Parties Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

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 Dispute: Norfolk and Western Railway Company

 Statement Claim of T. M. Melvin
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 Claim:

          Findings: The Board, after hearing upon the whole record and all evidence, finds that the parties herein are Carrier and Employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, that this Board is duly constituted by Agreement dated March 1, 1976, that it has jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter, and that the parties were given due notice of the hearing held.


          The parties, having previously settled this matter, requested its withdrawal from before the Board.


          Request granted.


Award: Claim dismissed.

 A. D. Arnett, Employee Member G. C. Edwards, Carrier Member

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                    Arthur T. Van Wart, Chairman and Neutral Member


                    Issued at Salem, New Jersey, September 30, 1980.