NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

THIRD DIVISION

BENJAMIN STROSBERG

NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,

BUFFALO AND EAST

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: A violation of Rule 15, with particular reference to the last paragraph, which reads as follows:

"If the date shown is not protested within sixty (60) days after second posting, it will be considered the established date. This will not operate to deprive employes of rights given them by Rules 17, 18 and 20."

OPINION OF BOARD: The evidence of record reveals that the parties to the controlling Agreement are in accord that the claim is not supported by the rules.

FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:

That the parties to this dispute did not request hearing thereon;

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 the Agreement was not violated.

AWARD