MOP. File vGS-380-1457
ORT File 1154-A-54
SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 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 Wilmar,
Arkansas, to that of Agent-Restricted Operator, effective July 1, 1954x
without agreement between the parties.
2. Carrier violated the agreement when effective July 1, 1954, it reduce
the rate of pay of the Agent-Telegrapher at Wilmar, Arkansas, from
$1.84 to
$1.66
per hour without agreement between the parties.
3.
Carrier shall restore classification of Agent-Telegrapher to.the
position at Wilmer, Arkansas, effective July 1, 1954.
4. Carrier shall pay Agent D. L. Chase, or the incumbent at Wilmar,
Arkansas, 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 ,rare 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-
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Award No.
8
Docket No.
9
That this Special
Board of Adjustment has jurisdiction over the dispute
involved herein; and that the Carrier did not violate the effective agreement.
ATd.RD
Claim denied.
SPECIAL BOARD Or, ADJUSTMENT No. 117
ivin with -- Chairman
C. 41. Griffit --,.oye Member G. W. J .insbn - Carrier Member
St. Louis, Missouri .
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