STATEMENT OF CLAIM: * * * for and in behalf of J. Dixon who was formerly employed by The Pullman Company as a porter operating out of the Chicago Southern District.
Because The Pullman Company did, under date of November 14, 1944, dispense with the service of Mr. J. Dixon by a method definitely in violation of the rules of the agreement between The Pullman Company and the porters, attendants, maids and bus boys employed by The Pullman Company in the United States of America and Canada.
And further, because The Pullman Company did, under date of December 29, 1944 deny the claim filed by the Organization contending for the reinstatement of J. Dixon because of his having been discharged in violation of the agreement.
And further, for J. Dixon to be returned to his former position as a porter in the Chicago Southern District with his seniority unimpaired and with pay for time lost as a result of having been deprived of his position in violation of the rules of the above mentioned agreement.
OPINION OF BOARD: The evidence of record discloses no grounds for disturbing the action of the carrier.
FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, after giving the parties to this dispute due notice of hearing thereon, and upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:
That the carrier and the employe involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employe within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 19'34;
That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and
That the evidence of record discloses no grounds for disturbing the action of the carrier.