NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

THIRD DIVISION

READING COMPANY

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that the Carrier violated the rules of the Clerical Agreement and the Agreement of August 21, 1954 between the Employes represented by the Fifteen Cooperating Railway Labor Organizations and participating Carriers-

1. When it denied to Mr. Arthur Bibbus payment for Holiday compensation (February 22, 1955) under the provisions of Article TI of the Agreement of August 21, 1954.

2. That the Carrier be required to make payment to Mr. Arthur Bibbus for compensation denied under Item No. 1.

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 carrier and employe involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employe 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;

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

That hearing thereon has been held and concluded. Under date of January 29, 1960, the parties jointly advised the Secretary of the Third Division of their desire to withdraw this case from further consideration by the Division which request is hereby granted.

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