Form 1 NATIONAL
1;A.ITyROAD AD~TLJ;~=,TV`I' BOARD Award
Tao. 7973
SECOND DIVISION Docket 1,,o.
7
2-Coo-Cr.x - '79
The Second Division consisted of the regular mexlbers and in
addition Referee a!orge E. h3:rney when a s~-ard was rendered,
( System federation 1Ta. ~-r, Rai liray 1~nployes'
( Depax',;.rent, A, E . of L. - C. I. 0.
Parties to Dispute:
(Cai7ren)
( Chesapeake and Ohio Ra-.117,~ay Com-
T7
i s ute: C'! rxi-in of T,rrloyes:
1. R'ha'; Ca:r:na:.n E.,-,hmound A. Litar -Wa,s unjustly d.is:h.:i.ssed frc7::l a?7.
service of tile C.'~leS:".,`;7t:%'1':C' and
011_O
i.'d,:! L.,r:'_.'~r'
CoT:rnalrlr effective
DV C
erabex'
g~ 1976
8,S
a result G-f :i.fat'e;ati~;~.i;1UM held in Of-i"1ce of
tlxe Genexv,1_ i:I::,cii^nica,? rot°er_:an, F.i.;~:r:r~ktil, Z-l:i.chi~;~.ti, Deco-.:ber lj,
7..g
c
h
at-, g : 00 '
r, l'~
i.
2, That accordiY!~-3.;y the Che:>ape 1kc and Ohio Ra:il~'~w Company co-.-f.qren,-,at1e
Ca.r:~r~a.n I'Taim,aund A. T3ita r his a
-o pa_ic;a'kaZe strai `ht title rate of
p>o;,
from Dece,~liber
g, 1976
until restored to service.
3.
Tryat accordingly
C.aY:::e fl
l~ia:_hniOtlnd A® B'? tc:x' be
2'GN
tO?"ed
t0 115 fOx`'.::?^
T3G51.t1a!1
V'1..h seniority rights un7?.iya:i.x'ed and ':ii.^,de wha!G for x?e'i^~_Un
benefits, health and welf"re benefits, vnsuranc:e benefits rnclu,~in~
Railroad
-F'.etiz~eraent and vn.emplcoymF,n ~; _nsurance,
6;~,
ann;zaZ. interest
,
also all other benefits he nra!;~.1.d have if he rurmained in sorv-_*'ce.
Findings:
The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, upon -the whole record and
all the evidence, finds -that:
The carrier ox' carriers and the empla;re or e:;sployes involved in this
dispute are respectively carrier and e.:rpla; a within the meaning of the
Railway Labor Act as approved June 21,
1934.
This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction aver the dispute
involved herein.
Parties to said dispute vraived right of appearance at hearing thereon.
Claimant ~~s su.spended from service on December
g, 1976
pending an
investigation scheduled and held on Decer~)er 15,
1976.
Claimant eras charged
-with insubordination iYith regard
~co
tyro alleged actions: (1) fa.ila;re to fo'~?oT,r
direct orders from his supervisor a:zd (2) departure frcin Job lacing his tour of
duty without permission. Claimant was fG-Ji1d E;.~-1lty as c?~ z'ed and. disrri; sed.
from the service cf the Carrier effective Deceffner 27, 1g76.
Form 1 Award No.
7973
Page 2 Docket No.
7869
2-C3.-0-CM-'
79
Claiarant reported :for work on time for his second shift
assiL;muent
beginning; at,
3:00
PM and ending at 11:00 iii on
December 8, 1976.
At
approxi:r:ataJ_;; x:30 FM I)ec:ellbex'
8, 1_j76,
C1aitnwnt was :instructed to
change
the brake
slices
on TI~;T^1 Car
l+?0259,
located. at Wixom, 1Vlich:i an
where CJ_aizl:ant
is regular li;' assigned.
Allegedly,
Claimant than ed two (.'--)) brake shoes and
when :Instructed by his supervisor to
replace
three
(3)
additional brake shoes
on the ssxle car.', Claimant told his
supervisor
lea was not _;cing to ch.~;.nge any
TROT G
brake
Sl:).CSE'.u.
`1'110
S1Ope?"'ViSG?:'
flail a5.':7.gr1Cd. another
Ca.;1'!:ian
to
C',OT'ip!
etE'
the
job of re- l.acirs- the bra'_.;e shoes -and as th-.t lean
assi7-nied
the job, Claimant
left the
1mL"IS
area and 'llk't3CeedECL
t0
the locker r
c'~O'_?l.
Clc^z'?
