STATEMENT OF CLAIM: ***for and in behalf of B. W. Thomas, who was formerly employed by The Pullman Company as an attendant operating out of the District of Washington, D. C.
Because The Pullman Company did, under date of October 24, 1951, discharge B. W. Thomas from his position as an attendant in the Washington, D. C. District; which action was based upon charges unproved and was unjust, unfair, arbitrary, and in abuse of the Company's discretion.
And further, for B. W. Thomas to be returned to his former position as an attendant in the Washington, D. C. District with seniority rights and vacation rights unimpaired and for him to be paid for all the wages that were lost as a result of this unjust and unreasonable action.
OPINION OF BOARD: The facts and circumstances disclosed by the record do not warrant a sustaining award.
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 Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;
That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and