C 0 P Y SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 173 Award No. 5
 Case No. 13
 Parties to Dispute: Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks,
 Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes
 Union Pacific Railroad Company

 Statement of Claim: "Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood of Railway
 and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station
 Employes that

 "(1) Carrier violated Article 5 of the December 17, 1941 National Vacation Agreement when they rescheduled Claimant Ernest E. Haleyls 1954 vacation from August 30, 1954 to September 13, 1954, both inclusive, to run from August 30, 1954 through September 1( 1954.

 "(2) Carrier shall allow Claimant Ernest E. Haley an additional days pay or an additional days vacation account of this rescheduling."

 Findings: The Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

 The Carrier or Carriers and the Fhployee or Employees involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934.

 The Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein. The parties to said dispute were given due notice of hearing thereon.

 In that the provisions of the Agreement of August 21, 1954, were applicable to the balance of the vacation which claimant was scheduled to start on August 30, 1954, Labor Day, 1954, counted as a day of vacation. Carrier was entitled to include same in its computation of claimants full vacation allotment. See Award No.. 2) Case No. 7, Special Doard of Adjustment No. 173. Such handling did not constitute a violation of Article 5 of the December 17, '941 Agreement.

 Award: Claim denied.



                              /s/ A, J. VanDercreek, Carrier Member


                              /s/ C. F. Bignall, Organization Member


Omaha, Nebraska December 26, 1957