PARTIES ) Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight
 TO THE ) Handlers, Express and Station Employees
 DISPUTE ) and
 St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
 QUESTIONS
 AT ISSUE (1) Did the Carrier violate the provisions of the
 February 7, 1965 Mediation Agreement and the Inter
 pretations thereto dated November 24, 1965,
 particularly Article II, Section 1 and Article V
 thereof, when it removed senior extra list employes
 J. C. Hill and Mildred Walter from the status of pro
 tected employes account failure to bid on permanent
 bulletined positions at Tulsa, Oklahoma and Kansas
 City, Missouri respectively?
 (2) Shall the Carrier now be required to return J. C.
 Hill and Mildred Walter to the status of protected
 employes and be required to reimburse the named
 employes for any losses sustained from the respective
 dates their protected status was terminated?
 OPINION
 OF BOARD: It is the Opinion of the Board that because of the unusual
 facts and circumstances involved in this case and without establishing a precede,
 on this or any other carrier, that the claims should be denied except that
 claimant J. C. Hill, the only remaining claimant currently employed by the carrier,
 should be restored to protected status under the February 7, 1965 Agreement as of
 the date of this Award without any retroactive compensation. The claims of
 Mildred Walter who has retired are denied. It is not intended to, express any
 opinion concerning the rights of claimants under any local agreements providing

 protoptive benefits to etapIpyees. _,



Dated: HCG~L~h !Jl'r i`~ /1E72

Washington, D.C.