SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 117


ORDER OF RAILI;OAD TELEGRAPHERS

and

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY


Claim of the General Committee of The Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the Missouri Pacific Railroad that:

      1. Carrier violated the agreement when on July 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; 16, 17, 18 and 19, 1954, it failed to assign J. A. 0'Kelly to the Star General Agent's position, Paragould, Arkansas, after having properly assigned him to the position on July 6, 7 and 8.


      2. Carrier shall now be required to pay J. A. O'Kelly the difference in rate of pay from the position of Star General Agent which he was entitled and the amount paid him for work performed as a TelegrapherClerk.


        3. Carrier violated the agreement in failing to assign the senior extra employe to the position of Telegrapher-Clerk owned by J. A. 0'Kelly for the period July 9th, 1954, througk'19th, inclusive.


      4. Carrier shall pay senior idle Telegrapher 8 hours pro rata time proper compensation far the work he was entitled to on the Telegrapher-Clerk position of J. A. 0'Kelly during'period July 9th through 19th, 1954.


OPINION OF BOARD: In view of the facts and circumstances as presented in this par
 ticular case, and without construing the rules of agreement
 relied upon by the parties as they might apply to any other case involving the same
 or similar set of circumstances, claims 1 and 2 as shown above are hereby sustained,
 claims 3 and 4 are hereby 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 respectively Carrier and E3nployes 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 claims be disposed of in accordance with the above opinion.

                                          Award No. 23

                                          Docket No. 23


                          AWARD


        Claims disposed of as indicated in the above.


                SPECIAL HOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 117


                  Livingston Smith - Chairman


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 C. 0. Griffit - e Mem er [ . G. W. J hnJqon-- Carrier Member

 St. Louis, Missouri
 June 6, 1956

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