Award No.
46
Docket No. CL-9003
SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 170
BROTHERHOOD OF
RAILWAY
AND, STEAMSHIP CLERKS*
FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND, STATION EMPLOYES
versus
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that - -
(a) Carrier violated the rules of the Clerks, Agreement at Memphis,
Tennessee, when on November 1, 1955, without negotiation or agreement it cancelled
the long-established practice of furnishing to its employes working at Johnston
Yard, free transportation from South Yard to the locations of theircemployment at
Johnston Yard.
(b) That the long-established practice of furnishing free transportation to its employes from South Yard to Johnston Yard be restored.
(c) That employes named herein be compensated for expenses incurred
in securing transportation in substitution for free transportation formerly provided by the Carrier.
H. S. Mills
W. E. Foster
W. B. McClintock
F. L. Younger
J. A. Ward
E. E. Ives
E. M. Carr
G. C. Jones
J. B. Nichel
W. L. Doyle
T. E. Fauver
W. S. Deaton
J. D. Rodgers
W. A. Owen
R. T. Strange
J. B. Mills
A. L. Brown
C. E. McKnight
W. L. Sawner
D. E. Post
V. L. Agy
E. Y. Tucker
L. L. Steward
J. W. Oswalt
J.C.Chidester,Jr.
J. W. O'Linger .
L. M. Janes
I. E. Abbott
N. G. Nuckolls
R. F. Taylor
H. B: Abernathy
0. E. Pirtle
T. B. Trotter
H. D. Hammond
R. Hill
E. W. Rose
D. L. Mann
J. P. Park
V. T. Crook
A. S. Caylor
J. E. Trusler
L. M. Malone
I. L. Richards
W. E. Merritt
J. Evensky
R. C.
Childress
R.
L. Turner
E. M. Groseclose
J. T. Evans
W. K. Rowe
D. S. Trainer
J. M. Hobbs
W. A. Sloan
N. S. Dahl
C. W. Spear
N.
R.
Whitaker
C. J. Reneau
G. A. Lohnes
A. A. Ashworth
R. E. Sanders, Jr.
L. I. Todd
A. Friedman
J. F. Archer
John Horton
K. Mabry
Humphrey Thomas,Jr.
Hill Wilson, Jr.
L. Blaylock
U. Green
Robert Berkley
L. Anderson
L. C. Reed
Joe Smith
P. J. Watson
J. D. Taylor
S. A. Cole
Luther Laekland
R. C. McCormick
F. C. Hayden
J. F. Kenney, Jr.
14. T. Power
E. W. Miller
B. J. Edwards
T. H. Emerson, Jr.
A. M. Dunlap
I. B. Hall
C. T. Tharpe
C. E. Birman
K. L. Parks
FI.
Gaines
R. L. Curry
H. Thomas
A Scruggs
J. Perkins
J. Tables
W. Steger
W. Lee
M. Sims
C. Wallace
M. Davis
J. L. Guest
B. Jones
C. W. Wilson
W. W. Wood
Award No.
46
Docket No. CL-9003
E. C. Maupin R. D. Moore C. H. Stroh E. Beteet
W. A. Murphy C. L. Perry W. R. Maggert A. Butcher
C. W. Milton K. E. Nolan P. C. Lamb B. Dean
L. H. Bruch H. J. Richardson W. J. Halloway J. W. Posey
V. S. Larkin W. C. Epperson W. L. Johnson C. H. Woodard
J. A. Taylor J. T. Hutton J. M. Berry, Jr. G. Benford
B. M. Johnson A. R. Keenum J. W. Surprise P. L. Gurley
A. G. Maelin C. H. Hutchison E. G. Hillhouse H. Harris
J. E. Parker L. W. Lawrence C. N. Brewer A. M. Wright
B. H. Hildreth C. M. Murdaugh S. I. Teas F. R. Eubanks
G. D. Brown H. W. Rousseaux 0. L. Head C. L. Early, Jr.
E. Rawes C. B. Clark C. W. Chism W. V. Rutherford
f. H. Groseclose L. N. Dye F. W. Wood J. T. McGee, Sr.
