SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 132
PARTIES- THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELMRAPHERS
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
AWARD IN DOCKET N0. 86
STATEMENT -
OF CLAIM:
1. Carrier violated the agreement between the parties hereto
when on June 6, 1955, and subsequent dates, it caused, required and
permitted employees not covered by the Telegrapherse Agreement to
handle (receive, copy and deliver) train line-ups over the telephone
for the protection of men and equipment ditching near the tracks at
or about Chester, Pennsylvania, with a bucket crane.
2. Carrier be required to permit a joint check of its records
to determine the number of violations occurring subsequent to the
foregoing date.
3.
Carrier be required to compensate the senior idle telegrapher (extra in preference) for one day's pay (8 hours) on the
date shown above, and on all subsequent dates on which a joint
check of records shows agreement to have been violated.
FINDINGS:
On the dates involved in the Statement of Claim Carrierts
Maintenance of Way employees were engaged in ditching near the tracks
a or about es er, Pennsylvania, During the progress of the work
information concerning movements of trains in that area was obtained
by the Maintenance of Way forces by telephone from operators at
FY Tower to the east and SD Tower to the west.
The principles governing the disposition of this claim are similar to those involved in our Findings in Docket 80. For the reasons
therein stated we find that this claim 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
Employee Member, Dissenting Carrier Member.
Dated at Baltimore, Maryland this
26th day of April,
1957.