Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 27130
 THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MS-27855
 8,8-3-87-3-383
 (J. .A. Marchese
 PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim if J. A. Marchese (424) that:

 (a) Carrier vijlated the provisions of the current Clerks' Agreement at Barstow and Los Angeles, California when it improperly bulletined positii;is 6166, 6056, 6182, 6128, 6281 and 6290 on May 28, L986, .June 6, 1986, June 10, 1986, June 13, 1986 and June LL, 1986, by inserting the term 'and other duties as may be assigned' or similar words under description of job duties, and

 (b) Carrier shall be prohibited from using the term 'and other duties as may be assigned' or similar language under description of job duties when bulletining a position, and

 (c) Ms. J. A. Marchese shall now be compensated $12,013.41 plus $621.90 for each day after July 9, 1986, and

 (d) Ms. J. A. Marchese shall now be compensated interest and any other penalties and awards deemed proper by this Honirable 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 employes 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.

As Third Party in Interest, the Transportation Communications Union was advised of the pendency of this dispute and filed a Submission with the Division.

 At the outset, we note that the Claimant has other claims for the same period. This Board has consistently held that pyramiding, compounding and duplicating claims cannot be supported. For this reason alone, the Claim warrants dismissal.
 Form 1 Award No. 27130
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 Beyond such defect, the facts indicate that no coufereiice was held as required by Rule 47 )f the Agreemeat and the Railway Labor Act. FDr the reasons set firth in Thira DivisiDn Award 25749, the Claim must be dismissed.

 Finally, even :.` the merits could be reached, we can find nothing in the applicable Agreement between the Carrier and the Orgaaization which supports the Claimant's posi





                          By Order of Third Division


Attest:
        Nancy J. 8 r - Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 17th day of May 1988.