SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 117


ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS

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MISSOURI PACIrP,:.", RAILROAD COMPANY


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

        1. The Carrier violated the provisions of the agreement between the parties by failing to maintain the higher rates in the office when the force was reduced at Collinston, Louisiana, June 7, 1954.


        2. The Carrier shall now be required to properly adjust the rate of the second trick operator at Collinston by an increase of one and one-half cents per hour retroactive to June 7, 1954.


OPINION OF BOARD: While existing facts in this claim are not identical with those
 present in Docket No. 52, said claim under consideration here in
 volves the same parties and the same rules as were present in Docket No. 52, Award
 No. 52, previously considered and adopted 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 and in the manner indicated in Award No. 52, this claim is sustained.

        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 violated the effective agreement.


                          AWARD


        Claim sustained in accordance with the Findings and Opinion in Award No. 52,


                  SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 117


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C. 0. Griffith)-loye Member G. W, Jo so -Carrier Member

 St. Louis, Missouri - August 9, 195