BEFORE PUBLIC LAW BOARD NO. 7566 CASE NO. 154
BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYES DIVISION – IBT RAIL CONFERENCE
and
WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD.
Carrier’s File WC-BMWED-2015-00005
Claimant: K. TIKKANEN
STATEMENT OF CLAIM
“Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:
The Carrier violated Rule 33 of the Agreement beginning on February 11, 2015, when it disqualified Mr. K. Tikkanen from a welder helper position asserting that he must attend and pass USOR training every other calendar year (Carrier’s File WC-BMWED-2015- 00005 WCR).
As a consequence of the violation referred to in Part 1 above, Claimant K. Tikkanen must be compensated for eight (8) hours each for February 12, 13, 16 and 17, 2015 at the applicable Welder Helper’s straight time rate of pay. In addition, the Claimant must be compensated for seventy-six (76) miles at the IRS mileage rate ($.575/mile) for the expense incurred during his trip to Two Harbors, Minnesota.”
The carrier or carriers and the employee or employees involved in this dispute are respectively carrier or employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.
Public Law Board 7566 has jurisdiction over the parties and the dispute involved herein.
The parties have resolved the above claim through settlement. Claim dismissed.
PLB NO. 7566
AWARD NO. 154
John K Ingoldsby Ryan Hidalgo
Carrier Member Organization Member
Brian Clauss Neutral Member
Dated: 1-26-21
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