(Brotherbood of Maintenance of Way Employes PARTIES TO DISPUTE : Consolidated Rail Corporation (formerly gee Tork, New IaTla 3 Dartford Railroad Company)



(1) MIs discipline (reprimand) imposed upon (~rpenter 7. !. Tokaresylc for alleged responsibility is connection with an ia4ttr7 sustained by him and alleg 3361 (c) and (d)' was arbitrary, capricious, nawarraated and on the basis of sapraT*a charges (Syatas Docket Ho. Da-61).

(2) ~ reprimad referred to is Part (1) hereof shall be espied tree the ct ai m·nt ' s sword.'

GPINM fN' DOABD: An iarestigatioa was hsld_oa September 1Tr 198o in
e~eatian with the charge:







The Carrier as a result of the investigation found the Claimant guilty and imposed the discipline of a reprimad upon the clai=wt.

M2e issue before this Division is twofold: (1) Was the Carrier able on the record before ns, including a transcript of the testimony on the investigation, to establish if so, Was discipline assessed reasonable or vas it arbitrary, capricious or un~ranted.

Mwre is no doubt Prcat the record the Carrier vas able to and did x,a+ain its burden of proof.

The discipline assessed was certainly warranted given the Carrier's duty to enforce safety rules atrict7,y.
                  Award Mamber 24411 page 2

                  Docket lhaber 14i-24523


        !>71MMS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board., upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:


        That the parties waived oral hearing;


That the Carrier and the &mployee involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Zmployea within the meaning of the filmy labor Acts as approved June 212 1934;

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

        That the Agreement vas not violated.


                      A W A B D


        Claim denied.


                          NATIO1fAL BAa.RQAD ADJQBTICEfT BOARD ay order of Third Division


        ATIET: Acting Executive Secretary National lailroad Adjastaeat Board


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/' Rosemarie Breach - Administrative Assistant

        Dated at (blcagojp T linnisj, this 15th day of June., 1983.


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