Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 26753
THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MS-27586
88-3-87-3-24
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Charlotte Gold when award was rendered.



PARTIES TO DISPUTE:


STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of Gerald V. Graphia on behalf of L. E. Ratheal


(a) Carrier violated the rules of the current clerks' Agreement and provisions of the Railway Labor Act at Amarillo, Texas when it failed to properly compensate L. E. Ratheal for resigning on or about April 30, 1985, in return for accepting a lump sum separation allowance, and

(b) P. J. Ratheal shall now be compensated the difference between the three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) received and of the Washington Job Protection Ag the prevailing prime rate and any other such damages and awards as may be determined by this Honorable Board."

FINDINGS:

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

The carrier or carriers and the employe or employees involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.



The issues in the instant dispute are virtually identical to those involved in Third Division Awards 26749 and 26751. For the reasons set forth in those Awards, the Claim will be dismissed.








Attest: !'
        'Nancy J er - Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 5th day of January 1988.