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 employe 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.
Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.
The basic facts are as follows. Prior to the time that this dispute arose the Claimant was regularly assigned to Gang 9015 headquartered at the Panel Plant in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Effective at the close on January 29, 1988, the Claimant's position was abolished due to an extensive force reduction implemented by the Carrier. Subsequent to the abolishment of the Claimant's position he reported to the Carrier before starting time and Form 1 Award No. 29889
advised of his desire to displace a junior employee filling a temporary unbulletined position at North Little Rock. The Claim protests the Carrier's failure to allow the displacement.
The issue raised by this case have been resolved by Public Law Board 279 in Awards 425 and 426. In applying Rule 2(F), the Board held that displacement rights pertain only to junior employees assigned to regular positions. Since the junior employee the Claimant sought to displace in this case was holding a temporary or extra position he was not subject to displacement.