CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Petitioner has been employed by Employer for approximately eight and one-half (8%) years and at time of his dismissal was employed by Employer as a signal maintainer at an hourly rate of $2.636 per hour. That on or about September 2, 1969 petitioner was illegally discharged from his said employment by Employer. That this discharge was supposedly based on a claimed failure by petitioner to comply with safety rules of the Employer. That there has never been any proof of the so- called violations claimed by Employer. That an award is desired upon the following facts:
OPINION OF BOARD: The record in this docket shows that the claim stated here was not handled in the usual manner as provided in Section 3, First (i) of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; therefore, the claim will be dismissed.
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, 1934;
That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and