SPECIAL
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 279
BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYES
versus
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
STATEM' NT
OF CIAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:
(1) The Carrier violated the effective Agreement on October 7, 1960,
by abolishing all the monthly rated positions of blacksmiths,
blacksmith helpers, electric welder and electric welder helpers
on the Southern District.
(2) All employes affected by this violation of the Agreement as per
part 1 of this claim be now reimbursed for the difference in the
pay they received at the hourly rate and what they should have
received at the monthly rate commencing October 7, 1950, and
continuing.
FINDINGS: Rule 17 provides that certain employes will be paid hourly or monthly
rates. That provision does not restrict the option to the original
establishment of the job and does not prohibit a subsequent change from one pay met
hod to the other.
The Agreement provides separate hourly and monthly rates of pay and the
provision for conversion of monthly rates to hourly rates is not applicable except
to a monthly rated job. In this case, monthly rated jobs did not exist after October 7 and the hourly rate was applicable to the new hourly rated jobs established
October 10, 1960.
AWARD; Claim denied.
SPECIAL
BOARD OF AATUSTMENT N0. 279
(s) Dudley E. Whiting
Dudley E. Whiting - Chairman
(s) A. J. Cunningham (s) G. W. Johnson
A. J. Cunningham - Employe Member- G. W. Johnson - Carrier Member
St. Louis, Missouri
September 27, 1962
File 247-3922