STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the

Organization that:

1. The Union Pacific Railroad Company violated

the Agreement effective May 16, 1981, as

amended and supplemented when it failed to

allow NPS Timekeeping training for clerical

employe, M.J. Fogarty.

2. The Union Pacific Railroad company shall now

be required to afford clerical employe M.J.

Fogarty Non-Operating Personnel Services (NPS)

Representative Training.

3. The Union Pacific Railroad Company shall now

be required to compensate clerical employe

M.J. Fogarty the difference in pay between a

NPS Representative position and a Janitor

position commencing April 1, 1991 on a

continuous basis. Said differential to be

adjusted through the step rate wage

structure."

Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.

The triggering incident in this case occurred on February 1, 1991, at which time Claimant was displaced from his PBX position and denied Timekeeping training on the grounds that he lacked the keyboard skills. Claimant maintains he achieved such skills as of February 7, 1991, but he was still prohibited by Carrier from entering the NPS training class which began February 19, 1991.

The instant claim was filed on May 28, 1991, more than 100 days after the triggering incident. The Board is not persuaded that the triggering date for the claim is April 16, 1991, when Claimant was permanently assigned to a janitorial position. Giving Claimant all benefit of the doubt, the latest date he might arguably propose as the triggering date is February 19, 1991. On that date it was clear that Carrier would not permit him to attend the NPS training. Since that is the violation claimed, Claimant cannot now focus on a much later incident in order to resuscitate his claim. The claim, as filed, was not presented within the sixty day contractual limit. Accordingly, it must be dismissed.

AWARD