NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD


              SECOND DIVISION


PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

SYSTEM FEDERATION NO. 71, RAILWAY EMPLOYES'

DEPARTMENT, A. F. of L. (Carmen)


DULUTH, MISSABE AND IRON RANGE RAILWAY COMPANY

DISPUTE: CLAIM OF EMPLOYES:

    1. That the Carrier failed to comply with Article V. Section 1(a) of the August 21, 1954 Agreement and accordingly Carman Helper Eino Karkinen is entitled to be compensated in the amount of the claim presented.


    2. That under the current agreement Carman Helper Eino Karkinen was unjustly dealt with when he was denied his service rights between January 18, 1955 and March 7, 1955.


    3. That the Carrier be ordered to compensate Carman Helper Eino Karkinen for all time lost during the aforesaid period.


STATEMENT OF CLAIM: The above question was submitted to the Second Division of the National Railroad Adjustment Board by the above referred to Organization in ex parte form, and the Division is now in receipt of a request from the employes that the case be withdrawn.

                  AWARD


    Claim dismissed.


              NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD By Order of SECOND DIVISION


              ATTEST: Harry J. Sassaman

              Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of April, 1956.

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