PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY

(Chesapeake District)


STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the General Committee of The Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (Southern Region, formerly Chesapeake District) that:

1. The Carrier violated the terms of the effective agreement between the parties when, on February 25, 1955, it declared abolished the position of Operator at Burnham, Illinois, without in fact discontinuing the work properly belonging to and performed by the Operator at that location, and transferred the work of said position and assigned the performance of same to an employe or employes not covered by the terms of the Telegraphers' Agreement; and


2. The work formerly performed by the Operator at Burnham, Illinois including the regular assigned rest day relief employe, shall be restored to the Telegraphers' Agreement and performed only by employes entitled to such work under the Agreement; and


3. The employes who were improperly removed from their assignments at Burnham, Illinois, as well as all other employes resultantly displaced from their assignments, shall be restored thereto and be compensated in full for all wages lost plus expenses incurred as provided in Rule 8 and other rules of said agreement for each day beginning with the date their assignments were improperly declared abolished, or the date they were displaced, and continuing each day thereafter until they are restored to their respective assignments; and





That the dispute was certifled to the Third Division of the Adjustment Board ex parte by the complainant party; and

 That hearing thereon has been held and concluded. Under date of June 27, 1958, the Organization addressed a formal communication to the Executive
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Secretary of the Third Division, requesting withdrawal of this case from further consideration by the Division. Under date of July 2, 1958, the Carrier addressed a formal communication to the Executive Secretary of the Third Division concurring in the Organization's request for withdrawal of the case from the Board. The request of the parties is hereby granted.




    Claim dismissed.


              NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD By Order of THIRD DIVISION


              ATTEST: A. Ivan Tummon

              Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 10th day of July, 1958.