Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 9761
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 8895-I
2-B&M-I-CM-'84
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Herbert L. Marx, Jr. when award was rendered


Parties to Dispute:


Dispute: Claim of Employer:



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 employer involved in this dispute are respectfully carrier and employer within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

This Division of the Adjust:memt Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.



The Board set a hearing time and place for this dispute, and the parties were properly notified. The Claimant failed to appear for the hearing.

The Board has nevertheless reviewed the entire record in this matter. It appears the Claimant requests "equal treatment by my union" in reference to his seniority standing. The Claimant makes reference to resolution of another seniority matter affecting two employer, settled to the satisfaction of all concerned.

There is no indication that the Claimant processed this dispute under Rule 29 through the various steps of the claims procedure. His submission of the dispute directly to the Board rather than to the Carrier is entirely inappropriate.








ATTEST W1,

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          Nancy J. ver - Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois this 18th day of January 1984.