THIRD DIVISION
(Supplemental)
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
(Lake Region)
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the General Committee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen on the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Lake Region (formerly The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company) that:
(a) The Carrier violated the current Signalmen's Agreement, particularly Rule 58, when, as indicated by Division Engineer P. L. Montgomery's letter of May 4, 1964, it suspended Signal Maintainer M. E. Koselke for thirty (30) calendar days following an investigation held on April 20, 1964, to determine his responsibility, if any, in connection with the collision of Motor Car No. 5009 and Extra East No. 806 at the East End of Hobart, Indiana, on April 9, 1964.
(b) The Carrier be required to compensate Mr. Koselke for all time lost as a result of Mr. Montgomery's May 4, 1964 letter.
OPINION OF BOARD: This is a discipline case. While moving west on the main track during switching operations, the engine and one car of Extra East No. 806 collided with an eastbound track motor car being operated by Claimant Koselke. After a hearing on this matter, the Claimant was required to serve a 30-day calendar suspension from work.
Basically it is the position of the Claimant that Carrier, by its action in this case, violated Rule 58 of the current Agreement, or more specially Rule 58(a) which reads as follows:
(a) An Employes who has been in service more than 30 days shall not be disciplined or dismissed without fair and impartial investigation, at which investigation he may be assisted by representatives of his choice. He may, however, be held out of service pending such investigation and such holding from service shall not be deemed a violation of the principle of fair and impartial investiga-
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We agree with the reasoning in Award 12814 and hold, as that award held, that the Carrier failed to properly apprise Claimant of the charge against him and thus violated Rule 58 of the Agreement. Claimant was therefore, in our judgment, denied due process. We will sustain the claim.
FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds;
That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 19'34;
That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and