(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employee PARTIES TO DISPUTE:


STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:

(1) The dismissal of Welder Charles Shell was excessive, without just and sufficient cause and wholly disproportionate to the offense with which charged.

(2) Welder Charles Shell be reinstated with all rights unimpaired and compensated for all wage loss suffered since September 1, 1972.

OPINION OF BOARD: In this discipline case we find that: (1) Claimant was
afforded due process; (2) there is substantial probative evidence of probative value which supports Carrier's finding of Claimant's guilt; and (3) under the circumstances presented here, the discipline imposed was not unreasonable.





That the Carrier and the Employee involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employee 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










ATTEST: drX

        Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 11th day of May 1973.