SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 117
ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
and
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
Award No.
6
Docket No..
7
MOP File vGS-380-1461
ORT File
1196
Claim of the General Committee of The Order of Railroad Telegraphers on
the Missouri Pacific Railroad that:
1. Carrier violated the terms of the agreement between the parties when
it arbitrarily reclassified the position of Agent-Telegrapher at
Annapolis, Missouri, to that of Agent-Restricted Operator, effective
October 5, 1954, without agreement between the parties.
2, Carrier violated the agreement when effective October 5, 2954, it
reduced the rate of pay of Agent-Telegrapher at Annapolis, Missouri,
from $1.83 per hour to
$1.66
per hour without agreement between the
parties.
3. Carrier shall restore classification of Agent-Telegrapher 'to the
position at Annapolis, Missouri, effective October 5, 1954.
4. Carrier shall pay the incumbents of the position at Annapolis,
Missouri, the difference between the amount paid since October 5,
1954, and the agreed to rate of Agent-Telegrapher to which they
were entitled.
OPINION OF BOARD: While existing facts in this claim are not identical with those
present in Docket No. 1, said claim under consideration here
involves the same parties and the same 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, 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 Employee involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved
June 21, 1934.
Award No.
6
Docket No.
7
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 ADJUSTENT N0.
117
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Livingston Smith -- Chairman.
C. O. Griffith -- r~,ye Member G. W. Jacns n -- Carrier Member
St. Louisg Missouri
may 29, 1956
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