M. C. Hines B. R. Ary R. N. Ingram R. T. Dandridge
0. L. Schmitz B. S. Taylor L. M. Addington C. L. Clark
M. 0. Hart John Gillen 8. T. Passene I. Baskin
M. W. Abbott James Britton A. M. Wright 0. Hunter
E. M. Pegues Charlie Wright F. R. Eubanks W. W. Trout
D. R. Wade C. F. Hartness,Jr. W. B. Rutherford E. Peck, Jr.
B. J. Walters Herman Maddox W. G. Stoddard G. Logwood
M. L. Sanford Robert Mitchell N. E. Terrell N. E. Terrell
B. M. Manuel Berry W. Martin W. W. Wood S. V. Catanzaro
J. A. Ganong, Jr. F. Campbell L. R. Bryan L. E. May
R. M. Hardy Nathaniel Jones S. V. Catanzaro C. Brown
C. 0. Gross Alfonso Biles D. D. McGee W. McGill
M. P. Murdaugh Will Williams J. H. Boswell U. Eason, Jr.
V. M. Clark L. Stevenson J. Sturgist L. Banks
H. L. Rogers E. Mitchell S. J. Blanton W. C. Stoddard
H. F. Holmes Cleveland H. Cox J. Thomas H. Milan
W. T. Carter George Scott F. Douglas 0. Sims
R. N. Person J. Douglas $. Riley P. Sipland
E. L. Crockett Louis Williams 0. M. Estes M. W. Mason
C. R. Ferguson Brooks Hale F. Hunter L. L. Gregg
J. H. Warren Alver McClara B. Ollie W. J. Pratt
R. E. Lee Lex Polk G. Campbell E. B. Hodge
W. R. Milam Eddie Green M. Hallman H. P. Johnson
L. R. King Douglas Young S. Russell J. Darling
A. Thomas J. H. Reeves C.
W.
Doyle E. E. Harding
Rennie Sanders J. H. Barnes R. A. Pittsinger W. J. B. Cooper
G. Molden J. W. Goodman H. S. Lowe G. T. Gibson
J. Canada B. B. Wheeler J. W. McLean J. A. Ford
Frank Maggitt B. A. Turner H. R. Grimmer C. H. Edney
W. H. Harrison V. D. Harris Pauline Snell J. R. Mayer
L. A. Young J. B. Herriman M. J. Betancourt W. S. Nailling
J. Murray H. F. Collins P. A. McHugh Robert Hollins
NOTE: Reparation to be determined by joint cheek of expenses incurred by each
Claimant.
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Award No. 46
Docket No. CL-9003
OPINION. Prior to 1904 l.arrierfs terminal facilities were located at South Yard,
Memphis. Upon sompletion of its newly constructed terminal facilities
at Johnston Yard, the majority of Carriers yard operating personnel were moved
to Johnston Yard. A train was placed in operation to transplant the employes to
their new work location.
This service continued until July 8, 1932, when it was discontinued
and again resumed on July 17, 1932. When the service was discontinued in 1932, a
protest was entered, and on July 16, 1932, Carriers Vice President conceded that
a letter written May 22, 1914, by the General Manager to employe representatives
of the train and engine service organizations was an agreement. The Carrier
restored the service the following day. It also appears that the Carrier in 1955
renewed its efforts to substitute bus service for train service; however, no agreement was consummated to this effect. The Carrier discontinued operation of train
service November 1, 1955.
It is the position of the Carrier that the Employes have failed to comply with the provisions of Article V of the August 21, 1954, Agreement, when, in
presenting and handling this case on the property, they failed to name the specific claimants involved. Carrier relies upon Award No. 40, Special Board of Adjustment No. 170. There are other awards in harmony with the above award, but all
such awards relate to remuneration for service performed. In the case at bar
the claim is not for a money award but is in the nature of a mandamus for the continuation of a long established service. We do not think that Article V, above
cited, is controlling in the case at bar.
It is the position of the Employes that where an agreement is negotiated
or revised and existing practices are not abrogated or changed by its terms, such
practices are enforceable to the same extent as the provisions of the agreement.
Employes cite many awards in support of tUs claim including Award 2436 where it
was held.
"Where a contract is negotiated and existing practices are not
abrogated or changed by its terms, such practices are enforcible to
the same extent as the provisions of the contract itself."
It is the position of the Carrier that free transportation may be granted or discontinued at the option of the Carrier. We note that the parties did
not negotiate any rule into the agreement relating to free transportation of employes to and from their work location at Johnston Yard at the time the agreement
was first negotiated or at any subsequent revisions. We also note that free transportation has been given to employes, with two exceptions, for approximately 50
years and was first granted as an inducement to employes to follow their work when
their positions were removed from South Yard to Johnston Yard.
We note that there was no contract or agreement between the Carrier and
the Clerks for the furnishing of train service to its employes. The services
rendered were a gratuity and, as such, could be withdrawn at the option of the
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Docket No. CL-8003
Carrier. There was no violation of any rule, and hence no rule to interpret by
this Board.
BINDINGS:
The Special Board of Adjustment No. 170, after giving to the parties
to this dispute due notice of hearing thereon, and upon the whole
record and all the evidence, finds and holds:
That the Carrier and Employes involved in this dispute are respectively
Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act;
That the Special Board of Adjustment No. 170 has jurisdiction over
the dispute involved herein; and
That the agreement was not violated.
AWARD: Claim denied.
SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 170
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Edward M. Sharpe - Chairman
R. W. Copeland - Carrier Member $. R. Rallmann - Mploye 1Rember
Chicago, Illinois
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