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TO 1 and
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QU.'s5'i:CO\
AT ISSUE: C1;:i:-m that ' 'orie)· C. S?nin is entitlec" to L-1.1

benefits ecc:uir,G, u,n~'er ti;-- e::,l,loyc; ;rotectivc r_,r.r.i.'_:.u::;; cf

Interstate Co.--:;en:c Cocraissio:: :in:-ncc: uoc::ut : ·._·,;-.ecr.__.t I'.o. if7Gc;nd/or the T;as1irC;o: Jol3 frotectioa of . :y 7;~G;,

because he :ae:s auver.^,e7y affected to Itl.n er;c: .. o;'

heen reduced fro:,: .. po: i.tion of Sunorvi:.or o° Co._::::niccaiov:c

a::C! Ji.·;rals to 6. position of I~o:'c:::: : o.`. .._._:;7._..._.

o'Fecti

. ve en or a.ho'~t CctoL,ar 1, 1'&:-, zt_. 4 re:m:l t of the

:a;r^cr of the Eric .,:il.road ;;o:y~.ry and 7;:c: ~o)a.·.:<.;:~

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Lacl:<.oaanna and l;cetcra, -,ailrc,.u Com.m:uy, sa_c ..._ -cr a>,~=ov;:d by I.C.C. Financc Docket 20707

OPINION
OF EOAED: This matter is before this Doard by virtue of S.cctio3,
Article VI of the February 7 A~rree:rent.

Claimant contends that he sacs entitled to tl:protctctive ba::e-iit· of the Washington Job A0vreer:ant because he was demoted as a direct result of t::.: n·erger between the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lzcl_a;aanra d: l:est_·r.: Railroad. That mar-.'r tool: place song four years prior to C1air;:;ant's d2-motion.

Carrier contends that Claimant was not adversely affectec: by the merger (or coordination), but instead as a result of reorSaniz-anon and Clainaat incompetence. The organization rejects such possibilities and asserts that Ci.ais_^.nt was adversely affected solely due to the merger between the tc:o carriers.

An examination of the record discloses that Claimant has failed to meet the requisite standards of proof necessary to support the claim that he was adversely affected by the merger.

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AWARD

The Claims s dismissed.

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Nicholas H. Zufnas ·.

Neutral rLrI a,

Dated: Washington, D. C.
June 24, 1969