Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 27250
 THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MS-27923
 88-3-87-3-464
 (E. V. Rogers
 PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of E. V. Rogers (#440) that:

 (a) Carrier violated the provisions of the current Clerks' Agreement at Winslow, Arizona when it refused to provide the BRAC Local Chairman with a list of blanked positions on a daily basis, and

 (b) Carrier is circumventing many rules of the Agreement when it improperly blanks positions, and

(d) Mr. E. V. Rogers shall now be compensated an amount to be determined by this Honorable Board
(e) Mr. E. V. Rogers 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.

 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. 27250
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                          By Order of Third Division


Attest:
        ncy J. Dev xecutive Secretary


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