PARTIES ) Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
 TO Ties ) and
 DISPUTE ) Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employer
 QUESTION Are Guadalupe Hernandez, Pedro Ortiz,
 AT ISSUE: Paul Cabral., Jimmie C. Sanchez, John
 Knust, Manuel Pina, William J. Rodriguez,
 Michael Preuss, Abrham Gonzales, Wayne
 Weber and Byron Pauley each entitled to
 be paid for all time he has not been per
 mitted to work on or after I-larch 1, 7.965,
 and to be made whole for paid vacations,
 holiday pay, health and welfare, and any
 any all. other similar berei:its, because
 of the failure of tire Carrier to return
 hire to and/or retain him in compensated
 service at his guaranteed comp:~nsation
 as required by Article I, Protected Employer,
 and Article IV, Compensation Due Protected
 Employer, of the mediation Agreement of
 February 7, 1965, and the Interpretations
 thereto dated November 24, 1965?
 OPINION Under the Interpretations of November 24, 1965,
 OF BOARD: the time limit on individual claims involving an
 interpretation of the Agreement does not begin to
 run until December 24, 1_965. Thus the claims which were filed
 on February 11 and February 13, 1966, cannot be considered
 untimely.

 Evidence is lacking to support Carrier's assertion that certain Claimants were seasonal employees. Factual information to support that assertion is within Carrier's control, and in the absence of it the Committee cannot make such a determination.

 In other respects the arguments are similar to those in Award No. ~ (Case No. H9-12-W) and the Award is the same.


                    A W A R D


        The answer to the Question is "Yes", and the claimants

are entitled to those benefits provided for in the Agreement
 of February 7, 1965, and its interpretations, without prejudice to,,~
 any benefits provided by other agreements pertaining to paid pr·\~ya
 vacations, holiday pay, health and welfare and any and all other
 similar benefits which do not fall within the jurisdiction of
 this Committee.

                    Milton fr:~lman

                    Neutral Member


Dated: Washington, D.C.
 June 10, 1969

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