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                  Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:


        (1) The Carrier violated the Agreement on December 31, 1978 and January 1, 1979, when failing to call Traces Randy La Palme to perform overtime work at Little Lake, Michigan and instead called Brakeman William Shiner to perform this work. (System File 81-13-138)


        (2) Trackman Randy La Palme be allowed twenty-one (21) hours at his time and one-half rate of pay for violation referred to wig Part One (10) of this claim.


OPINION OF BOARD:
 Claimant was a regularly assigned Trackman at Ishpeming, Michigan, with seniority date of September 6, 1977. On December 31, 1978 and January 1, 1979 (rest day and Holiday) three Trackmen were needed to work a derailment at Little Lake, Michigan. Two of Claimant's fellow TracIQnen were called but he was not. Instead Carrier used a Brakeman to do necessary Trackman work on the derailment.
 The record shows that the clerk of the Roadmaster made the calls to the employees who worked the derailment. Claimant had on file with Carrier a telephone nunber for calls to emergency work. But.the clerk did not bother to consult the Roadmaster's records, look up that number and call that number because he "knew" that Claimant recently had moved. Instead, the clerk

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allegedly tried to track

 through directory assistance a new telephone

 number for Claimant and, failing to do so, he called the Brakeman. In the facts of this record, we find that Carrier did violate Claimant's seniority rights. No attempt whatever was made to reach Claimant at the number he had furnished Carrier for emergency use. The clerk should have called that nmber listed by Claimant rather than assuring that Claimant could not be reached there. Had such an effort been extended and Claimant could not have been reached, bier would have avoided liability in this case.

 Public Law Board No. 1844, upon finds and holds as follows:

 whole record and all of the~evidence,

 2. that the Carrier and Employee involved in this dispute. are, respectively, Carrier ,and Employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act;

 2. that the Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and

 3. that the Agreement was violated.

    Claim sustained. Carrier is to implement this Award

within thirty (30)days of issuance.

 Dana EscTien

 '-H_._G:'_Tarper, ~E.oye~ Member

 Date: avx~6,

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