SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 310


The Order of Railroad Telegrap'iers

and

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company


        STATEMENT OF CLAIM : "Claim of the General Committee of the Order of

        Railroad Telegraphers on the Pennsylvania Railroad, that Operator Clerk, first trick "WO" Woodville, Ohio, allegedly abolished March 1, 1952, shall be restored, regular incumbent restored and made whole for any loss in earnings, since the work of the position has not been abolished in fact but turned over to other employes in another department." (Eastern Division File T-31 - System Docket No. 184)


        FINDINGS :


The work of the Operator-clerk position at Woodville, could be placed in two categories: (1) the receiving, transmitting and delivery of Western Union telegrams and reports incidental thereto; and (2) rating, routing and billing; filing tariffs; preparing switch lists for train crews, etc.

 All Western Union business was discontinued March 1, 1952, and on April 8, 1952 the Operator-clerk position was abolished. The following day a new clerical position was established and advertised. Its duties, in the main, consisted of the non-Western Union work of the abolished Operator-clerk position. It was simply the type of work coming under the jurisdiction of Clerks Organization.

        AWARD :


        Claim denied.


        Signed this 10th day of April, 1961


                    Is/ E. A. Lynch

                    E. A. Lynch, Chairman


/s/ C. E. Alexander /s/ R. J. Woodman
 C. E. Alexander, Carrier Member R. J. Woodman, Employe Member
 DISSENTING