~.IC
11t
t
S £:,?Tr'_'.Z'v-1 SC3X'
Jollowed h.zrv
:into
the _Loc',-c=r too.°: to
find
C1:m:a.rt chal?-'I rl; out oz' tli : r;orl:
clothes. C1GJY::ant dc:clc.rr:a lee -vas Co:in;;
hone
z';'ve5·e'rlpon lei;, supervisor told
C1a:~mmnt 11.;:. could not go hone a. s he ~.:as
needed
to worli. C.La.iaes.nt proceeded.
-to i"Aa.1k o-r'y· the job an;~n'-;&;;r, depa r'G_i.n.- the 'aro.p,:.=tar at approximately
5:50 ?i'`.
The CJ:'t ::=°_lazat:?
Q:1 CaYl-i;C'lidS T.11
a'V C!.a;i'L"·?.nt 12:',d a severe t00'L11WC11~
O?1
DeC:ei."bf':.'
8, 197
c:Laq
that el'ie 'f:',~a'le,l
(:C7:'1d.:.UiCJ,I6 0f blu'v":LI1,,,r 'i
·_
'.,r
->i_na
~~:I:~
cold
i;1'''
that day
ac~;E;x:~ lrated ` 'c',,rra'"s 'ct`z`('~nente Tt' ~- . Cr
.'TaW.Zu; L:uOYl.
1.1:a.1nt,~:15 CZ.c"...llTla,nt t
S
a G1.~ri__u
Ser1r?r
r1SOr
a'iv;:1;, · as
,_-,
nt his
Sul1C'rV._ ~_. 1~ 1.`"C1
i t",c'.r, e of Claimant's i:GOt:_..,C11~: C
lS.1TI::.1 '::i..l ~Ef7, ,'
0f 1115 condition Leolc,>'i;:Ln_; h2 be allo-ued to
·I~O
home. Tile
O:.'~a'.':'.Lz;j.t1C):1
C:.~u..~nS
that the falloT;rin,- ; n
az'z1".Y:7._-,,
Deco.>:1wr
g, 197t;,
C:1.2,ilnant wz:..t to his d.zltisi,
and had the
p,'''_'C1;JlE::::.
tooth
'l?:LllGd. r1'O
sup
`7CW't t5i:i.S
poS'lt`?.O?1,
the C)rF~,''etli:i_S'r.',.t10n
C'.IItE'.red :into E:V"1der1C:C'. at the 7_nVeS'C~`1<~atOr'y hE:~.:':i_i".;~ a rf:.Ce:!_'tlt. f
1:'UYf. 2?y~",reilt.L-y
Claimant's dr'°Y?'L'~St, 1Y1a1c?,tiil~', ~~a,o.';.l:Il~
Y'GL'.E'.f.'6ri:d
on Dw'C'.enh)er 10,
1976.
``"~l."tt,'_^~y
flit? C1 :,1_l:?ant
at
the llea?.':i
I7
on
LeCE'::.bGr
15, 1S'7U
IP:C'ou.U.C:cOL t.,,:>
physic-al
E:V'i d:'I1Ce
a tooth he
ca.
a:i:ncd to be
tile
one v;h' cil was pulled on ~~cw:a':_W r~
9, 1.9i6>
Tile
Organization taI~r_-s flee position, Cl .:..i s,.:,~2t's supe;c'visor
should
have e3.1 o;"re;i
Claimant to leave his tour of duty on I;eee_nber
8, 1976
so as to seek r el:i_<:f
for his toothache.
Carrier contends that Cla:im~nnt did not, at anytime, on the date of the
incident (Pece,-rber
8, 1976)
comphairl of a toothache, but did so for the first
t`?xe one week later at the Inves t ij-,;.r=. to?^y hearing,. The Carrier takes flee
position that C1ai;T~ant's story xer atd'i.t'lg his toothache t"ras contrived after
the fact in an atten.pt to mitigate h:i.s guilt'. Carrier ex~?resses wonderment
rega.~r, Clai:::antta ._. ab~ i...
tr
to
hC:vrf
reported to at all on
d.rte
' a e
of December
8, 1976 sin
view of tesvi:_arly given by Claimants -v.'s.fe Pat the
hearing that his tooth "was botherwn,- him so badly he just couldn't stand
it. TIe couldn't sleep ()r nothing". Carrier 1'e.flZteS tile plusical evidence
of a tooth produced by the Claimant. at the hear-.1-n.- by asserting, that such
presentation of a, tootle is unsupported by an.y facts conce-:`I'i!1; its nature,
its origin or. hog°r it eaz^e to be
dismem=bered
from its re-sting,. place. As to
the receipt entered :into evidence s':xnposedly iss;aed by C?ait_ant
t
s dentist,
the Carrier state; the receipt slorrs only that twelve dollars had been pc.id
by.
