SPECIAL B
OAPD_OF ADJUSTwa;NT 20. 605
P< RTYES ) Brotherhood of rtailuay, Airline
seed Skurvi~ship Clerks,
TO ) Freight Fandlers, Express rnd Station Employes
DISFU"IE) and
KAnssa3
City Teruinsl Rail;my
qm;S
mis
AT ISM: (1) Did Ucs. Larbara J.
Mills possess tho
two (2) years or morel
of
Employ"cnt relationship as of October 1, 1964, n-coesary
to
qualify her as a "pdotectcd employee" as that tern is used
in Section 1 of
Axticle
1 of Uxw Febyrunry 7, 1965 _Agrov;~?at2
(2) Did the C;mcior violate the provistcns of Article IJ, Section
1, of the
Agrcment vhen it refused to coi:rsrsate ClaiuHnt
Mrs. B. J. -Mills during the psriod of furlough
Sea
tabor 2,
1969 to October 2, 1969?
(3) Shall the Carrier nor be
required
to cez;pnnsate ii s. B. J.
Mills at her protected rate in nccor&mce with
Article
ICJ,
Section 1
of
the Febr.,u^ry 7, 1965 Agrecrcnt?
OPINION
OF EOA"'D: 2be instant dispute ix:volv3s a claim for: rf~.y.:,nt of protection
benefits due Claim-nmt for the period froca Sept=_z;<sr 2,
1969--th-,
date sir.^. was furloughed--to October 2, 190'9--the date st^ eras re
assiL-a_,d to a
yard
clerk position.
Th°_ facts, as detailed by the Carrier, irdicata that Clai"_nt ·,qes
erploymd on Februry
9, 1961.,
for tc~aror:ary
vacation
relief work. Zffectivc
April 6, 1962, s'aa cons assigned by Bulletin to the position of Vacation
relicf
T-ssenger 6: Y;3x Operator, umtil C~tob=r 26, 1962. Theraafttr, on approxb,_:taly
Cd>elva
d-tas during
October.,
Noven?be~ and rsce_-_er, 19062, Clain·;t was oifored
and s1.: perfoar~d eatra work on a day=to-day basis.
Although she
perfom:rd no
service in jn·nry, 1963, Claimant was hired for: a reF,_alar clerical
position an
February
11, 1963.
Fsior to
the
latter
drat:, Claire-2nt could not eateblish senior
ity und-r Article 12(c) o=° the affective SCS;-_'lule A-9i"mvt:x1t
r:0' she
hr.d not
p3r
forrnd the raquircd sixty L_ys of s~2rvic-
1Lcagh
Clni^fna e;;s;bl.icL-d cz~aicrity
from
Febru!=ry 11, 1963 to
Sopta~`.ar 2, 1Sb9, s'ewes displaced by a sznie». ca
ployac east furlourb~:.d until S^:::ctyx 13, 1969, vl'n She Was
:!O°in
ragulnxly
E-t
ployed.
Thus, the issue psasentcd to us
is whwth:r Clai~a-.^..·;s acquired an
employrant raletionship of two
years
or care as of Octob;r 1, 1964,
in
or4>r to
qualify ss a protected esloye pursuant to Article I, Section 1, of
the
rubru-^ry
7, 1965 AZrec-L~nt.
In support of its
position, tua
Carrier asserts
th_nt Clai._·^ nt did
not
perform
any
service during the month of January, 1963. In addition, the Car
rier argues
that Clairent
had only a
casval
relationship with tta Carrier prior
to acquiring seniority. In effect, ClaL~ w^.nt
had
no tie-in and no residual rights
under the effective Agwe:m~nt.
Conversely,
tea Organization insists that during
this period she was avnilnble for extra work, bid on a bulletined position and
assig'aed
trr-;rato
"·aitb.cus:
',)ariyfit or filing a naa application for eriploYn:rat; sub
mitting to a physical e_ -^==i.ration or any
oth^.r fo:,=,ality
th.t is routine ly follo=i:ed
in
th=
hiring
of ekp1oya^s."
Award No. 246
Case No. CL-00-W
- 2 -
In our pr.vioua
Auard
Eve. 34 and 151, on thnujt ea had firoly
estnblislad the pn~i_nciplc th^t as ePjlcy^at ralar0n;hip is nct
t&3
cqnivalet
of acniflrisy. In fact, tie UnaaEha$ 24, 1965 E~x.~Fa~P;tia~e, Quaatisa c-_l Mswer
ED. 5 <<<^_;lar
AWCla
I, Rrxion 1, ci=ilnriy, a lm a.
