SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 117
' ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
and
MISSOURI PACIVIC RAILROAD COMPANY
Claim of the General Committee of The Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad that:
1. Carrier violated the agreement between the parties when, in changing
the assigned rest days of C. L. Short, Wichita, Kansas, it permitted
him to work only three days in his work week beginning May
22, 1954,
and,
2.
Carrier shall now compensate Claimant Short for two additional days
at the straight time rate.
OPINION OF BOARD: While existing facts in this claim are not identical with those
present in Docket No.
28,
said claim under consideration here
involves the same parties and the same rules as were present in Docket No. 28, Award
No. 28,
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. 28,
this claim is 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 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.
AWARD
Claim denied.
SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSMNT NO. 117
j Livingmith - Chairman
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C. 0. Griffith - Emp Member G. W. John on - Carrier 14ember
St. Louis, Missouri
July 26, 1956