PARTIES ) Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks,
 TO ) Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees
 DISPUTE ) and
 Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company
 QUESTIONS
 AT ISSUE: (1) Did those certain changes which the Carrier made
 in its procedures which resulted in elimination
 of work in the New York Terminal Station Account
 ing Bureau, Hoboken, N. J. (Seniority District
 No. 9) and performance of such work in the Agents'
 Offices at Dock 8, New York City (Harlem Station
 and Transfer); 28th Street and Pier 68, N. R.,
 New York; Piers 20-21, N. R., New York; Hoboken
 Local, N. J.; Croxton Piggyback Yard; Brooklyn
 (ICY.) Contract Terminal and Port Newark, N. J.
 (Seniority District No. 14) effective March 1,
 1965 require negotiation and agreement as contem
 plated by Article III of the February 7, 1965
 National Agreement and Interpretations dated
 November 24, 19657
 (2) Shall the Carrier be required to give proper notice
 and negotiate an appropriate Implementing Agree
 ment to provide for:







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OPINION Effective March 1, 1965, twelve second trick positions
 OF BOARD: in the New York Terminal Station Accounting Bureau were
 rescheduled to work the first trick which resulted in
 the abolishment on 1^srch 3, 1965 of the positions of
 two rate clerks, one typist-biller and a -ssenger.
 These abolishmanta resulted from a change in procedure
 concerning the handling of car movements (non-revenue) mono waybills.
 Prior to March 1, 1965 the station forces at Dock 8, 28th Street;
 Piers 20, 21 and 68, North River, New York City; Hoboken Freight,
 Hoboken, N. J. prepared a card bill and pouches showing the train
 that the car was to move in, car number and initials, date, point
 from, destination and routing. The bills of lading covering the
 car were picked up by messengers and taken to the New York Ibrminal
 Station Accounting Bureau for preparation of the revenue waybill.
 Under certain conditions, a memo (non-revenue) waybill would be pre
 pared to allow the cars to move and the revenue waybill would be mailed
 to the destination agent and others.

 Subsequent to March 1, 1965, the preparation of card bills by local agencies was discontinued and a three part non-revenue or memo waybill was prepared by the a,~.ncy office and by the an- employees. The data on the memo waybill contained the car number and initial, date, point from, destination, routing mad any necessary spatial instructions, which is the lama information that the agency forces placed on the card bills and pouches. As a result of this change all care moved to destination on non-revenue term bills which reduced delays to ahip=nts awaiting revenue waybills. There was no increase in the cork performed by station forces and no decrease in the amount of revenue billing work performed by the employees in the New York Terminal Station Accounting Bureau.

 The employees contended that the foregoing constituted a transfer of work from the New York Terminal Station Accounting Bureau, Hoboken, New Jersey to various Agents' offices in the New York Harbor area.

 A claim invalving these omens changes was filed by the employees with the Third Division, Rational Railroad Adjustment Board (Docket No. CL-17195), the employees contending that the changes constituted a transfer of work from one seniority district to another which required negotiations and agreement with the organization. However, in Award No. 16730, the Third Division found that what was done did not constitute a transfer of work across seniority district lines.

 On the basis of the Award of the Third Division this claim should be denied.
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                  AWARD


        The answer to Questions Nos. (1), (2) and (3) is "No."

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 Washington, D. C. - January 24, 1969