Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers,

Express and Station Employes






STATEMENT OF CLAIM:













FINDINGS

Here Carrier refused to permit Claimant to exercise his seniority on a foremants position because "claimant lacked the necessary qualifications as required under Rule 2-A-2."

Specifically the only point involved was his lack of experience in outbound routing of LCL freight, which only accounted for a portion of the total responsibilities of the job in question.

However., Claimant was offered the op»ortunity to post on the foreman's position. He refused to accept it.

It being a fact he had no prior experience, in the outbound routing of LCL freight, we think he should have accepted the offer to post on the foremants position.

AWARD:






                  E. A. Lynch, Chairman


/s/ A. E. Myles /s/ A. B. Seward
A. E. Myles, Carrier Member A. B, eward, Ehploye Member