SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0.
132
PARTIES THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
THE STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT RAILWAY COMPANY
AWARD IN DOCKET N0. 914
STATEMENT
OF CLAIM: 1. Carrier violated the agreement between the parties
hereto when on August
29 1955,
it caused., permitted and re
quired train service employees not covered by the Telegraphers
Agreement to report the arrival and departure of trains from
Cranford Junction and Arlington, 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 sub
sequent to the foregoing date.
3.
Carrier be required to compensate the senior idle
telegrapher (extra in preference) for one days pay
(8
hours)
on the date shown above, and all subsequent dates on which
joint check of records shown agreement to have been violated.
FINDINGS: This claim arises as a result of certain changes in the operations on the North Shore Sub-division of the Carrier effective
May
19 1955.
The record reveals that the Local Chairman and a representative
of management made a joint check of the communications work at Cranford
Junction after the yard clerk came on duty at about
8
P.M. on March
5
and
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and check was also made of book record of trains at Arlington Yard
about March
7, 1956.
The facts set forth in that joint check are quite typical of the operation conducted on the North Shore Sub-division.
It would serve no purpose to here set forth in detail the type
of communications shown on the joint check. Suffice it to say that none of
the telephone conversations shown indicated that there was any block operator's
duties performed by trainmen operating on that sub-division. Further, the
inspection of the Dispatchers train sheets shows that no record of arrival
or departure times was kept. At Arlington Yard the book record of trains
shows time when crews go on duty, consist report and time when train leaves
the yard. When crews call the yardmaster no record of location or time is
kept. From an over-all examination of the entire joint check it is apparent
that train movements from Cranford Junction to Arlington are conducted as a
yard operation and that the telephone conversations between yard clerks and
dispatchers and crews and dispatchers were informative but not essential for
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the purpose of giving trains orders or clearances. Under the circumstances,
we find that there is no basis for a sustaining Award
AWARD
Claims (1), (2), (3) Denied.
/s/ Francis J. Robertson
Francis J. Ro ertson,
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 August, 1957.
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