406-3 AWARD N0. 66
CASE N0. 39
Sub-2304 TE-9698
394/ 2-172-3(26-56)

SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT .NO. 266

THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS

VS.

THE DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY

STATEMENT OF CLAIM :

"(1) The Carrier violated and continues to violate the Agreement between the parties, when, commencing on May 28, 1956, it removed from service a remote control machine in East Scranton Tower, East Scranton, Pa., and the remotely controlled interlocking at Nay Aug, Pa., and, concurrent therewith, installed a remotely controlled interlocking at Elmhurst, Pa., pursuant to which the work of operating interlocked switches and signals from a central location, work covered by the Telegraphers' Agreement, was transferred to employes outside the Agreement in the Train Dispatchergs Office at Scranton, Pa., who now perform this work by remote control operation.

(2) The Carrier shall, because of said violation, pay to each of three (3) senior idle employes, extra in preference, under the Telegraphers' Agreement, eight (8) hours' pay for each day (3 eight-hour shifts) commencing on May 28, 1956, at the hourly rate of East Scranton Tower, and thereafter so long as the violation continues to exist, with a joint check of the record to determine payees."

OPINION OF BOARD :

This case is controlled by our Award 18.

AWARD : Claim remanded to the parties.

/s/ Lloyd H. Bailer

Lloyd H. Bailer, Neutral Member

DISSENTING /.s/ R. A. Carroll

W. I. Christopher, Employe Member R. A. Carroll, Carrier Member

New York, N. Y.
Nov. 27, 1959