Form 1

Parties to Dispute:

Dispute: Claim of Employes:

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 6978
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 6860
2-BNI-CM-'76

The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee Walter C. Wallace when award was rendered.

System Federation No. 7, Railway Employes'

Department, A. F. of L. -
(Carmen)

( Burlington Northern Inc.

C. I. 0.





Findings:

The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

The carrier or carriers and the employe or employes involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employe within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 193+.

This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.



The basic issues and elements in this case are essentially the same as those in that case between these same parties which resulted in our Award No. 680+. We do not find Award 680+ to be palpably erroneous. It is controlling herein and the claims will be sustained.

A W A R D

Claim sustained.

Attest: Executive Secretary
National Railroad Adjustment Board

BY

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NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

By Order of Second Division


:He Brasch - Administra zve Assistant

Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 9th day of January, 1976.