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 between the Carrier and the Organization when it required the men listed in Attachment "A" attached hereto and made a part of, namely; the foreman and laborers on Extra Gang No. 15, housed in camp trailer, and Machine Operator L. L. Hodge, who is not a part of Extra Gang No. 15, to begin and end their duties preceding or following and continuous with a regularly assigned eight (8) hour work period.


      2. The Carrier shall be required to pay the men listed in

      Attachment "A", attached hereto and made a part of, at

      the overtime rate for time preceding the regularly assigned.

      eight (8) hour period and time following the reguarly as

      signed eight (8) hour period on the dates involved as tabu

      lated in Attachment "A".


          This claim is for April 1968 and is a continuing claim and will be supplemented from month to month until our agreement is complied with.


FINDINGS:

 The issue to be determined in this dispute is identical to that in our Award No. 88 and the Board is governed accordingly.

 AWARD: Claim denied.

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Tyler, Texas
 October 30, 1975