trM5,1m011Y1d
T''!..Larr' (sic) on D^cc:L"bt:r
9,
ln`(O
bu% does not indicate the r°aSC)11
for such p".-,%;a0i`Itg The Carrier ~~1r'i.i'!2r
1?laln`G'd.irl:,
that t'fro other dentist r eCei11't:3
presented by the 0rF;U,ni2~atian durin7 on property haradl-i)1:; of the :inst~zrii,
ela:iln, have
even
less
value
arid
authenticity,
,:.s
one
of t'1
receipts -I_sdwvod
Foim 1
Award No
. 7973
Page
3
Docket 'To,
7869
2-Coo-CM-'79
December
9,
177 r.:akirlg it ill nvwlid, and pY·od,zction
of`
yet a third receipt
causes Carrier to ci uestion whether such receipts a -re available on de?,:a,r_d
with any date or a.11 eged work. slr.own the.-con. 1,'ll~.'th^1.'?nore, Czarrier subm;'ts
it 5s of little s:q;rlificance
whether
or not Claixlallt z~ras
suffering
from an
af Zanents as the fact rena:i.ns that h e
rep
for z'rnrk, at no ta.rle dd he
maLe as re,:iuest to "be relieved for any reason whatsoever and waon instructed
to do work. Of his craft he
C.~y
n_vren'tly
0:1-al.
riot -mant to do, lie openly re:~'1iw'~d to
obey. hddition·a~1-y, Car':i e;i- sl<~N'~,~ts,
eTc:2
a.ssvmin^ arE-7nenrJo. Cla:_znalit di.cl
not Y·eflse arl<y wor~:, he sti_a7_ 1.f~-f`t 'the jv.wc;nerty z~>.'i;t~,,out pez;a_s: :.cn dlarin`; his
,
,,_ ..
tour of duty not).ri_'tllstand.:in7 ..u~ther or
Y,~,~
he,
iIl
fact, reques'ted. to
1E'rrF· `
work.
Finally, Carrier cites Cla,ilnant's past service record wi2i.ch reflects
other instances
O'
..!.e2w':1.'_lZ
vrCJt''S
19'lt't10'U.t 'tleia:!1.SS7011y in addition -to falsi-~'y-_'_n
f,
his Se"'V'.iCe card,
erf;aL-~111`; iil
as altercation 't~J'ith
4:''1'',':'tT?Ci ·1~ T'~
fir;','
' t:'- ~U . . and
incur r i :,S T,%-age ~ :~.~v39_;~nzzen'ts
c,, fully
ju
sti-r`S
ing the discipline of aisr
In xowie's;in~.; the record., this
Board
notes the con-l:'ls.ctir~.g 1,4-)sit! ons of
. ~ .L i
the parties as ~.eiv~a~aed by .tmsc t';:'o w-itnesses, the Cla,iz~san~ and G?airn:a,nt's
supex°v`iSUr. As an c:prell.ate 1';C~clz;;r, this i'oar=d 1s irji-bl,out jurisdiction
to
resolve conflicts
12
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vt^.e~ceV' ~ 1 ~ `a ; ~C;
L'S 1?::Ollyv
Jr
t0
deter.''::i.Yle Gred:LrJ'_li't
r C; '51:1 ~ S,
AS
we find the ,'i.'eC'C)?'CT.
t^..OY21~c.:1 .iiS 1%f,7S't:~,l'1t1..'-.'.~ ?_lI'·Ofj7'
.",il':~W::·t1.n~ the ,~I leg,--,,`Q-
:LUl'1 (_i:::'
insubordination
aliCL
that,
I:U'tCl'!.I1`~
i.n the
record leads us
to t'l-le conclusion
that the d:1-:~C17~.:! n ~ assessed "vra.arba.tl:c.'_'y,
C21..-p:.'ilCiCllr
d.:LSCx'~:~.n::;,tCr',y or
excessive,' the~D0a
i'Cx
rules
to
U.y~IOLd
the T:i riding of dcAue-r"-_-1ned by the
hear:i.n:; officer '~'x'c?r evidence
adduced
at the T)er·e_,hcr 155
1976
invest:i.F
atG'_'
hear! Ilk;.
A W A R D
Cl.alm denied.
TdA`l'IOT','!!L I'vAIIit'~-,OAD ADJUST', -IFET BOARD
By Order of Second !Division
Attest: Executive Secretary
National Railroad Ad.jus trlent Board
~________~
. ~. _ ,~'
_
.:- =
By ~
..-~_.°
tf.,.~-~
1..-.~1..~..~z_... -~ .,..
~!:.,mar:.~.e T3rasch - A
dn:7-nist"rative Assistant
f
Dated
aI
t
Ch'icao, Illinois, this 13th day of June,
h`l9.