Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION
Award No. 31733
Docket No. NIS-32264
96-3-95-3-72

The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee Edwin H. Berm when award was rendered.




PARTIES TO DISPUTE:


STATEMENT OF CLAIM:



FINDINGS:

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 and 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.




This assignment dispute arises at the Carrier's Orlando, Florida. terminal. Claimant, a clerical employee, is senior to unassigned clerical employee R. F. White. On September 11 and 12, 1993, Claimant was observing his rest days. The Carrier called White rather than Claimant to fill a vacancy on those dates. This claim followed.

Form I Award No. 31738
Page 2 Docket No. NIS-32264
96-3-95-3-72

Claimant argues that his seniority over White should have prevailed for the overtime call because White, like Claimant. was observing rest days on September I I and 12, 1993. The Carrier, however, asserts that White was not observing rest days but was available for call at the straight time rate.


At best, the record is in conflict. The burden, however, is on the Claimant to demonstrate the factual elements supporting the claim. That burden has not been met.








This Board, after consideration of the dispute identified above, hereby orders that an award favorable to the Claimant(s) not be made.



                        Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 24th day of October 1996.