SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
N0. 605
PARTIES)
Transportation-Communication Employees Union
TO ) and
DISPUTE:) St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
QUESTIONS 1. Does the transferring of any work performed by employees
AT ISSUE: covered by the Telegraphers' Agreement to employees not
covered by that Agreement constitute a violation of
Article III, Section 17
2. Did Carrier violate the Agreement
when it
moved work
performed by employees covered by the Telegraphers'
Agreement from one point to another without first follow
ing the procedure set forth in Article III, Sections 1
and 2 or 37
OPINION In connection with the closing of its agency stations at
OF BOARD: Hackett, Arkansas and Bono, Arkansas in October
1965,
Car
rier abolished the Agent-Telegrapher position at each of
these stations. Certain of the clerical work formerly performed by the
incumbents of the Agent-Telegrapher positions at said stations was thereafter
assigned to clerical employees covered by the Clerks' Agreement and located
at the open stations closest to Hackett and Bono.
The assignment of the remaining clerical work to Clerks did
not involve the crossing of craft lines. In additions the contested action
of the Carrier did not involve the transfer of employees from one seniority
district or roster to another. It follows that the Carrier did not violate
the cited provisions of Article III of the Mediation Agreement.
AWARD
1, The assignment or transfer of the involved clerical
works previously performed by employees covered by the Telegraphers' Agreement., to employees covered by the Clerks' Agreement did not constitute a
violation of Article III., Section 1.
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AWARD - Continued
2. The Carrier did not violate the Mediation Agreement
by assigning the disputed clerical work to Clerks at other points without
first following the procedure set forth in Article III, Sections 1 and
2 or 3.
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Washington, D. C. - December 19, 1967