PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND STATION EMPLOYES

NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA AND WESTERN

RAILROAD COMPANY


STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that (GL-6114)





OPINION OF BOARD: The evidence of record indicates that Claimant was frequently absent from work for various reasons; that on May 18 and 19, 1966, she was absent without permission, thereby subjecting herself to disciplinary action. However, in the circumstances of this case, we find the extreme penalty of dismissal from service to be excessive and an abuse of discretion. Claimant should be restored to service with seniority and other rights unimpaired, but without compensation for time lost.


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, 1934;


That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein: and












Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 30th day of November 1967.

Keenan Printing Co., Chicago, 111. Printed in U.S.A.

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