THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY
(Coast Lines)
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Carrier's discharge and subsequent refusal to reinstate after being petitioned to do so, and having complied with their rules exception the Carrier asked that I clear with Clerks' Union; this I could not do since I had never joined and Union said it could not represent me.
OPINION OF BOARD: Review of the record in this docket clearly shows that the claim Petitioner is attempting to assert before this Board was not handled on the property of the Carrier in accordance with the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement and as required by Section 3, First (i) of the Railway Labor Act and Circular No. 1 of the National Railroad Adjustment Board. Therefore, the claim is barred from consideration by the Division and will be dismissed.
FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, 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