SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 605
PARTIES ) Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
TO TfE ) and
DISPUTE ) Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
QUESTIONS
AT ISSUE: 1. Should the names of the transferred crossing
watchmen from Subdepartment No. 7 be placed on
the bottom of the seniority roster of protected
employees holding seniority as laborers in Sub
department No. 1 in the seniority district, as
proposed by the Carrier in Item 3 of its pro
posed Agreement, or
should
their. names be shown
on the bottom of the roster of all employees
halding seniority as laborers in Subcrep<;rtrnent
No. 1 in the seniority district, as proposed
by the Organization in Item 3 of its proposed
Agreement?
2. Should the Implementing Agreement provide
that, "An employee used by the Carrier to pro
tect any extra or relief assignment as described
in Article II, Section 1 and 3 of the February 7,
1965 Mediation Agreement, will be paid travel
time, and actual traveling, boarding and lodging
expenses", as proposed by the organization in
Item 6 of its proposed Agreement, or should the
payment be confined to "traveling expenses" as
specifically and automatically provided in Sec
tion 3 of Article II?
OPINION With respect to Question No. 1, other awards
OF BOARD: deal with the same issue. Since the Subdepart
ment No. 1 seniority roster shows no unprotected
employees with more 'seniority than the employees to be trans
ferred, there is no need to dovetail. Carrier's proposed
Item 3 is therefore upheld.
With respect to the second question, the February 7,
1965 Agreement, Article II, Section 3. makes no provision for
the travel time and living expenses sought by the Employes.
There is no reason to believe that the parties meant to do
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more for employees used as vacation, relief, holiday replacement, etc., than the Agreement specified: "'raveling expenses
will be paid in instances where they are allowed under existing
rules..." To require more than that would a*;7d benefits not
agreed upon by the parties.
A W A R D
1. The names of the transferred crossing
watchmen from Subdepariment No. 7 shall
be placed on the bottom of th3 seniority
roster
or
protected employees holding
seniority in Subdepartment No. 1 in the
seniority district, as proposed by the
Carrier in Item 3 of its proposed Agreement.
2. Employees used to protect extra or relief
assignments are not entitled to paid
travel ti;,ve or to expenses other than
the traveling expenses specified in
other Agreements or Awards.
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Elton Frie man, Referee
Dated: Washington. D. C.
June
g, 1969
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