CASE N0. 135
SSW File 93-841-C-16
SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 280
PARTIES) Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
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DISPUTE) St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
1. The Carrier violated the Agreement dated July 1, 1967,
especially Rule 7-17, when it cut the expenses of welders and welder
helpers from actual necessary expenses to $2.15 a day as provided
for certain classes of employes in the August 8, 1969 Agreement,
which placed into effect Section 2, in conjunction with Section 1
of the Agreement dated March 7, 1969, relating to the application
of Section 1 of the Award of Arbitration Board No. 298, Nb1B Case
A-7948.
2. The Carrier shall now reimburse Welder B. W. Austin for
the difference between actual necessary expenses in the amount of
$122.56, which the Carrier denied October 10, 1969, and the $2.15
a day, beginning September 2, 1969 through September 30, 1969.
And subsequent dates thereafter.
3. The Carrier shall be required to pay, in addition to the
money amounts claimed herein, an additional amount of 10% per annum
compounded annually on the anniversary date of claim.
FINDINGS:
The issue to be determined in this dispute is identical to
that in our Award No. 130 and the Board is governed accordingly.
AWARD: A. Sections 1 and 2 of the claim are sustained.
B. Section 3 of the claim is denied.
ORDER: Carrier is directed to make payment within thirty (30)
days of the date of the award.,
Nicholas H. Zumas neutral Member
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October 30, 1975