Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
SECOND DIVISION
Award No. 12955
Docket No. 12752
95-2-93-2-86

The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee Robert Richter when award was rendered.

(International Brotherhood of Electrical ( Workers PARTIES TO DISPUTE: (Union Pacific Railroad Company

STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
















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FINDINGS:

Award No. 12955 Docket No. 12752


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


The carrier or carriers and the employee or employees involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.


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




thereon.

Claimant with 13 years of service at the Carrier's Fort Worth Diesel facility was removed from service on April 7, 1992 pending a formal Investigation. On April 9, 1992 he was instructed to attend an Investigation on April 22, 1992 to determine the facts to the following charges:



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After one postponement the Investigation was held on April 27, 1992. As a result of the Investigation, the Claimant was dismissed from the service of the Carrier on May 6, 1992.

The Organization argues that the Claimant did not receive a fair and impartial Hearing and that the charges were not precise.
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After complaints by some of the Carrier employees at the Fort: Worth Diesel Facility that narcotics were being used and sold, it planted a Special Agent in the facility. The female agent from Louisiana worked as a Laborer at the facility. She purchased marijuana from the Claimant on various dates which led to the Claimant's arrest.


A thorough review of the transcript reveals that the charges were very precise and the Claimant was prepared for the Investigation. The testimony of the planted Special Agent and supporting testimony by other Special Agents clearly proved the Claimant was guilty as charged. The Investigation was fair and impartial with the Claimant and his representatives allowed to question all witnesses.


While the Claimant worked for the Carrier for 13 :ears, the selling and use of narcotics cannot be tolerated. This Board finds no reason to overturn the Carrier's action in this case.




      Claim denied.


                          ORDER


This Board, after consideration of the dispute -dentified above, hereby orders that an award favorable to the Claimantls) not be made.


                            NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD By Order of Second Division


                            Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 18th day of September =995.