` SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0.
553
THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS '
. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (PACIFIC LINES)
,STATEMENT
OF
CLAIM:
'n Claim of the General Committee of The Order of Railroad
Telegraphers on the Southern Pacific (Pacific Lines), thata
1. The Carrier violated the terms of an Agreement between the
' ° . ,-parties hereto when on March 21 189 19 and April 169.1959'
it permitted or required employes not covered by the Telegraphers' Agreement at Hayden Junction R1111to, Tuosont
Casa Grande and Phoenix, Arizona' to lransmit and/or
receive messages over the telephones'
` E, The
Carrier shall, because of the violations set forth in
,Item 1 of this Statement of Claim, compensate the follow
ing claimants as hereinafter set orth:
' (a) J. R. Knoll Extra Telegrapher-Clerk-PMOt Phoenix Yardq
Phoenix, Arlzone~ for forty-five (45) minutes at the
overtime rate for,Maroh 29,1959.
-`, (b) D. D. DeHart; lot Telegrapher-.Clerk] Mesa Arizona
for
eight (8) hours at the overtime rate for Aarcli 21 1959*
1(c)
G. Townley, 2nd TelegrapheriClerk-PMO .'UNt Telegraph
' Office, Tucson, Arizona' for one special
call
March18$
(d)
R.
Reed, 3rd Telegrapher-Clerk, Casa Grandeq Arizona
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for one special call March 19$ 1959.
(e) S. W. Cox Extra 2nd Telegrapher-Clerk? Casa Grandep.
Arizonag for one special call April;'169 1959.
(f) J.
F0
Wellsq 2nd Telegrapher-Clerk-PMO', Phoenixy
Arizona' for one special call April 16' 19590"
. Four different telephone conversations are involved in thisl
',..:Claim. The organization contends that
2n
each instance they related
.'t,,.to the movement of trains and that the Agreement was violated when '
"'persons other. than telegraphers transmitted or received them. The
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''Carrier says that all of the communications were merely exchanges of
,,information by employees in connection with their regular assigned
,,duties,and that it is common practice for such employees to transmit
these types of information, Since the fact situations are different
each of the calls will be treated as a separate sub-claim.
0~1b-Claim Is An employe at Hayden Junction called the crew dispatcher,
at Phoenix and said he wished to displace the conductor on Crew 323 on
lthe next day. This related to a personnel assignments seniority and
displacement. It did not relate to the movement of trains and was not
a communication of record. The,Organization has made no showing of an
exclusive practice for telegraphers to transmit this kind of message.
Denial Award 12620 covers this type of situation. See Award 149 Claim 1
(Sub-Claim 12-13) and Claim )+ of this Board. The claim is denied.
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ab,-Clams 2 and I: The Agent at Rillito called a clerk at Tucson and
'.-reported that a mail sack thrown from a train had damaged a mail crane'
`,°.. and asked that it be repaired. He was told that such repair would be
.made as ,soon as possible* This did not affect the movement of trains
~:~_and.cannot be regarded as a message of record. This is somewhat simila;.
,.,; 'Go Denial Award 12616 where a signal maintainer reported, that a traI4`,`
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had knocked a pole down. The claim is without merit.
Sub-Claim 1-:
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A scale tester at Casa Grande called the Trainmaster at ,l
Tucson and stated that.he was not testing the warehouse scales there
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''because they were not correctly installed. He asked that an order be I
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put on it. This had nothing to do with train movements and was,not a j
message of record, The claim is denied.
V. A. Boboy Employs Member
,San ,Francisco' California
funs 28' 1965
Sub-Claim 5 and 6'a The signal maintainer at Casa Grande called the
Assistant Signal Supervisor in Phoenix and told him that the westbound
freight had stopped at the West end of Maricopa that day,because the
signal was at the stop position. He was told to. check the circuit for
a broken bond wire and_get the signal maintainer at Estrella to help
him. This was a report on why a train had stopped. It did not relate'
immediately or directly to movements of trains and was not a communication of record. Award 12609 is in point here. There the Signal Supervisor at Tucson advised the signal maintainer. at Welltonthat a light
was out in the Wellton signal and to repair it. The Board held the
.mesaage~did rot concern train movements..-, Another Denisl'Award~3a 7.2703..
The present claim is rejected.
f7NDTNGS
There was no violation of the Agreement.'
AWARD
Rub-Claims 1; 2-3; 1+ and 5-6 are all denied,
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