.19 950 570 Northern Railway Labor Conference and East-West & Southeast Carriers Johnson. National 4.75 0 475 189. 46 1, 139. 46 694. 02 Conference Committees and Railway Employees Department. 571 Atlanta Joint Terminal-B. L. F. & E., BLE. Gilden Parties. 6.50 573 Fort Worth & Denver-SUNA. Rohman .do. 14.00 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe-O.R.C. & B., BLE, B.L.F. & E. .do.. .do. 52.25 282104H Mediation Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR.-BRT. Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England RR.-B.L.F. & E., BRT. O'Gallagher. _do_ 13.00 Lynch.. ..do. 17.00 011360 475 4.00 400 139.00 614.00 470. 46 4.00 400 400.00 .12 500 168. 59 668. 59 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD DIGEST OF ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION, 1967 FUNCTION OF THE BOARD 1. The Board was created for the adjudication of disputes between railroad labor and the carriers. 2. The 18 carrier members and the 18 labor members are selected and paid by the parties they represent. This also applies to the five carrier and five labor members of the Third Division Regional or Supplemental Board and the one carrier and one labor member of the First Division Regional or Supplemental Board set up to reduce the backlog of cases of the Third and First Divisions. It is estimated this exceeds $800,000 per year. 3. The Government's portion of the cost of operation of the Board is for office personnel, referees, travel, printing and reproduction, and other miscellaneous expenses. Salaries and expenses 1. The estimate of $857,700 for 1967 is only $4,400 more than the $853,300 appropriated or estimated for 1966. 2. The item personal services, office personnel, contemplates the same number of employees as for the current year. The increase of $4,100 is due to statutory pay and step increases. 3. Carrier and labor members are equally divided on each division; and in case of a deadlock, a referee is appointed to sit as a member to make an award. The estimate of $235,000 in the item of personal services, positions other than permanent, is for salaries of these referees. 4. In the other items, little change is expected. Testimony before the House Appropriations Committee Members who represent the Board will testify as to the creation, operation, and policies; and the administrative officer will testify as to any details in the estimate of appropriation. They will answer any questions that may arise in connection with the foregoing. Justification of Estimates and Statement of Proposed Expenditures for the Fiscal Year 1967 GENERAL STATEMENT The National Railroad Adjustment Board was created by act of Congress, approved June 21, 1934, 45 U.S.C. 153, for the adjudication of disputes between an employee or group of employees and a carrier or carriers, growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions, which are handled in the usual manner up to and including the chief operating officer of the carrier designated to handle such disputes; but, if not adjusted in this manner, the disputes are then referred to the appropriate division of the Adjustment Board for settlement. The Board is composed of 36 members, 18 selected and paid by the carriers and 18 selected and paid by organizations of railroad employees which are national in scope. The act provides for four divisions of the Adjustment Board, each of which has jurisdiction over disputes involving certain groups of employees. For example, the First Division has jurisdiction over disputes involving train and yard service employees; the Second Division, shop crafts; the Third Division, clerical forces, maintenance-of-way men, dispatchers, etc.; and the Fourth Division, water transportation and miscellaneous. (19) |