SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 132
Parties: THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
TIDE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
AWARD IN DOC?zET NO. 7
STATEMENT 1. Carrier violated the agreement between the
OF CLAIM: parties hereto when on April 23, 1953, at Mukden,
Pennsylvania; May 30, 1953, at Coleman, Pennsylvania;
and June 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1953, at PW&S Junction,
Pennsylvania, it caused, required and permitted
train service employees not covered by the
Telegraphers' Agreement to handle (receive copy and
deliver) train orders at said points, all which work
was and is reserved solely to employees covered by
the Telegraphers' Agreement.
2. Carrier be required to permit a joint check
of its records to determine the number of violations
occurring at Mukden, Coleman and PW&S Junction
subsequent to the foregoing dates.
3. Carrier be required to compensate the senior idle
telegrapher (extra in preference) for one day's pay
(8 hours) on each and every date shown above at
Mukden, Coleman and PW&S Junction, and on all subsequent dates on which a joint check shows our
agreement to have been violated at said points.
FINDINGS: These claims are comparable to those involved in Dockets
1 and 19. Although prior to 1916 there was a telegraph office at
Mukden, none has been in existence there since that date. There
never was any telegraph office at PW&S Junction, at at Coleman only
a temporary office was open for two months during the period of
construction of the branch. It is apparent that the practice of
calling the Operator at Somerset for orders from these points has
been in effect for some time. It is also apparent that here as
in Docket 19 only a minimal amount of work was so performed.
Accordingly, we find that the claims should be denied.
AWARD
Claims (1), (2), (3) Denied.
S/ Francis J. Robertson
Francis J. Robertson,
Chairman
S/ B. N. Kinkead S/ T. S. Woods
B. N. Kinkead, T. S. Woods
Employe Member (Dissenting) Carrier Member
Dated at Baltimore, Maryland this 23rd day of
April, 1957.