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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.

The establishment of a number of special boards on individual properties has been helpful in reducing the backlog of cases, and there may be some further reduction in this manner during the year. In the meantime, however, new cases continue to be received almost as fast or faster than disposition is made of old ones. During the past few years there has been a decided increase in the number of cases submitted by the nonoperating employees. Causes for increases are the amendment to the Railway Labor Act permitting the union shop and resulting subsequent agreements; changes in agreements including the adoption of the 40-hour workweek; the national agreement covering vacations, pay for holidays, and time limit for submitting cases.

In order to reduce the large backlog of Third Division cases, following an agreement of the parties, there has been established a supplemental board of 10 members, which is making some progress in reducing the number of pending cases. Likewise, in order to reduce the backlog of firemen's cases on the First Division, following an agreement of the parties, there has been established a supplemental board of two members, which is expected will substantially reduce the number of pending firemen's cases on that division.

The estimate for the fiscal year 1967 is $857,700 which is virtually the same as is available for the current year. We wish to stress the fact that the salaries of the members of the Board, as well as for the Third Division supplemental board, estimated in excess of $800,000 per year, are paid by the carriers and the labor organizations, and the Government pays the salaries of the employees of the Board, as well as supplies and other incidental expenses. It may, therefore, properly be pointed out that a large portion of the cost of operation of the Adjustment Board is borne by the carriers and the labor organizations.

The Board has now been in existence about 31 years, and the estimate for 1967 is based upon past experience, by which we endeavored to anticipate future requirements. We feel that conditions fully justify the amount requested.

There follows a statement showing the number of cases received, docketed, and disposed of by the various divisions during the fiscal years 1963, 1964, and 1965.

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