C 0 P Y SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 173 Award No. 6
 Case No. 14
 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, press and Station
 Employes that

 '11. Carrier violated Article 1, Section F of Agreement dated Chicago, Illinois, August 21, 1951+, when they refused to allow Elizabeth C. Clavin vacation for the year of 1955.

 "2. Carrier shall now allow Mrs. rlizabeth C. Clavin ten days I pay in lieu of vacation earned but not granted for the year 1955."

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

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

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

 A normal pregnancy, completely free from complications, is not a "sickness" within the meaning of the use of that word in Article I, Section 1 (f) of the August 21, 1954 Agreement. Accordingly, the extended absence from work attributable to claimants pregnancy, was properly excluded, in this instance, from the computation of her credits toward vacation eligibility.

 Award: Claim denied.


                                /s/ A. J. VanDercreek, Carrier Member

                                /s/ C. F. Bienall, Organization Member


Omaha, Nebraska December 26., 1957