Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 27244
 THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MS-27917
 88-3-87-3-458
 (D. A. Vaughan
 PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of D. A. Vaughan (11434) that:

 (a) Carrier violated the provisions of the current Clerks' Agreement at Amarillo, Texas when it refused to permit Claimant to attend Crew Calling School held from May 19, 1986 until after June 1, 1986, and

 (b) That Mr. McReynolds misrpresented (sic) certain facts to the Claimant and withheld information pertaining to the selection of clerks to attend Crew Calling School, and

 (c) Mr. D. A. Vaughan shall now be compensated an amount to 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 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.

 The facts indicate that no conference was held as required by Rule 47 of the Agreement and the Railway Labor Act. For the reasons set forth in Third Division Award 26749, the Claim must be dismissed.

 Finally, even if the merits could be reached, we can find nothing in the applicable Agreement between the Carrier and the Organization which supports the Claimant's posi Form 1 Award No. 27244
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                          By Order of Third Division


Attest:

        ancy J. - Executive Secret fry


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of July 1988.