Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 27246
 THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MS-27919
 88-3-87-3-460
 (L. B. Day
 PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the L. B. Day (436) that:

 (a) Carrier violated the provisions of the current Clerks' Agreement at Galveston, Texas when it improperly bulletined position 6035 on May 19, 1986 by inserting the term 'and such 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 such other duties as may be assigned' (sic) or similar language under description of job duties when bulletining a position, and

 (c) Mr. L. B. Day shall now be compensated $3,848.26 plus $101.27 for each day after July 18, 1986, and

 (d) Mr. L. B. Day shall now be compensated interest and any other penalties and awards deemed proper 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.

 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. 27246
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 88-3-87-3-460

 Beyond such defect, 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





                          By Order of Third Division


Attest:~/ ~~
 'Nancy J. D Executive Secretary

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