SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 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:
1. Carrier violated the terms of the agreement between the parties when
it arbitrarily reclassified the position of Agent-Telegrapher at St.
.,Joseph, hopisiana, to that of Agent-Restricted Operator, effective
":'Jti).y 1,
1954,
without agreement between the parties.
2. Carrier violated the agreement when effective July 1, 1954, it reduced the rate of pay of the Agent-Telegrapher at St. Joseph,
Louisiana, from 1.925 to
$1.66
per hour without agreement between .,_
the parties. , -
3. Carrier shall restore classification of Agent-Telegrapher to the
position'at St, Joseph, Louisiana, effective
July
1, 1954.
4.
Carrier shall pay 0. H. Love, Jr., or the incumbent at St. Joseph,
Louisiana, the difference between the amount paid since July 1, 1954,
and the agreed rate of Agent-Telegrapher to which he was 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 Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved
June 21, 1934.
Award No.
7
Docket No.
8'
That this Special Hoard 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 ADJUSTMENT ITO, 117
Livingston Smith -- Chairman
C. 0. Griffith - Woye Member G.
W.
JobYIso -- Carrier Member
St. Louis; Missouri l -
May
29: 1956
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