BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY, AIRLINE AND STEAMSHIP
CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND
STATION EMPLOYES
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherheod (GL-6696) that:
OPINION OF BOARD: The Claimant was dismissed from Carrier's service on January 10, 1969, for having left her assignmen'. without proper authority or, December 31, 1968. On March 17, 1969, she was restored to ser~;c- cr, a lchleos,; basis. The claim b°fo°z th_ Board is that Cla:ma:ri be compensated for each day she was withlield from service, that her vacation and other rights be restored, and that her record be cleared of the charge.
The Board has reviewed the transcript of the investigation conducted on January 6, 1969, and finds that there was substantial evidence to support the charge that Claimant absented herself without proper authority on Dec<mber 37, 1968. There is no basis for finding that the punishment imposed was arbitrary cr capricious and the claim for pay for each day Claimant was withheld from service is denied, and, consequently, her record cannot be cleared of the charge. However, her vacation and other rights under the Agreement should be restored.
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