SP,'-T~CT.AL WARD OF ADJU$E:diT K0. 605
PARTIES) Erothrlhc-'7~d of rril·T:ay,-Airlir"D r::d st2c:-ohip Clot-0,
TO ) Froight Ii.--idlers, g_xpa,~cs and Station a°fployvo
DISP!Tfd) and
Chssrpals= sed Ohio Railuy Co=::-:iy
Qf~;3TIyz~3
AT ISSUE: 1. Vas the situattien which e= istcd at the Carrier's S':.-.-:-port
Vans, Birfin Terminal on
Tanunry 31, 1959 not atx
"e-. 3reoncy conditions" as thnt teem its v,et?
in Soction 4
of ArticL,, 1
of tha !:C-e-.-_:^,sit of I'cbru~ry 7, 1955?
..
2. If~EL~ ,s~zor to Qtoatiox: 1 is in tbn afiisy:·,eive, slx.All
tine C°_rrivr vaj be
1:0C.--mired
to cs.~:,~.axa~to :111 Csiluiao
for
any loss 37-tain-_d Lac-nusa of ti.e r_bolitimn of positiona,
hereinainr ~i:.5:ed, on sixzeota houis rc;vcvaca notice?
OPINION Or WARD: On DceF')ar 21, 1968, t1:! Ic°.·~:-;l~;s.:::xa'o Wien struck all At1_4ntic
and Culf
rortr, isicludleg
7k:_:pONN-t
H:~;53,
VIKS-iiaia°-tP3 fncilitis3
involv<':d l:irdin. haw-piV3 Ya-_'~ _i.ai,~.o, c_'-ri:ir-'r
E::.-1GTj'~;i.."O
cuntini:3d
to
parforxa teeir tapka by strr
,1e
in.v,,:ji;,,.a lvnaildllnEs las.-tx:d on
thl Piers,
tl:3
export
L~rfLalldiaa which conti'a:.C!
t0 i·.crivo- . PaEior to tL2 G~.t3
in qvootioa I:^:.°2in, s nu._Iar cf z.^-__e ^u~e bui.lc3~:~E3 ~:_s: coor.)lot-,?ly t;t..c?~_d with
mP-rc::andiee 2nd, tlr=refor?, coiaa cl_',rical.posiirU5
*i:~.1.3
paoviously ~·Wnli~w.d.
However, on January 31, 1969, a largo
emport chi:t:W.it unzx;-ctedly
arrival
cud
all av~ila.ble sto::a:~r e·:.^.cdi::q.z;·,-s;.Wt;:d.
At this suid·m turf of
ever~s`s, pux_:a=.~:e to th-: provioiars of AXP-IcIn I, 2..ction 4, of tb,? Fcbrus-.ry 7,
1965
A;;rc=.::;tat, tha
Carr-*-r rvc the si-.- hours ndvs_s;cz notice and reduced its
forcar. il·^,Vcaftir, t:-a 0:_-ajara..,tioa filed `.-.!n inotent cla~..:a c:_a
b.^%:lf
of ti::
va;:iou3
Cl^,ii':_=Std
VJ'SJo=
h03itti^na wnr-~
:i!:Oli~xu~d. In
.13aece, tll£ 0:'.V:lil_,t,`i.',?3
CO15t`a.ds
taaatt
t'b,°a
c£iri!r coteld
7!,·'.7$ ii~d~l'.C
tli3 provisio'u:· of Lrticla I, Section
4,
of thw rebrucxy
7, 1965 .?v,~-as::.nt, in>s.-a=:L
:,3
tLs -slIsL-id cznvg,_z_.y only cca°
sist_d of a lack
of
avnil<-',111
storaz_ cpn_ca.
In a~a effese bo reach
t`:e
crux of t:'·_a iau"~:kt
dizplIt'!,
w r:-; re
quiE4d
to Eialyztn=a
r=:
ties nt poa?ioa of Article I, Ssct ii:a 4, >.ar~i.<.a£tar
qu~t~d:
n ., , -
I.Ot`di,tht31`"31~Uldo
Otb'd'
,^-m017i^u1013u
Of
ia3i-3 ty3°Cc~nt,
a caTrieT sl_311 hn ae tlxs right;
t9
7-:.^%a2
fvac3 %'e'at3.=
tions unOzr
e_-=:Lnncy conditions such
as
flood, snoastoxia, husriccrc, ev~E:;:a '.:a,
firs: or
atr1.!:<.!, providnd thrt orarati.v:a
aTCt
su~;..~:,.i d i~a e: olc or is
part
and provi!!arl fvs _:hnr gb^t Lecnusv
of such os;ar
gsncies tie c:Fork crraich .:mild ba
farfox ~3 by tb=
incu-vents of tLa positions
try
b--: ebolisf:cd or the
work which woui-I bb parfox__:d by the: cz- , loyces involved in tha
foren
radmctior? no
I,o:3f~s·
exists or
cannot be
pnrforn^_d. Siste,,n hours advance notice
will be agivan to tl--ez.ploy:1_s affected
before such
reductions are t_n---dn."
