In the Matter of the

REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEES

of

SKY CHEFS, INC., LSG LUFTHANSA SERVICES, GUAM, INC., AND LSG LUFTHANSA SERVICE SAIPAN, INC.

In-Flight Kitchen, Catering, Commissary, Hotel/Motel, Restaurant, and Related Employees

29 NMB No. 54

CASE NO. R-6888

(File No. CR-6750)

DISMISSAL-

WITHDRAWN DURING

INVESTIGATION

May 13, 2002

The services of the National Mediation Board (NMB) were invoked by the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE) on March 14, 2002, to investigate and determine whether a single transportation system existed among the Carriers: Sky Chefs, Inc. (Sky Chefs) LSG Lufthansa Services, Guam, Inc., and LSG Lufthansa Service Saipan, Inc. (LSG-Guam/Saipan) for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as provided by Section 2, Ninth. HERE represents the Carriers' employees in the craft or class of "In-Flight Kitchen, Catering, Commissary, Hotel/Motel, Restaurant, and Related Employees."

The Board assigned Investigator Sean J. Rogers to investigate.

Subsequently, John O'B. Clarke, Jr., Attorney for HERE, filed a letter with the NMB which stated in part, "[t]he Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE) withdraw[s] the application it filed with this Board on March 14, 2002, . . . requesting a Single Transportation System determination."

On the basis of this letter of withdrawal NMB File No. CR- 6750 is converted to NMB Case No. R-6888 and the NMB hereby dismisses and closes its file in this matter.

By direction of the NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD.

Benetta M. Mansfield

Chief of Staff