants
and the date the c =r.=a will be Bade.
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Signed at
-C_1CkE,
\1rginia this
_ce l'resiGCnt
Vice President
September 29, 1982
All Pittsburgh D
iv
.ion, Akron District, furmer Akron, Canton and
Youngstown Railroad (AC&Y) Train Dispatchers
All Pittsburgh Division, former Wheeling and Lake Erie (WLE) Traii
Dispatchers,,
.f
Notice is hereby given of the Carrier's intention to transfer
the train dispatching office and territory of the Akron District,
former Akron, Canton i Youngstown.Railroad, Akron,
Ohio,
to the
train dispatching office at. Brewster,
Ohio,
on or about January 2,
1983.
Concurrent with the above changes, the following positions
will be abolished on or about January 2, 1983:
Akron, Ohio
Position
3st Trick Dispatcher
2nd Trick Dispatcher
Relief
Present Incumbent
W. S. Barnes
J. C. Spinelli
L. C. Geissman
:he territcrv o: the ACLY Dirt=ict extends fro- Delphos, Chic
M.P. G, to Mccaccre, G1_o, Y.F. 1E9.1, which will be ass'_cne= :c
t..e t__ciri
Ci°=~2:ChEr
ct .CEV'S:2r, C·i_C
'J::
hanCll.'IC the c5t
E.'.C
terr=tcrf
i.=Cn CC::SC'_:Cct:Cn cf the nl:ron, Ohio Train
Di5_a_ch-^=
C=
-,,to t::e Brewster, Chic'
-rain
Dispatching Office, t'e ccn._rc___n5
ac_eenen.t will be the :cr-,er Wheeiinc and Lai:e Erie Ac=EEn=n.:
_
effective
?rcvEr,.ter 1, 1°47, as amended anc sup:..E-,entec.
It
i5
a=t_-.atec
twenty-two
IZ-L) cis=ctcL.SC_° bi'_ ° af`Ec·_°
bv t'.^.= above c:.cnce.
'=.`.e above c-terct_Cnal cL2'cce
:5 .:.2:nC
made
_..'-'..':E
t.'e
E_°~C~encV
Cf train mcvcment
Cn
the _:tst.urc-
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c-
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E=:cot ec--mcm=es c·:Er and abC:'E the
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Chief Train S'_-catcher
Attachment "E'
NORFOLX AND
WESTERN
RAILWAY
COMPANY
Dispatchers - Pittsburgh Division
WLLE and Akron District
January 2, 1983
Rank Name Soc. Sec. No. Sen. Date Rema
1 Condon, W. G. 705-12-9496 7-05-46
2 Litten, J. R. 286-18-9259 8-24-49 Prom
3 Copeland, R. 705-12-9557 1-19-50 Disb
4 Robinson, P. E. 290-16-4582 5-11-50
5 Huye-tt, W. W. 510-12-6479 10-31-52 Prom
6 F'inley, 14. 0. 235-22-7540 12-11-53 Prom
7 Williams, E. R. 715-10-8980 3-07-55
8 Terry, V. N. 290-25-9977 6-14-60 Disb.
9 urns, W. S.· 301-22-6415 E-1E-61
10 Mentro, R. N 285-34-0941 9-26-61
11 Dcnato, R. J. 27E-2-'.-EE_3 E-:2-62
__ 2.:_eich, D. 1:. 2_°4-:-'.-·cE4 4-17-63 ?rC.-.c
_2 S-.lcer, Jr, F. .;. .;GE-1:-i21., 4-29_63
.> Wacccner, V. i. 2:.°-24-E4iG E-__-6E
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