Docket NQ. ~ 19 ', .
SPECIAL BOARD of AD47USTMT No.
553
THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHER$
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (PACIFIC LINES)
ROY Ri RAY,t Referee ,
i"Claim of the General Committee of The Order of.8ailroad ~
'vTel®graphers on the Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines)' '~
;'th~ttt ,
.1,' The Carrier violated the parties' Agreement when on
April 11
1959
it required or permitted a Roundhouse
,_ Foreman at Imlay, Nevada and a clerical employe at
Sparks, Nevada' neither of whom are covered by the
parties Agreements the former to transmit and the'
latter to receive, a message of record over the
telephone..
2. The Carrier shall because of the violations set forth
above compensate D. D. Bradford Relief Telsgrapher-
. Clerk-PMO-Towerman Imlayt and C. W. Walaerp 2nd shift
Telegrapher-Clerk-~'M01 Sparks, both off duty and avail-
able fox call' one special "Call"
each,".
0'PTNTON OF BOARD: On April 1'
1959
by
telephone the
Roundhouse Foreman
. .at .IiaTayj Nevada gave the Maintenance Foreman at Sparkat,Nevadat the .
following report:'
"NATXJ.9519 set out Winnemucca 26th repacked Tex ,
,.~,%, 2/2/57 Nao Co:M311er lobe. GN 3274 repacked PL
/22/57 Miller lubriaatort MP 46897 repacked
~·:OMA 3/11/58 No. aprd 27th MC ATBF 27088 '
^'~'~'~f'repaaked Mon 1/17/58 Sat Modern
29th
Colado.
PA 91647 repacked to
4/15/5$
PER Modern Ooala.
CBA 117588 no.reoord.".
., The Organization contends that this was a history of the
-;~"~egac3sing of.oertain oars which had previously given troubles and about
:r j.,
which
someone_had_ inquired. It says this was. a. report , of record,,
Wh~,qh had customarily
been
transtaitted.by telegraphers. The Carrier,
'iiqts.that,pthe
call,
embraced,the. basU
Ott&
for the hot-box repqrt
'``,,hick, issent in from Ogden,.: It claimed that this particular call
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4
Clad
beets handled this way for years, and that this was the first
sucks.;
~.' call ` ever challenged by the Organization.
It is clear that the message does not relate. directly to '
::'tbe;movement of trains or the safety-of passengers or property.
But
' .-:'wa believe
,it .Ia
the kind of message, xhiah
mgst
be .considered as a ,
communication of record., The Awards cited
lay
Carrier are
;not
in '
si3h 553 o.wd 19
point here.. in Award 12613 (Claim 2)'the. Crane Operator called the
,Ro;4maPter!e
clerk
and, told him that° ivro oars of ribbon rail had
v , ·,
been unloaded and;were;ready,for movements This was held not to
relate to train~movemeatp nod to be 'a record communisation. Awards
,1201 and 1217:8 dealt with work progress reports. The report
in
this
ease Is
neither
a.,prog,resa report or~a r®port on cars ready for movAw,
went. The report.gave.information which apparently would or should
have been made of-record in orders to yeintain a history of they ,
repacking for future use. .
As to the mattes of practice, tha'Oeneral Chairman stet®d l
~ t xj~;7,e. he~·was pat Spy he copied
m~np
meoaages of this type :
from
XatlaT~and
he never know of the. nse''of th® phone ~Y persons
'~?~a.tis~de
of the Agreement to transmit sogiage,s of this type. There
v'.
r
WasUo showing that Telegraphers.wer®:awaxe of the use, of ,the phdne:
;,
bpYnou-telegraphers
I
for this''
]Atposa. V,9 . f
40ld that
skis
message rise.- 1.
of reaOrd and belong®ii_~tor tblegrapherar
This, ipeamnt was violated
', - ., AWAP
Thd-41aim is sustained.
SPECIAL .BOlrRD OF ADZ U~!' NO,. 553 `
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