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The trorxforce at the-Station Field Tergi^al consisted i of Official Agent Hill worIdng from 800 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. - Nonday through Friday, and taro clorPs, one of whor. vrorked 8:00 A.M. to $:00 P.M. and the other from 2:00 P.:i. to 10:00 P.-a. - both working Monday t.'u^ou& Friday. The Clairwat wurked z clexicza position. 6;00 A.M. to 2sOC P.M., Sundzy through Thurz-,day, in the i'rainmastter's office. The r=? evnt Scope Rule States in mart:

                        Clerk - an employee who regularly

                      devotco not less tiian four ho, -,-s pcr day

                      to the writing and calev-lating incident

                      to heeping records and accounts, irriting.

                      mad trr.nscriting isttera, bills, rcports,

                      stat:ments, raid sir.i1= uo_·k and to the

                      or.^ »tion of tho following machines or

                      d:c::;s or si;aIlLr equiv:zent .... "


                      Or:;r_ni.~aien';: ymwtIon

                      Tao-OrZaniv~.flon atated the c3_aim is vaalid bacaure

        the C~.rxier may not porzit an employee occupying ::n "official" rmzition to perfcr:r s:orf encor:..s:;od wid)in tho Scope of the Clerics' An cement. The Carrier hors essi~,cxi c1criazl cork of lees thnn four hours to an °official wgont" on tho cialra drwtes The CrCnizntion !:tatea a distinction mutt b3 noted


      an of,~ a4n.a , r:-s , .r a ~t

            <.icial evit. es,~ f . .o__w._t_ ...ew , the 7.attcr being subj..ct to the

        terra aiui provizacna of. I:... C'lar:;s' h;:=coycnt:. The Carricr is in erzror

        Nhen it. stated tt,,:a A,r;cnt t111I, . "offIIcin'l ageant" K.;.^, ahays n_rfor..ox

        tho disputed functionrf at Allinnco. Sic. did not porZor7i those duties, -bo

        cuuso they sere performed by omplo: ees ccvarod by the C1erl:s' Agroement.

. ~. -; . .... Awardr_*o:~1'- PL (3 0235
 ' -`. case :ro._l
 4 The Orgnzization further stated that the issue of "exclusivity" has no
 relevance to a di=ute where an excepted employee is performing work
 covered by the 1_gneencnt. Nor is there any merit to the Carrier's dis-
        cussion of ,,.Mri- d-ys of the Agent*because an official agent ;..ay not

    perform the mork in quastion, anti therefore the issue of his :nark days

    is i~L.3tC:ii.'dl. -lid Orf,17i.ation sttabes that Rule 4-A-JJ.tf) is dkP1ivv~ae

    becauoe the offiedal acne :.,s utilized to do worn which was part of the

    ._ assignment of one or :ore of the Clerics in the Frei;ht and Yard Cfficeo. . . _

    ('the=n the Carrier removed t::a work frc:.^^. the Clerks' asFigrments on the

    claim dteas, it 'bec:r;:L °.~:;:asi;n`ci voa~k which accrued either to extra. or

    unassigne6 c.-.a3 oyoes wh-o had riot IrA 40 hours work that week, or to the

    re6pluar i`L,R~oya0.

    _._. cr~::,au;:ation added that since thzre wore n o

    qualified e:r1oy.CL7 on th:a extra ii..^,t to porfoxq the wo'ri: in question,

    Vie C2sii~a:t, a,-^> :x quall_ilcc~ avail, hlo regular employee, should have imam


        asst&aed 'Uie cl-rk instcac? of Lgont'~, Hill. The ~r~..ni. _aion added that the

        . Carrier's atteznt to :`once off its work by denartrseats cannot cor:pro;aiss

        or defeat sl: ·· rrovi.Ue::.of Cl oaks' Agreement or tl- rights of the c::;

        ployees covered thnrevrcrr.

        The Crgwnization et<,tcd tbat the Clairint vas monetarily I;Ce;rievcd ·rhc:i Agent 1i;17. poorforacd work- ho was not contruciV:-1l iY ~;Zti'ia(i:~ to 17:_tiOT:1. Thn uOii: :..,.~ ...::1 :::ai~h could 119vJ Lo-an I)Q~,furi-:u i iet_tcI:V i'ii:r Of the dc'ty or : icjht. 116 coulee, Lave Lisa Jot?.~ Vs the tsro <1arka during -their tour of duty, but if they were too busy then by overtino, or ly utilizi..^..- :.n extLa, clerk. Since there s:as

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-no extra clerk available, the work could have fallen to the Claimant on
 t , ,n overtime basis at the expiration of his :lift.

                            Carrie-`a Position

          "'ha Cri_~-riU- contends that-the cIe3--.a laoi:s merit Do

          cause the Scope rule re-I' led uiou 1^·y the OrL.nl nation does not vest or

          :reserve any p=tic,l^r class o=' work to the job classifications I.i:t:d

          in the Scope !Lrticle. Through numerous Mni-2s, it h-as mow teen ent_bi.ish>d

          that the Orrg2xdzaidon has the burden of rrovir_G h.t the worms is _uction

          has been solely and sxcluaively ^erforrr~a Yrt the involved cagleyees by

          custom, tradition. and practice. The rule of "exclusivity" is well es

          tablished on this property and 1-as b;en for spany ye=s.

