Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 7+31
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 71+0
2-AT8oSF-BM-' 78





Parties to Dispute: ( (Boilermakers)
(
( Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company

Dispute: Claim of Employes:

That Boilermaker Jack H. Hysten's suspension from service on December 4, 197+ and his removal frarn the service of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company on December 11, 197+ was unjust; and, that accordingly, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company make Boilermaker Jack H. $ysten whole by;







Findings:

The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

The carrier or carriers and the employe or employes involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employe within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 193+.

This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.



By his own admission,Claiznant concedes that he struck his foreman because Claimant was being harrassed and such harrassment began some two weeks before. It is also conceded that the alleged harrassment was not called to the attention of Claimant's representatives.
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Award No. 7131
Docket No. 71+0
2-AT&SF-BM-'78

A review of the record in this dispute, including the hearing transcript, compels the finding that the substantive evidence of probative value warrants the action taken by Carrier. Under the circumstances there is no basis for a sustaining award .

A W A R D

Claim denied.

Attest: Executive Secretary
National Railroad Adjustment Board

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

By Order of Second Division


By
semarie Brasch - Administrative Assistant

Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 6th day of January, 1978.