NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

Award Number 20680

THIRD DIVISION Docket Number CLX-20752

William M, Edgett, Referee

(Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship ( Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and ( Station Employes PARTIES TO DISPUTE: (REA Express, Inc.

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood (GL-7584) that:

1. The Agreement between the parties was violated when employe Harold Eccleston was dismissed fr without just cause, and was further violated when he was danied a fair' and impartial hearing on appeal; and

2. REP. Express shall reinstate Harold Eccleston to service with full seniority rights and benefits; and

3. Claimant shall have his record cleared of all charges and paid for all time lost from November 7, 1972 to date he is reinstated; and

4. REA Express shall pay Claimant interest at the statutory rate for the State of Illinois for any amounts due under (3) thereof.

OPINION OF BOARD: The claim is governed by the principle discussed in Award No. 20679. It is denied.

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

That the parties waived oral hearing;

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

That the Agreement was not violated.

A W A R D

Claim denied.

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

By Order of Third Division

ATTEST: ~' ~ ~ d/1~
Executive Secretary

Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 17th day of April 1975.