NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

Special Board of Adjustment No. 1048


JOHN C. FLETCHER, CHAIRMAN & NEUTRAL MEMBER

R. A. LAU, ORGANIZATION MEMBER

E N. JACOBS, JR., CARRIER MEMBER




NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY





Statement of Claim :



FINDINGS:

Special Board Adjustment No. 1048, upon the whole record and all of the evidence, finds and holds that the Employee(s) and Carrier(s) are employee and carrier within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and that the Board has jurisdiction over the dispute(s) herein and that the parties to the dispute(s) were given due notice of the hearing thereon and did participate therein.



After thoroughly reviewing and considering the record and the parties presentations, the Board finds that the claim should be disposed of as follows:

Ample evidence is contained in the record to indicate that Claimant's seniority forfeiture was proper in the application of the parties Agreement.







R. A. Lau, Organization Member E. N. Jacobs, ' rrier Membe

          Issued at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 12, 1994


This award is based on the facts and circumstances of this particular case and shall not serve as a

precedent in an other case