(John R. Childs PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATE OF CLAIM: "This is to serve notice, as required by the rules of
 the National Railroad Adjustment Board, of my intention
 to file an ex parte submission on December 1, 1979 covering an unadjusted
 dispute between me and the Illinois Oentral Gulf Railroad involving the
 question: Weather or not the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, on April 30,
 1979, could remove me from a position as Train Dispatcher to which I had
 made application to, and seniority entitled me to, and place me without
 my consent on another position as Train Dispatcher thus changing my work
 ing conditions. Failure of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad to compen
 sate me at the rate of time and one half far performing service as Train
 Dispatcher on May 6, 7, 13 and 14, 1979, account working on my assigned
 rest days. Finally, failure of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad to
 compensate me at pro rata rate on May 1, 2, 5, 9 and. 15, 1979 account my reg
 ular assigned days to perform service as Train Dispatcher and not used."
that no conference was held on the property attempting to resolve this dispute.



The great weight of authority establishes that the omission of a conference on the property deprives the Board of jurisdiction. See Third Division Awards 14873 (Ritter); 22646 (Mangan); 16964 (Criswell); 16567 (Heskett); 131.20 (Dorsey). No conference on the property was conducted in this dispute and Claimant was not precluded from seeking such a conference.

 As the cited Awards make clear, the fact that a conference might prove futile does not abrogate the requirement that a conference be held prior to submission of the dispute to the Boprd. Also clear from these Awards is that Carrier has no obligation to perfect the claim of an employee by itself making request for a conference. For want of jurisdiction, the claim will be dismissed.


111.NDINC:1: 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 a7.1 the evidence, finds and holds:

 That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are reahectively Carrier and &nployes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;

 That this Divison of the Adjustment Board has ,jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and

        That the Claim is barred.


                        A W A R D


        Claim dismissed.


                              NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSg1INT BOARD

                              By Order of Third Division


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ATTEST:
        Executive Secretary


Dated at -Chicago, Illinois, this 3rd day of November 1981.

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