"Claim of the Committee of the Union that:

1. Union Pacific Freight Express Company (hereinafter referred to as

the Company or UFPE) was in violation of Rule 9, `Filling New Jobs

or Permanent Vacancies', Rule 14 `Seniority', Rule 15 `Exercise of

Seniority', and Appendix 6, Section III, Paragraph 4(b) `Training

Program'

2. The UFPE Company violated the agreement October 27,1998 when

it did not award Carman Welder (CW 61) on Bulletin number 813

dated November 10, 1998 to the oldest employee in the Carmen

group Mr. D. L. Poe the Claimant who bid on the position and.

3. The UFPE Company violated the agreement October 27,1998 when

it did not award Carman Welder (CW 81) on Bulletin number 813

dated November 10, 1998 to the oldest employee in the Carmen

group Mr. S. L. Mitchell the Claimant who bid on the position and.

4. Stop forcing Carmen who CMR qualified to CMR positions, and to

recognize that it is necessary to train a sufficient number of

employees for Mechanical Refrigeration Repairmen work.

5. Allow the Claimant to place himself on Carman welder position

CW83 that he bid.

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

The carrier or carriers and the employee or employees involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employee 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 were given due notice of hearing thereon.

The Claimants are Carmen Welders who are qualified as Carman Mechanical Refrigeration Repairmen (CMRR). On October 20, 1998, the Carrier put the Claimants' carmen welder positions up for bid, along with two CMRR positions. The Carrier received no bids on the CMRR positions and forced assigned the Claimants to those positions because the Claimants were the most junior employees who were CMRR qualified. The Carrier accepted the bids of two employees who were junior to the Claimants but who were not CMRR qualified for the Claimants' former carmen welder positions.

Our review of the record fails to disclose any evidence that the Claimants suffered any detriment as a result of the Carrier's actions. It is undisputed that the CMRR positions have a higher rate of pay than the carmen welder positions. There is no evidence that the Claimants suffered a loss of overtime or other work opportunities or that they suffered any other detriment, such as a forced change in work hours. Accordingly, we are unable to find that this case presents a live controversy. The Board does not render advisory opinions. Therefore, the claims must be dismissed.

AWARD