(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes PARTIES TO DISPUTE:


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

(1) The ten (10) days of suspension imposed upon Track Patrolman R. B. Keefer for failing to protect his job assignments on January 2 and 3, 1985 was unwarranted and without just and sufficient cause (Carrier's File 83651-187).

(2) The claimant's record shall be cleared of the charge leveled against him and he shall be compensated for all wage loss suffered."

OPINION OF BOARD: On Wednesday and Thursday, January 2 and 3, 1985, the
Claimant did not report for his scheduled work assignment, nor did he notify the Carrier in a timely manner that he would be absent. