SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 605
PARTIES ) Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
TO ) and
DISPUTE ) The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
QUESTION
AT ISSUE: (a) Did the Carrier violate the February 7, 1965 National
Agreement and subsequent interpretations thereto when,
on or about October 3, 1966, it unilaterally transferred
the Plains-Slaton Division Signal Gang in charge of
Signal Foreman J. L. Mason from the employes' home
seniority district (Plains-Slaton Division) to the
New Mexico Division, a separate seniority district?
(b) Should the members of the Plains-Slaton Division Signal
Gang be paid for all time worked on the New Mexico
Division, at their respective rates of pay on a puni
tive basis -- such pay to be in addition to any other
compensation to which they are entitled?
(c) Should the members of the Plains-Slaton Division Signal
Gang be paid for all hours they were not permitted to
work on their home seniority district at their respective
straight time rates of pay account of the unilateral
transfer?
(d) Should the employes of Plains-Slaton Division Signal
Gang be reimbursed for all traveling time and living
expenses incurred account of the unilateral transfer
off their home seniority district? This is to include
all expenses outlined in General Chairman W. H. Lewis'
letter of October 31, 1966, to General Manager F. N.
Stuppi initiating the claim here involved.
OPINIOa
OF BOARD: The
issue presented in this dispute is identical
to that resolved in Award No. 70 (Case No. SG-15-W),
and this Board is governed accordingly.
AWARD
The answer to the Issue to be Resolved is answered
in the negative.
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Nicholas b. /Z s
Neutral Memb r !
Dated* Washington, n.C.
Mav 76. 1969