SPECIAL 
BOARD OE ADJUSTMENT NO, 355
PARTIES: T-iE =rY:R OP RAILROAD TELEGRAPI'LRS
 
TdE I3A`L=Ii6QM AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
  
AWARD IN DOCKET NO, 269
STATEMENT 1: .Carrier violated the Agreement between the parties
OF CLAIM:  when 
it 
failed and refused to properly compensate
  
T, W, Peeler, agent-operator, Omaha, Illinois, for
  
November 23, 1961:
 
2, Carrier shall compensate T, wo Peeler for eight
  
.hours pro rata pay on November 23, 1961,
FINDINGS: The applicable agreement (Article 42(b)) requires
 
that "compensation is credited to the work days
 
immediately preceding and following such holiday."
 
It does not require, as Carrier argues, that this
 
employe must have worked the day preceding and the
day following the holiday. Claimant here met all
`
requirementso
A Y7 R D
Claim sustai
E~war A, Lyac
 
Chairman
 
C: R, Prep,  E, E, 
Plitt
Employee M er Carrier Member
C~
Dated at Baltimore, Maryland,
this 16th day of September, 1964;