Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 11904
 SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 11593
 90-2-88-2-106
 The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
 addition Referee John C. Fletcher when award was rendered.
 (Brotherhood Railway Carmen/ A Division of TCU
 PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
 (St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company

 STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
1. That the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company violated the controlling agreement, particularly Rule 18-4, when they did not properly recall Carman Painter 0. L. Fuller from furlough, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

 2. That accordingly, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company be ordered to compensate Painter 0. L. Fuller in the amount of eight (8) hours pay for each day he has been withheld from service, Travelers, Aetna and Provident coverage, credit for each day for Railroad Retirement and allow vacation credits from May 19, 1987, until he is restored to service.

 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 employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

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

 Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.

 In this matter it is argued that Carrier failed to properly recall Claimant. The facts before us demonstrate that Claimant's recall letter was sent certified mail to his last known address. The Postal Service made two attempts to effect delivery. The letter was returned to Carrier as "unclaimed." Rule 18-4 of the Agreement requires that furloughed employees keep their employing officer and local committee informed of any change in their address and provides for the automatic forfeiture of seniority of employees failing to return to duty after being notified that they are being recalled. Claimant did not report for duty after proper notification was given, nor did he offer an acceptable reason for not accepting delivery of his recall notice. Accordingly, we are without a basis for altering the automatic seniority forfeiture provisions of the Rule. The Claim will be denied.
 Form 1 Award No. 11904
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        Nancy J er - Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 1st day of August 1990.