Claim on behalf of S. A. Lipe, for payment of certain monies, account of Carrier violated the current Signalmen's Agreement, as amended, particularly Rule 31(a), when it furloughed him." Carrier's File No. 135-692-3 Spl. Case No. 51. BRS File No. 8554.ICG.

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 organization brings this claim to the Board on an allegation that Rule 31 of the Agreement w not provided with six months employment following his recall to service on January 21, 1991. Rule 31 makes no reference, in even a remote fashion, to guaranteed employment. Accordingly, the claim will be denied for lack of Agreement support.

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