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A Sample Basic Special Claim
Here is an example of a basic special claim. Although this example is a little far fetched, it does illustrate all the requirements a typical special claim may require. Believe it or not, agreement violations not too dissimilar from this have occurred in the past. Get out your copy of the agreement and look at Rule 24. Note the requirements. Good claims could be reduced or denied because they don't meet the requirements in Rule 24. Some of those are:

    Rule 24 part C
  1. Name, occupation, employee number, division.
  2. Train symbol or job number.
  3. On and off duty time.
  4. Date and time of day work was performed.
  5. Location and details of work performed for which claim is filed.
  6. Upon whose orders work was performed.
  7. Description of instructions issued to have work performed.
  8. Claims being made, including rule under which claimed and reason supporting claims.

Put in as much information as you can. Be sure to have it signed by a manager designated to sign time slips, no later than thirty daysfrom the date of occurrence. Usually, it's a Road Foreman, or Trainmaster. Watch for the denial in your pay-check statement. Make a copy of this, and the special claim and any supporting documents and forward to your Local Chairman Keith Moore.

Depending on how things go, it could take as little as six months to get paid. Or it could take a couple of years. Some conductors get "mystery" checks after they retire!

Think of it as a big "Whack-a-Mole" game. The carrier has the mallet and you are the mole. When they "whack" you by violating your Agreement, "pop" up through a different hole with a Penalty Time Claim! Remember, this is our only weapon against agreement violations. Use it or they "win".

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