NATIONAL RACLROAD AiilIr;'It4INNT
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'1711RD DIVISION Docket Nwnber
MW-2388
(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way EMployes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(Consolidated Rail Corporation
( (former Penn Central Transportation Company)
STATE14LNT Or
CLAIM:
"Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:
(1) The dismissal of Trackman Odell Givens for alleged 'Insubordinati,
at M.P.1.43.8 on the Kankakee Branch at 9:30 A.M., September 13t 1978' and for
allegedly 'Threatening bodily harm to Supervisors, September 14, 1978 at 6:15 A..'
was without just and sufficient cause and unwarranted (System Docket 386).
(2) Trackman Odell Givens shr_11 be reinstated with seniority and all
other rights unimpaired, his record be cleared and he shall be compensated for
all wage loss suffered."
OPINION Or WARD: The record shows that claimant entered the service of the
Carrier on September 20, 1976. At the time of the occurrence
giving rise to the claim herein, claimant held a position of trackman on the
Kankakee Branch, Chicago Division, Western Region.
On September 15, 1978, the c:1_aimant was notified to attend a trial on
September 22, 1978, on the charge:
"l. Insubordination at M.P.143.8 on the Kankakee
Branch at 9:30 A.M., September 13, 1978.
2. Threatening bodily harm to Supervisors, September
14,
1978, at 6:15 A.M."
The trial was held as scheduled and on October 4, 1978, claimant was
notified of his dismissal from service for the offenses with which charged.
A copy of the transcript of the trial, or investigation, has been made
a part of the record. A review of the transcript shows that none of claimant's
substantive procedural rights was violated. The trial, or investigation, was
conducted in a fair and impartial manner. There was substantial evidence adduced
at the trial to support the charges against the claimant, and there is no proper
basis for the Board to interfere with the discipline imposed.
Award Number :' 3507 Page
Docket. Niunbex
PW_23883
1'INDINGC: The Third ~)ivision of the Ad, ustmeat 1soard, upon the whole
record and all the evidence, finds and holds:
That the parties waived oral heari:.;;
That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute
are respectively Carrier and Employes within :he meaning of the Railway
Labor Act, as approved dune 21,
1934;
That this Division of the Adjustment Doard has jurisdiction over
the dispute involved herein; .and
That the Agreement was not violated.
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Claim den!_ed.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJLFBOARD
Py Order of Third Mvi:;Lon
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ATMIT: _
Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago., Illinois, this ? ath day of Jarmary 1982.
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