          The Cue.-pier stated th=t the elsruted work fwnct:ons have allays fren perfo=;~d by the Agent at lalicince rz incident to his primary duties. Thesn duties have never been the exchuaive duties of ele::3a at Al3i.cneo. The Carrier stated thzt it is eigtificat tt t neither of. the two clarka in the Station lepzxtruent filcu. :any claims alleging the work peas-formed by the ACent aocruecl to than. The Vie.-=ier asserts the Clai~;ant is ir, the `lranspert~=tio_t L~ra,z-tment maid would no;, nocorcarily 1uva any inowleage of tha s^:~=:: porfcr_xed in the S-ba.tion Department.

          The (;3=-i::r otre=c-ed thot A.tcnts prrforra these same functions at r=y locticns in the Caarxicr°o system and they ate not duties exclucivu;.; POXfOl-C.1 1',;' C1~i:Y::.

          The AC;ent p:rfoiueci tl'i~s axties in question ms knc~-.dont to his ethcz duties rnct scn1· Awerdc have held this to tr3


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 pamicsible. ..The Carrier-.also noted that the Soope :tale defines an employe® as one who spends not lens than four hours per day in the performance of clerical work. Consequenily, it is proper to have an employee who iz not a clerk spend less than fcur hours a day on clerical work rdthout b=eaching the Clerks' Agreement.
 The Carrier cstated that the work in quest"on t,-s performed on the regular work day of the two clerks, as well as oi, the woric day of the Agent a=id the Claimant. The Claimant was th~-,zfcra net evailab1o as all eXtr oral an unassi;gied employee to rerfora the vor::. Ire vas not avail-able to work and therefore not eligible to receive iUie three hours pay claimed on the naried dates. The Carrier stated that the contract contains no provisions for penalty paraents which are what the Ch; r.p--m iu see'sB.^.g.

 Findin';st The Board, upon the entire record and all. the evidence,
 finds that the Pmployea and carrier are Employee and Carrier zathin the
 mearing of the Puilway I.ibor Act= that the Board. has jurisdiction over
 the c'fisputo and that the parties to the dtsmite were given due notice of
 the hoarin- thereon.

                The Boss finds on the merits the ~r~,;x_n~u'ri.u~:'s ac.i- -


tion morn rorsva:Avc except for the natter of darat.-Gs.
 'I".no "oa.zA find;, that a non-tnrgalnir,3 emit ,~:-plnye3 cannot ,-.i:opnr!y pnrfar-:: L:rrr~ini.na~ unit tmri: urlcns it was purely inctent al to thd. s r.~_i-by ~..ining va.t duties and reaponzill.liti -.^.. T::-, alcus e;;fciwoa :~'v~crc.~d L^,;~ the C^.rrier with regard to Scope, ercls::ivity

 and lens th= focrr hours work ~-erfcrmcd, :e relevant only to the issue
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      . _. or to. tho performance-of work '1x;txoen--different claases of bargaining


` ' unit clerical employees. The provisions -cited by the Carrier give no
          carte blanc to it to assign clerical work encoJ:=sssrd Ly the Contract

          to employees not covered by the Agreement. To permit such action could

          clearly erode if net subvert the collective tcrrainin6; a.zzree<ent.

          The one asard cited by the CaxrlE-_- 31J w;.par. L of having a smiporvisor perform Yard-nins unit w,ii;k (Thief eicion Au-rc;

                                                      a.


    - 1243tf) iz,s decided on the basis of denirimis becauee tile ·~rxs:~'isor

        spent about 20 minutes doing bargaining unit work. In thin, S.se, the

        Agent =2nt about 22 hovws per day pe=forring the eispstsd work,- concedely

        -. no-i demirir·.~::.:i riot week merely incidental to the Ageait'c of*;= saper

        visory duties. It ezs clearly articulated clerks' Torn. S1iV1 mgart 'o

        -the C.1u=3:cr's asoertien that AL-,~Lrts ::_fcr: ttlo case ro=t cf.' r.or~: i : other


r' loca~an; on th4., yroerty, the Loan's must hold thrst in d:.forent.1o ~-
 . w

          tie116, _n,.te..~,iLY.a,bt,; Eatalla~i ofiiCes, ethW7 2:.'~'~ligc:~CntC- J:ay I:° f:=iGCtos-.


          xHoi

          rcycz* the Board is ruling on the situation at Alil-c~a rind no ether.

                        Tho Bo.=3, ho;swovcr, finds.tho Q~Irlir :at's aIwin fcr

          three hors pay on the clatmdates not well founaod. ihnre is no c1car

          evidence that ho :;.s directly and immediately dw::aged or h=rsed by the

          Agent p"-forming the -work in. question. The rcco=a su~Oft;r3tS t-hat. tile

          likelihood cf the Ca=rier utilI;_ing his sc-t~.c=·E on an overtime b:ci: to

          norfo^a the ;nor:: in question, v?s extrreneJ1· renoie and tan-Vil'Aal. Tile

          Clairiant h_.~r, nGL aM_i v per:>uStsfv·! Crsf* FhGFi.a,~; ar!Y (:111'-t.L r-_1,1LionstaT)

          trtveon Um nn d any injury no a ram iltt o= the nontt^.ct tr:c; chi A G3aiznnt

          has- to r=ove C7.uwally that h7 hz."3 izC:i ~.'.<1~114:~',^.d by atii3 L::;y'.ia?T':. do,iC'tual

          conduct. There is no zzanh ::hcrfing is this record.