NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT HOARD

THIRD DIVISION

Irwin M. Lieberman, Referee

PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

(Dean E. Swioklo

(Burlington Northern Inc.

Award Number 21034
Docket Number MS-21247

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: This is to serve notice, as required by the rules
of the National Railroad Adjustment Hoard, of m'
intention to file an ex parte submission on June 11, 1975 covering an
unadjusted dispute between me and the Burlington Northern, Inc. involving
the question:

Terminated from Building Service position on September 12, 1974 without proper notice.

OPINION OF HOARD: The record of this dispute indicates that Claimant
failed to follow the prescribed procedure for appeal
set forth in Rule 56 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. It is clear
therefore that this Claim 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,
as amended. For this reason we are precluded from considering this dis
pute on its merits and it must be dismissed.



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 the Board lacks jurisdiction.

Claim dismissed.

ATTEST: a 141. 09azC-0


NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

By Order of Third Division


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 15th day of April 1976.