"Claim on behalf of the General Committee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen on the Consolidated Rail Corporation (CONRAIL):

Claim on behalf of L.E. Thompson, D.J. Gamber and L.W. Kramer for payment of 40 hours each at the straight time rate, account Carrier violated the current Signalmen's Agreement, particularly Rule 2- E-1(a), when it failed to provide sufficient notice of the abolishment of the Claimants positions. Carrier's File No. SG-476. General Chairman's File No. RM2319-105-782. BRS File Case No. 9013-CR."

The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

The carrier or carriers and the employee or employees involved in this dispute are respectively carrier or employee 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 fact situation in this case is not in dispute. Carrier candidly asserted in its Submission to the Board in this case that:

"An issue identical -o chat in the instant case, albeit involving slightly different circumstances, is currently before this Division as Docket No. SG-30762. The carrier requests that the two cases be heard together, or if that is not possible, by the same referee."

Docket No. SG-30'762 subsequently became Third Division Award 3061 in which the position of the Organization was sustained. :'hat Award has been reviewed and is found to be properly dispositive of the _ssue contained therein. Inasmuch as it is acknowledged by Carrier that the issue in that case is "identical to that ~n the instant case," the Board concludes that the decision .n Award 30612 :s equally dispositive of the instant dispute. :,ward 30612 is, by reference, made a part of this Award.

AWARD