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                SPECIAL BOARD OF AD JUSTMENT N0. 117


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;
                          CASE 1

    1. Carrier violated the terms of the agreement between the parties when

        it arbitrarily reclassified the position of Agent-Telegrapher at

        Burr Oak, Kansas, to that of Agent-Restricted-Operator, effective

        may 16, 1954, without agreement between the parties.


    2.Carrier violated agreement when effective May 16, 1954, it reduced

        the rate of pay of the Agent-Telegrapher at Burr Oak, Kansas, from

        $1.805 to $1.66 per hour, without agreement between the parties.


        3. Carrier'shall restore classification of Agent-Telegrapher to the position at Burr Oak, Kansas, effective May 16, 1954·


    4. Carrier shall pay F. M. Buetzer, or the incumbent at Burr Oak,

        Kansas, the difference between the amount paid since may 16, 1954,

        and the agreed rate of Agent-Telegrapher to which he was entitled .


      . . . CASE 2

      1. Carrier violated the terms of the agreement between the parties when it arbitrarily reclassified the position of Agent-Telegrapher at Blue Rapids, Kansas, to that of Agent-Restricted operator, effective may 16, 1954, without agreement between the parties.


    2. Carrier violated agreement when effective May 16, 1954, it reduced .

      the rate of pay at Blue Rapids, Kansas, from $1.96 per hour to $1.66,

      without agreement between the parties.


      3. Carrier shall restore classification of Agent-Telegrapher at Blue Rapids Kansas, effective may 16, 1954.


      4. Carrier shall pay D. C. Hockensmith, or the incumbent, at Blue Rapids, Kansas, difference between the amount paid since may 16, 1954, and the agreed rate of Agent-Telegrapher to which he was entitled.


                          CASE 3

      1: Carrier violated the terms of the agreement between the parties when. it arbitrarily reclassified the position of Agent-Telegrapher at Palmery Kansas, to that of small non-telegraphic agent, effective May 16, 1954, without agreement between the parties.

                                          Award No, 2

                                          Docket No. 2


      2. Carrier violated the agreement when effective May 16, 1954, it reduced the pay of Agent-Telegrapher at Palmer) Kansas, from $1.805 per hour to monthly rate of $252.15 per month without agreement between the parties.


      3. Carrier shall rest'o>:e classification of Agent-Telegrapher to the position at Palmer, Kansas, effective May i6, 1954. -


      4. Carrier shall pay H. D: Hamm, or the incumbent, at Palmer, Kansas, the difference between the amount paid since May 7.6, 1954, and the agreed rate of Agent-Telegrapher to. which he was entitled.


                          CASE 4

      l.. Carrier violated the terms of the agreement between the parties when it arbitrarily reclassified the position of Agent-Telegrapher at Barnes, Kansas, to that of small non-telegraphic agent, effective May 16, 1954, without agreement between the parties.


    2. Carrier violated the agreement when effective Mey 16, 1954, it reduced

      the pay of the Agent-Telegrapher at Barnes, -Kansas, from $1.805. per

      hour to monthly rate of $252.15 per month without agreement between

      the parties. ~-


      3. Carrier shall restore classification of.Agent-Telegrapher to. the position at Palmer, Kansas, effective may 16, 1954.


      4. Carrier shall pay,J. M. Ellis: or the incumbent, at Barnes] Kansas, the difference between the amount paid since May 16, 1954, and the agreed rate of Agent-Telegrapher to which he was,entitlFd.,


OPINION OF BOARD: While existing facts in these claims are not identical with those
 present in Docket No. 1, said claims under consideration here
 involve the same parties and the wane rules as were present in Docket No. 1, Award
 No. 1, 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. For the reasons stated and to the extent indicated in Award No. 1, these claims are denied.

        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 respective?y Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

 That this Special Board of Adjustment has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and that the Carrier did not violate the effective agreement:
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                                            Award No. 2

                                            Docket No. 2


                            AWARD


        Claim denied.


                  SPECIAL BOARD Or ADJUSUENT N0. 117


                    Livingston Smith -- Chairman


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C. 0. Griffith--- loye Member G. W. JohnsoA ~- Carrier Member

 St. Louis, Missouri May 29, 1956