(Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAz: "Claim of the General committee of the Brotherhood of
 Railroad Signalmen on the Consolidated Rail Corporation (former Lehi& Valley Railroad):
                      ATLANTIC REGr0N_


          Grievance on behalf of all Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen employees throughout the Conrail System and especially those in CRC Seniority Districts 4, 8, 10 and 11, whose seniority in the Signal Mechanics class was changed on the 1980 rosters far those districts by a letter of interpretation dated July 20, 1979, by J. R. Walsh, Senior Director of Labor Relations. That , letter related to modification of the Training Agreement of December 14, 1976."


OPINION C&' BOARD: Claim before the Board centers on Carrier memo of July 20,
 1979 signed by General. Chairman B. E. Britcher, which is a letter of interpretation of the intent of a letter of June 21, 1978, signed by four General Chairmen of the Organization which, in turn, was an in',,,erpretation of a Training
The merits of the instant case before the Board notwithstanding, the record shows that the intent of claim does not center on the interpretation of contracts, which alone falls under the jurisdiction of the National Railroad Adjustment Board. This dispute involves the validity of an Agreement, not its meaning, and by reference to First Division Awards 21459; 21460; 23135 and Supreme Court Decisions BRT v Howard (343 U.S. 768) and Falter v Southern Pacific (359 U.S. 326) this Board has no jurisdiction herein to resolve issue at bar. Nor does the Board have authority to question credentials of those who are signatory to Agreements protected by the Railway Labor Act. ?hat a valid Agreement herein exists is supported by the record by reference, inter alia, to Organization's own Exhibits 12 and 24.

 FINDS: 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:

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                    Award Number 244:54 Page 2

                    Docket Number 3G-24534


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 claim is barred.


                      A W A R D


        Claim dismissed.


                          NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJDS2WT BOARD

                          By Order of Third Division


ATTEST: Acting Executive Secretary
 Natioml Failroad Adjustment Board

 By
 Rosemarie Brasch - Administrative Assistant

 Dated at Chicago., Illinois, this 29th day of June 1983.

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