NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION Docket Number CL-23950
Josef P. Sirefoan., Referee
(Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks,
( Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employee
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
S~T-41= OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood
(GL-9412) that:
1) The Carrier acted in an arbitrary capricious and unjust
maser, and in violation of Section VI of the Agreement when it suspended
M. A. Campbell for a period of thirty days commencing June 1, 1979 and
terminating June 30, 1979 inclusive.
2) The Carrier shall now dismiss all charges against
M. A. Campbell.. clear her personal record of all mention of such
charges and pay M. A. Campbell for all time lost at her regular rate.
OPINION OF HOARD: Claimant Myrna A. Campbell,, a Clerk, was charged with
failure to comply with the telephone instructions of
Carrier's Manager of Purchases, Claims and Labor Relations to her on
April 21, 1979, that Claimant call him about 10:00 AM on April 23, 1979
concerning her letter of displacement. An investigation was held on
May 23~ 1979 and Claimant was subsequently given a thirty calendar day
suspension.
A review of the record before this Bawd establishes that there
was substantial evidence in the record to sustain the Carrier's decision
to discipline Claimant for failure to follow instructions. In the Board's
opinion the penalty imposed by the Carrier was appropriate.
FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record
and all the evidence, firms and holds:
That the parties waived oral hearing;
That th~F'Carrier and- the -Employee tavvylved -i=
respectively Carrier and ESnployea within the meaning of the Railway Labor
Act, as approved June 21, 1934;
Award Number 2:+O1R
Docket Number CL-23950
Page 2
That-this.Divisioa of the.Adjustmeat.Board has jurisdiction
over the dispute involved herein; sad
That the Agreement was not violated.
A W A R D
Claim denied.
ATTEST: Acting Executive Secretary
NATIONAL RAILROAD A1aTUST<= BOARD
By Order of Third Division
National Railroad Adjustment Hoard
BY
a marie Brasch - Administrative Assistant
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of October
1982.
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