CANADIAN RAILWAY OFFICE OF ARBITRATION
CASE NO. 1744
Heard at Montreal, Wednesday 13 January 1988
Concerning
QUEBEC NORTH SHORE & LABRADOR RAILWAY
And
UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION
DISPUTE:
Interpretation of Article 45.01.
JOINT STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
The Union grieved that the Railway has violated Article 45.01 of the Collective Agreement by not adding one additional brakeman when transporting dolomite in ore cars on one ore train
The Railway contends that it complied with all the provisions of the Collective Agreement.
FOR THE UNION: FOR THE COMPANY:
(
SGD.) JACQUES ROY (SGD.) A. BELLIVEAUGeneral Chairman Superintendent Labour Relations
There appeared on behalf of the Company:
D. Manzo – Counsel, Montreal
J. Sirois – Trainmaster, Sept-Îles
K. D. Turiff – Superintendant, Maintenance of Equipment, Sept-Îles
A. Belliveau – Manager, Human Ressources, Sept-Îles
J. Rondeau – Labour Relations Officer, Sept-Îles
J. Y. Nadeau – Superintendant, Transportation, Sept- Îles
P. Caouette – Observer
And on behalf of the Union:
R. Cleary – Counsel, Montreal
R. L. Proulx – Vice-President, Ottawa
W. G. Scarrow – General Chairman, Sarnia
AWARD OF THE ARBITRATOR
For the reasons given in CROA 1742, the grievance must be dismissed.
(signed) MICHEL G. PICHER
ARBITRATOR