Form 1 TSATIO:Za.h RAILRMD ADjUS1-D,ii2 BOARD Ai'rard 1740.
8135
SECOTD DIVISION Docket No.
8109
?_-MTI-Ew-'
79
The Second Division consisted of the regular nerfoers and in
addition Referee Fay i_'ci~!zrray when award s;ras rendered.
( System Federation ITyo.
7,
Railway Employes'
( Departrsent, A.
F.
of L. - C. I. 0.
Parties to Dispute: ( (Electrical aorhers )
( Burlington Northern Inc.
Dispute : Claim of Employes
1. That in violation of the current agreement, the Burlington Northern
Inc.. arbitrarily, caori cioussy and unjustl-r dismissed Electrician
Apprentice T.Ielvin E. Barer from its sen'ice on date of '.:arch 17,
1978.
That accords
?1.^;1·r,
the P~,?7,~"1in:=;'toil ~~U'_"'t'°iF'r n ~nc. , be Ordered to
return _L1 -atrician :^-n~'i ep~;ice _~:~v-f
?1 -~. _ ._:er
to it.- service a r._?
u
i ~ 7 _ _ , ~_ , LL
y '_ ~at,i
to co::,.
fin
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re'stuo~::.~ o_. _
any lost Z''.'.,C.tion
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p_
y or
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be rc:?:-.Gved'~r~. hi- uc-rsonal r;;co~:,-d.
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Claim to start on date of Fabruwry
11 ..,
1973,
r,nd to contirnie until
adjusted.
r
indin.;:
The Secoid Division of the rdjiat~eat Lo=ard, upon the ,rhole record
anz
all the evidence, finds th^,t:
The carrier or carriers and the
ern
l otle or
e:.:pl
olyeS involved in thi s
di srnzte are
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r.-3etr.vel ; c.°r er and e-~,~?_o-; a ;ri.t?1-JEn the ~: a wn.s~ of the
Railvra:y Labor Act as z p?roved June 21, :Lvtr= sdi
;;
This Division the .A_c,_justI:';ent 5o:~,rd ha j ' e diN
i~.s-;~_o.i of .etion oveN . the here ln.
Parties to said disrntt<,
=v,,aii
;red ri-ht of appe arance at hearing thereon.
i 1_ .
The Cli,,iT"ant, K, T5. L.~'t~.r,
~:~'.S
d 4.':char,ed :£run the service of
the
C rr;_er on , -arch
17,
I)78, l- 1
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->
a ,~: w"o :r n~
rl_..~
_ c-~..~t~Ltea on . r ch 1 l~ c .
The notice .of hearing in pert4.neat p~wrt r~>,,ids .>, follows:
Form 1 Award
T7o.
8135
Page 2 Doehet No.
8109
2-B>v I-?~l-
t l ~
"For the purpose of ascertaining the facts and detenn_ning
your responsibility in connection vrLth absenting yourself
from duty without proper authority, striking and -'.1hreat-ening
your sv.Dervi°zor, d:~.ma~ing ccmrwnf property and yo`tlr alleged
violation of dale 'U at Vancouver, Washington, about x+:15 P.m.,
Februat7
16, 1978. "
At the outset the organization alleged certain technical and procedural
defects with res pact to the charges and conduct of the hearing all of which
were reviewed by this Board and found without xreri t.
The record is quite complete with respect to the actions and events
which transpired on the datn~ under review. For the parpose of this avrard,
it is not necezar-T to elabora4;e in ;real detail. A~brief review of the
Claimant's test-L!.ucc5v.- ,~3d. :earn to indicate the i:owrd's asZessi.ent of the
penalty invoieQ.
I,1ro
BeZier testified on the record as follozrs:
That he ,:
Ns
absent fro:: .nor': for tile =irst t;;enty-.'ive
r11nLlte2 L;f his Shift because hv O:''ers3..et)t ~ _:d his
:"Gtoi
cycle iTo'J.1dntt : tv.rt.
TP'=.ii 2.;`L~?.''J:`~....?L~_..'~j
ti':o hours be.%ore
he w".'.,s to re1!O's. t for dut;- he
_A:';;~
teed _n the use
into-,
c~w
.. ; _r_,. b
f ' T
e -,.m1 ' "~ Y'-a
Y"j n a c ~ ~ e
.Lt~.._C'
;, .>w-e~ :,~s ~_ch ne
w
c:~:~_wcte_
z_u
_ three
or four beers.
That he ened in a vetual alt-ercatf.'cn ~;_i4-h tile Fore:.an
shortly after arr-ivin,s at .orll> ov::r
w
c,ties ti or_-~d uze o:'
the coa I'ac'li, ,~° p i ,.~ ' ,~ t- ne l L
J,S
b'c;a=- '-asseled.
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i~ecw~7.s....
:A.'~..
This led to fu_'ther discussion
fn
the ,-ne-a.l ~'o-c :an's
office.
That in -the General 7oreman's oi'_7:'ice lie cusFe:i a lot
and threatened tl-:e Per en..wn and Uenerwl Fore:ran but did
not str'_.~':e`aIr,°one. ~~'wo ivltn_sseS testified that he
dial stri.7e the General Forenan.
That he r i!Jned the 'clione co;
u.
f :.'cal the connection to stop
the sanervis ors from cal l i n_~ t,_-_, rol ice.
The record
4-s
nor e el aborate i n da scr-'_binm these actions but no u.sex'~l
purpose Z'wulld
be zeY"s;'ad b;)'
.Ci:.'c~
~'sT:~.?')?:!..C
CA.::SC2'=T~t~0~1.
It. is obv--J_o-:s f ro-n the =ores°o; n~^; and the entire record that the rut°s
as described -in
t
_e notice of
disc,,;
sswl wc_r~ violated. These rules are
contained
in
~he
r
-cv-d
a-id
a-e
A
o
.-..1L
_._.1o~Jm
and
un-·C-iJ
Vood
by
-.^..1.-o`-'.d
I.C .n
that they need not be repeated here.
Form 1
Page
3
Award No.6?35
Docket T: o.
8109
2 _Bni I_E;j_'
79
A W A R D
Claim denied.
NATIOTI"~L RAILROAD ADJ(TSTINEITT B0! R.D
By Order of Second
Division
Attest; Executive Secretary
National Railros.d "id"just-ment Board
Dated at Chicago, I=inois, this -'~c'..'=
of
Septm--r,
h;'?