C Award No. 16
 0 Docket No. 16
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BROTHERHOOD OF RAILITAY AND STEAIISHIP CLERKS,

FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND STATION EMPLOYES

versus

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD C014PAIIY


STAT:'~U^CITT OF CLAIM : Request of employes that, effective as of March 15,
 1955, or on the first date the Carrier began the use of a loudspeaker or communications system in the checking of freight at Kansas City, Missouri, the Carrier agree to an adjustment in rates of pay of employes engaged in the handling and recording of shipments under the changed system, as set forth in formal notice of March 14, 1955.

 FINDINGS : It appears to us that since the inauguration of a speaker com
 munication between stoi%man and check clerks in the checking of
 freight at Kansas City the responsibilities of the stowman have been
 sli.-htly increased because the-check clerk is no loner present at the
 scene to check their selea,ion, calling and chalking of the various items
 of freight.

 Under the circumstance s,. this Board finds that the rate for stovmian should be increased four cents (4¢) per hour. Since %,is find no corresponding increase in responsibilities, skill or other factors upon which ,job rates are evaluated in the case of check clerks and dock foremen, the remainder of the claim must be denied.






/s/ I. F. Thomas /s/ G. ld. Johnson
 I. F. Thomas - Employe Member G. Id. Johnson - Carrier Member
 St. Louis, Missouri
 April 11, 1957