Form 1 NATZOML RAILEOADD ADJTJS-Tr.T-f1T BOARD Award No.
8266
SECOND DIVISION Docket 1do.
8229
2-SOU-FO.=' 80
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Herbert L. Marx, J7f. when azrard
zv°ws
rendered.
System Federation
TTo.
21, Railway Er-bloyes'
Department,
1A1..
F. of J,. - C. 1. 0.
(Firemen & oilers)
Parties to D
ispute:-
Dispute : Claim o
f 1-'=1oyes
( Southern Pzaiiz`ray Co::pany
1. That under the Current and Controlling 14~reement, Laborer C. W. ?,7iitaker
t, -, .
tv'aS
unjustly d~_^raiSSed from tcle service Of tae
SO;?
Uthern
Ltaihr~dY
~;,~rS
~E:i~
on June
2?
j, j 7 b, after a fO -.-°.l_ imrnst i-;-anon vas held irl the
O
ff
iC:;~ O'F"
T~D?. P. F. S iF"`'ion,
Superintendent, t'~i,lc nta i,lotor Shop; litlante,
!it:Or"i..~ro.
2. That aCCordinz~ly ,'w~
n
j'~:Ia.tc.'_"
1'
e
e
t
t'en'';
L=-.
C~
Or ~,.
;. .2
b restored
t.0
hi., aSS:1;r1._.... at
Atlanta
_i.^:to1
S .ho-)
Z:`!
~h x.11
Se-'_o?'ity un-"J-nnal red, Vaca%ion, health and
weZ.:E'arE',
:IO;_'i
t'~'-l~ and ~.:".f c ? ?'?"'1_;,-a't'e be D-,-.d and
C02:?!';or1Sa';,0d
?'Or c.1time lost at the pro-rf-:ta ra;i;e o4-'
nay,
eff-C'.t?ve Jane 17, 191'8.
Fi ndin-''S
The Second Division of the Adjustnent Board, upon the whole record anl. al! t:l~e
evidence, finds t:lat
the
o`'S' ~y'
'f'riar,
S
ard
the
E.".1:~10;3'G'
or
£:.:!Jl0'.r~.S
involve-011 in +,his1.:%.L~O
c.
;.'i4_ t'
c~_ , .. _ _
are respectively carrier and er:ploye ...-,ithin the .:<.wni rh oz" tile :,~..1~;-~r L;oc~' :.,:t
as apps
.-,red
June 21, 193'+.
This Division of the' \djLLstmant Board he,S jurisdiction over the diSOate
involved herein.
Parties to said dispute waived
right
of appearance at hearing thereon.
ClwL- ant iror':ed for the Carrier through January ?__3,
1978,
at which t 1me he
reported off for the
nOR,:t d3.?T,
Sta.tini h ci, he h-d ~, _.
Ur?!ll buS-1_neSS
t0 ~t'Fi;OY;`,7. too
Nothing
fu-'2-'U-hey-
,Tas heard frcl hi~l i~_:ediatre:~y therZa=Ler, and -"--,he Carrier s.,~nt
him a letter i n ?ebi'~la ~';, °con~c'ernin" his a;)enceo Tile letter ,,as returned
undelivered. It develoneu that the ~la_...w~ "pas incarcerated by the State of
Cteor-is on drug ch:~r7~
,es '~2.I1ds on :_y c]s 1~i'3, he w='o';E' t0 she C<:,1"t?er CO:ice'"n:LI?
his job status.
~-
r,~;.
hell,'"' - _ Shortly ereafte
;,status.
~,n~'`_nVE.'ST~7_.,,ut:L 'Vc ,ut:L'V c ,c
hea.'~,'1'1.:~,
W ~.5
o ?"i.~.~yT
t~'`_r.
Foil
a-v,-i ng the hear i n-, the Carrier di :°:,.=_ssed the Cl wL-i.ant f rom sex-ii_ce on
June 15, l9'TO, -for his :iai1u'e t0 protec
i, !'_.S
aSSir;rl'~.enr~. The r ecord
sho:·IS
that
the C1ci-`_anii: failed t0 advise ',:he Carrier of his status for
fm:a'
I::onthS. '!~a::'.~Y'C?1S
previous awards have sunrlorted tile ri'~ht
of
a car;r;~er to consider incarceration
for
a
cra?_le
not
to
be 1'!1^Od cause" for absence.
Tile
DC.-:rd
i:c~
no
basis on ''T'1-_:;'.Il
i;o in~erfi:'r
with ,.'F' Ca.21'-i8r I ; :! . ':. ._:,? ~;Y;~ T
'`' th'C~.~_C Oi2 tO C~ih 1.SS t' :1._ .OO: aY' the ... m_
1n 'he T_:-.'t; v':'.r :`tE?re I'17. ~i' dev 3l Gz~d c _ ,.'~.r' a ';` ., ' _ e ;a zrr
Form 1 Award No.
8266
Page 2 Docket ==o. 8229
2-SOTJ-lF 0-' 80
A W A R D
Claim denied.
nViTTOi'AL RAIIROAD ADj-UTSTP-!l=,IP BOARD
By Order of Second Division
Attest: Executive Secre tai 7;r
National
~;af_l
-ro~.d ,ldjustment Board
By r _ -
t
R :_ : _ .' ' f'
..-.~.·-'~'1.
O
'rasc i "2111
"i S'3
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lVe ~,Ss--S'U~ffu
Dated at Ch:i_ca~o, 117_inois, t -.s
5
t-h d~y of
--a_ch,
1980