SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 353


PARTIES) Transportation-Communication Employees Union

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 DISPUTE) St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company

 STATEMENT OF CLAIM :

 Claim of the General Committee of the Transportation Communication Employees Union on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, that:

 1. Carrier violated the Agreement by failing to reimburse Extra Telegrapher T. R. States for certain expenses incurred by him while traveling for Carrier in his personal automobile during the month of May, 1964.
2. Carrier shall reimburse Extra Telegrapher T. R. States for necessary expenses amounting to $51.30 for mileage incurred in the use of his. private automobile traveling for the Carrier in the month of May, 1964, less compensation already allowed, if any.

 OPINION OF BOARD :

 Claimant was an extra Telegrapher residing at Jonesboro, Arkansas, Prior to the claim here, Claimant worked three weeks at Clarendon, Arkansas, April 6, 1964, through April 24, 1964: After completing this work, Claimant was allowed five days' vacation April 27 through May 1.

 Claimant was advised by a message dated Aprir 29, 1964, as follows:

        "JN-12 CB BC PINE BLUFF APR 29, 1964


        T R STATES JONESBORO

        J T BLANK CAMDEN

        HDH PINE BLUFF

        E M HILL TYLER


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AWARD N0. 26

 "STATES RIDE BUS TO CAMDEN AND PROTECT AGENCY CAMDEN BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING MAY 4, RELIEVING BLANN FOR VACATION. JOINT TRS JTB HDH E MH.
                            D-1993

                            WRH .. 147PM"


Claimant reported to Camden on May 4 and worked through May 8. On May 7 he was instructed by message as follows:

 "CBAN PINE BLUFF MAY 7

 CD 4 T R STATES CAMDEN
 CG 3. EMH TYLER

 May 22.

 BOWMAN WILL PROTECT HIS REGULAR ASSIGNMENT AGENT CAMDEN
 BEGINNING MONDAY MAY 11 STATES RIDE BUS' TO STEPHENS AND
 PROTECT AGENCY STEPHENS BEGINNING MONDAY MAY 11 DISPLACING
 GILL. GILL PROTECT CAMDEN - FORDYCE SWING JOB BEGINNING
 TUESDAY MAY 12 400AM AT FORDYCE AND REMAIN ON THIS SWING
 JOB UNTIL FURTHER ADVISED.
 BOWMAN, STATES AND GILL ACK RECEIPT AND UNDERSTANDING JT
 WTB TRS HDG HDH EMH WEM C 371
 WRH"

 Claimant reported to Stephens on May 11 and worked through

 Claimant submitted an expense account for May claiming 540 miles automobile allowance, 230 miles Jonesboro to Camden, 40 miles locally at Camden, 20 miles Camden to Stephens and 250 miles Stephens to Jonesboro.

 Carrier returned Claimant's expense account with instructions to show bus fare from Jonesboro instead of automobile mileage. Employes filed the present claim and it was denied by Carrier.

 The Employes have attached a memorandum of agreement between this Carrier and six organizations and identified it as T.C.U. Exhibit 1.

 This agreement reads in part:

 "Transportation to be provided by the Carrier under the provisions of this Article A will be by rail, company operated highway vehicle or other mode of transportat-ion- . designated by the Carrier. if use of commercial liu'nis',°sg,

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      authorized, employees will be reimbursed for bus fare. Employees authorized to and who do use their private automobiles will be allowed mileage by the shortest practicable route at rate established from time to time by the Carrier and may be required to transport other employees authorized by the Carrier -to travel with them.


              "NOTE: Nothing herein shall be construed to require an employee to use his privately owned automobile if he does not desire to do so.


        "The Carrier reserves its right to designate the time of travel and the kind of transportation to be used." (Emphasis supplied)


The wording of this agreement is clear and the Carrier has met its requirements. No where in the handling on the property or in their submission have the Employes cited any rule or agreement to support their claim.

      We will deny the claim.


FINDINGS: That the agreement was not violated.

 AWARD: Claim denied.

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                    Don` J. Harr, hairman


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D. A. Bobo, Employee Member M. L. Erwin, Carrier Member

 Tyler, Texas
 December 28, 1966

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