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:
"1. That the Union Pacific Railroad Company (Texas
& Pacific) violated the controlling agreement,
particularly Rules 23 and 24, when they
unjustly and arbitrarily withheld Electrician
D. K. Warren from service beginning April 7,
1992, following investigation held April 27,
1992, and was dismissed from Carrier's service
May 6, 1992.
2. Accordingly, the Union Pacific Railroad
Company (Texas & Pacific) be ordered to
compensate Electrician Warren as follows:
(a) Compensate him for all wages lost, at the
prevailing rate of pay of electricians and all
applicable overtime;
(b) Return him to the service of the Carrier
with all seniority rights unimpaired;
(c) Make him whole for all vacation rights;
(d) Make him whole for all health and welfare
and insurance benefits;
(e) Make him whole for any and all other
benefits including Railroad Retirement and
Unemployment Insurance;
(f) Make him whole for any and all other
benefits that he would have earned during the
time withheld from service;
(g) Any record of this arbitrary and unjust
disciplinary action be expunged from his
personal record."
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FINDINGS:
Award No. 12955
Docket No. 12752
95-2-93-2-86
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.
Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at heari^a
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:
"(1) Failure to attend to your assigned duties and
engaging in immoral and negligent conduct
while on duty, on company property, or
engaging in immoral and negligent conduct
while on company property, when you arranged
for, offered, and/or discussed the delivery of
a controlled substance to a fellow employee on
the following dates:
09-10-91, 11:30 p.m.
09-12-91, 11:30 p.m.
01-23-92, 05:30 p.m.
01-29-92, 07:30 p.m.
02-06-92, 09:50 p.m.
(2) Failure to attend to your assigned duties and
engaging in immoral and negligent conduct
while on duty, on company property, or
engaging in immoral and negligent conduct
while on company property, when you dispensed
and/or distributed same to a fellow employee
on the following date:
09-13-91, 11:30 p.m.
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(3) Possession and dispensation and/or
distribution of a controlled substance to a
fellow employee on the following dates at the
identified locations:
01-30-92, 11:45 p.m., New Orleans Nights,
Fort Worth, Texas.
02-13-92, 02:51 p.m., Chili's parking lot,
University Drive,
Fort Worth, Texas.
(4) Use of alcoholic beverages subject to duty on
the following date:
07-26-91
(5) Dishonesty in reporting off work, allegedly
account dentist appointment on the following
date:
08-09-91
(6) Conduct unbecoming an employee in connection
with your arrest while on duty, on company
property, on Tuesday, April 7, 1992, by the
Tarrant County Narcotics Coordination
Intelligence Division charged with the
following criminal charges:
A. Misdemeanor Delivery of Marijuana under
1/4 ounce (2 counts).
B. Felony Delivery of Marijuana over 1/4
ounce (1 count)."
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.
AWARD
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.