Form I NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION
.ward No. 31900
Docket Yo. CL-3195.(
97-3-94-3-267

The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee Herbert L. Marx, Jr. when award was rendered.

(Transportation Communications International Union PARTIES TO DISPLTE:(



STATENIE\T OF CLAIM:






Form 1 Award No. 31900
Page 2 Docket No. CL-31954
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FINDINGS:

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


'1 'he 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.




Except as to the Claimant involved, this claim is identical to that reviewed in Third Division Award 31898. The Board reaches the same conclusion as in that Award.








This Board, after consideration of the dispute identified above, hereby orders that an award favorable to the Claimants) be made. The Carrier is ordered to make the Award effective on or before 30 days following the postmark date the Award is transmitted to the parties.



                      By Order of Third Division


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 4th day of March 1997.