-. SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT' N0. ll7
ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
and
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
Claim of the General Committee.of The Order of Railroad Telegraphers on
the Missouri Pacific Railroad that:
(a) The Carrier violated and continues to violate the provisions of the
agreement between the parties when on August 27, 1952, it abolished
the first and second trick telegrapher-clerk positions at Prescott,
Arkansas, without abolishing the work:
(b) The Carrier violated the provisions of the agreement between the
parties when, on November 13, 1952, by unilateral action it reclassified the position of Star Agent' at Prescott, Arkansas, to Star
Agent-Telegrapher with an assigned work week of six days. .
(c) The Carrier. now be required to restore the work formerly performed
by the first and second trick telegrapher-clerks to the-scope of
the Telegraphers' Agreement and compensate first trick TelegrapherClerk A. B. Bonds and second trick Telegrapher-Clerk 0. P. Keown
for all monetary losses sustained, including expenses incurred
account this violation.
(d) The position of Star Agent be restored at Prescott; Arkansas, and
the incumbent, D. S. Jordan, be compensated for any and all monetary consideration due him account this violation, including
expenses.
OPINION OF BOARD: While the existing facts in this claim are not identical with
those present in Docket No. 10, said claim under consideration
here involves the same parties and the same rules as were present in Docket No. 10,
Award No. 9, previously considered by this Board.
It is the opinion of the Board that the controlling factual situation here present, when considered in the light of the cited rules, is comparable to
that considered and applied in the aforesaid award.
This claim is disposed of on the grounds set forth and to the
extent indicated in Award No. 9.
Award No. 12
Docket No.
13
FINDINGS: The Special Board of Adjustment No. 117, upon the whole record and all
the evidence, finds and holds:
That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved
June 21,
1934.
That the claim should be disposed of in accordance with the above opinion.
AWARD
Claim disposed of in accordance with the above opinion.
SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 117
Livingston Sn'th --- Chairman
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Me ber G. W~. John' on -- Carrier Member
St. Louis, Missouri
May
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