Ms^ts_.y
V·=swa :
e021gyawnt relation ~'·~ip c& c zaio=ity. 7n ties
U
n-=
Iota,
wa quote fam out
Weird Uo. 3!s, On follovM3:
"zczniority, nnr!-ally,
MCI
frm tin czscLuf^at of Sts
parties w evidl_cccl by t'-r call:!ctiva bnx,CMnLn3 contract. cmvzrsaly, tH cn:21GY
_'.°3t
relntinzzhi?
0XII000
WI3n
=uc'21o;ae
it;
Mot hit>a3 -
0100or
in uL'_:.ILa0iris unit ex esceptad position. Once:, M ate, lsa30nst
rolattioncLip nowd
:got
b= coincid-wntal with roniority."
In actuality,
the.Wriar dog.^a not qmxrel with
t?:y above. Ifo=vnr,
tea
CaMor's position is hrWic;rad en t'ca follaainj co=biirtion:
"---that i2ca. MIS dil nat'sNa a consag:ow:T? cr:loy-
,_
°`N'n
amt raInticnabia with tin E'__ ::=jity r:&W_i-..^.1 . g
ilF9ay
Carlo! tie Paarrlol
&WOOr
1, 1962 to VOYeary 11,
1:53, tad accordingly is sot a 'gooCnctood ey;lGyn' no
ca_°.tW_-.·pla::-.d by
US
Mot cWjTi~=c of hrticl : I, c
ti01
1, of ti_a 1'obr"vxy 7,
19557^Q-,V-.'1..3., Mah
ron4a
"All
EC_1OJ10s', Otb:ft tSC./:'~i2 QnzCv=31
arploy0a, who core
in active £orviC? as of l_tiW 1, 154,
OF'
who after
Motor 1, 1^x;4, cod prier
to the
Ma
of this Acma
rant have Laze raa?ornd to acriva esr-,,>lc;, and
,.,..3 MA
to are or
=01of
c_-olown
ral·`vrAlp
as of
Oao~_r1·90 -..-
f9
t?3r~v~ x1_~_~a _..~ .1.,.~a
4jvd\
f,n~_r 1, .,.*,~v~x1_~_~ar_~_l_ l
As
nftdd, L~a i Ova
unddarlKH U^ rood acoptinuauc," en vrsll as
003
yea=s on zone of amrloynut raletionwuip." It trill b; roc311ed Mt
ClO_^:Ont
t?id
r.-.)L p-srfO:in'any ^uorvica Wing tf~a z:-Jsih of ion="3%'y, 1963. T:'.;'S, ti.'.'.
Carrier ev
gctis
teat
s:~^ d'.d not b::>ea, a c ant?°~_now rcl-tZ-.~i~,
p2rpiia
t1:r fact toot ·_.3
have c^YM17.y ~..-:d ri.n:_t_3.y revin·.::;3 cooky Ford ecn-::a=_n-vcl in KOCK E, 5:ytic:n i,
of the Fuhsuusy7,
1955 A:;;-arrant, xa fail^:d to c':=or'vO too=ai·s
tL·0 Mnd 'COPHO
noun._ _
Thus,
013
far?inr is £zaKIS3 relia%, in £?
F_9'=..-Q~ist'lnt
-3r3,
0:~ .
abs-at;
fxcra
t1is
t~,rca::nt
and
which
new
;;: "~a
zalrustad
to
read
K.no said Ay%&W
ent. Oar function, in this situati=on, is ralZ=.°:d to i~at.·,-bgreti,'_-':QxreTint
as
Writtan by tin parties. to do eo: ha:n On P3,.-:r to nid vcrds crhi.'; F:C;-,JA -
liFii.t or C::.~°:.:1 tide InnZ"?c: cG:3tainns t%_'w?m'3. i'._ =°_',', 1:ne,, Satin COMWr, V1`
valsat tarain, it is our opinion t'h^t WHOM hod an M
loKWnt ralarsec112 Of
two years or Eyre as of Wo·Jr 1, 19a!e.
Award No. 246
Case No. CL-80-W
AWARD
Tbz anawer to quaeti©ns (1), (2) r,3 (3) is in the affiv~.niv-
Dated: Uezhington, D. C.
Jars 9, 1971
ha! hi. F~ok^=a?t
(I'~a~. ;.utral 12=12r