Award No. 245
Case no. CL°·48-E
Thus, the
Organization ar&=3as
th.At a "strike---may or
cfty
rot
cause
93
e°=~r~Wney." It
L:.rp3ads
uson vlw,-t.,it cra;na rm "unforeco^n
Eat
of
eircu--.3tnrc-s, rm exi--cy, a criticnl zed suddmn occur :ion." III-, Carrier,
in
turn, trees
that not only arts an cFaron ncy
condition created by tiaa
strike,
but
thst it
F-"t t43 provisos Vereto--oTarrtions era sua<<uB.:d in
0,_~la
or i.u part
PSSd the work so
lonfsr exists or ctinlot
be perforez:d. Co=~equ~stly, Section
4,
spxificclly ;rents it the ri.;ht to reduce
forces ors the
coniitic'a that tkn sia°
tcen hours r=avance notice is gin..=n.
r3 VB"ld 'SLxC.l
tfst tmI'?r
0a
laum'_?';° of
y,Xti~la
I, a-r~t3©51 ly,
of t1:2 iwxmary 7, 1;55 ~?.Jr~=e~nt,
En
e·:.=rgancy condition
de43
not al^ise =ucc-2
tically upon tL-, hapj.aning of crof tto
evuts
cnuzarflrad ih^s:eia. lies Secticra
alga dsscribes the conditio-~.a Tyhich rest pKevuil, i.e., Or! c=ork no longer exists
or c«rot b: p3rforrad
t,d oparaticas are suspend^d.
E=nee,
uhsn
tba
le:;ngshore:,::n
stri'_=r
initially cor-wnced on Bereu-
twr 21, 19688, the Carrier
did not utilise the provisicus
of Lrxicls I,
Section 4.
It eras not until Jnu~-y 31, ·'
1959, "~pzo%R:Maely
five wa~'.rs
rh,~re:^fter,
thxit it
iuv3'»d tle rig'ak
ga-o-Gad un:'..,r th3~1ebr: 7, 1955 :`.g·'c_t~.~
·°._y
_ ~ at. Ccn
it
truly
be
argv·3d that the stri'.vm wan not tLa p::oxir:·-to ccu,-a for tba di~ap:::;r'~?_ic^ of
tLa
available
zolx?
In this rz-:C~xd, :^.a cite our Auard Eo. 123, A°rain we
held
th._st
a
partial red"tica iu a pleat's c-ration did rut cc-"Ay With
try
v~_°·;.:acy condi
tions spacificb.lly
datailcd in
Sctie:a
4. In to:i;~stprt dispute, hoc:s,sr, .;e
find tech ca ,3ition coutwtn-d
thoreie Uas
i::t by thn ~v:crier.
In
effect,
the
er
ganisation sz-':a to irc1L": a
rE;uir:---ut th=at i:wdi.a~ely upon
the^. cccur°L=ace
of
a strit
--
read
oaly than, nay tta Carrier iava'_L-o the
provisions of .0actioa 4.
In our visa, all the r=quireq_:uvs
c~st be co~plicd with and
as
occurrod in Via instant
situ,~tioa, an interval of tir=e a-y
elapse during e:hich
work r-^y b-s paKfcr~-d vithont
h?n:lrs.nca,
davpits the exisiince of a atri'_ce.
It
iP,~s.-iifr:3, CUB
covcliasic^.
:t=enet
i=a-1~5 tf1? f;sa:7
~iu'~=~,'.'=;`6
heraiiA,
t':- C°°triee5:
.aid -')l: viol3U~ tf.~ AU':'_.-
1%
by
rtPCIV·~i7- fOi:C":9 tSPLOM
nWn3
tL?
F"_y::=
A
BiaC.'Cn f:_d~9 a`.·..~i._`Q.
.
5:ii3
£f3ii2q'
t0
yl-16tiOtl (1) riid (2) L5 th'_:f
`3(3 C.:':i:..'~ sGy
c::__s1.ti'Ja
exicf-c--l m
~t:·:'3'.ay
31, 190; ':=r4
it3 (~..'.~.ti·~i i7
r,=-'
requir=.d
f:9 C(1~_~_.~:~.3q.19~
for say loss srstai5in9.
(cr)
1-4
~ cr)
Dated: f?nsa?~;~r3e~, D. C.
Jane
9, 1971