PARTIES) ATCHISON, 7CPEKA AND SANTA Ft RAILWAY COMPANY
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 DISPUTE) BROThERriCGD OF MAINTENANCE CF WAY EMPLOYEES

 STA70ENT OF CLAIM: Claim for reinstatement of former Northern Division Trackman J. A. Green (who was terminated sometime in March, 1963) and that he be paid for all time lost since .Lne 13, 1983, and/or otherwise made whole, acccunt failure to file his address in writing within 15 calendar days from the date of letter dated March 16, 1983, as required by Rule 2, Secticn (c) of the current Agreement.

 FINDINGS: This Public Law Board No. 1582 finds that the parties herein are carrier and Employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and that this Board has jurisdiction.

 In this dispute, the claimant allegedly failed to file his address in writing within 15 calendar days from the date of the letter dated March 16, 1983, as required by Rule 2, Section (c) of the then current Agreement. Fe was thereafter terminated in March, 1983, for that alleged violation. The claimant had been reinstated by this Board under Avard 216, as of February 17, 1983. Thereafter, by letter dated March 16, 1983, the claimant was directed to file his address in writing within 15 calendar days from the date of that letter. The Organization contends that the claimant returned an acknowledgment of that letter, and further, that the Liivision engineer was aware of the claimant's address.

 The claimant should have complied with the instructions to tile his address, even though he was not needed for service at the time.
 AWARE,: is aim denied.





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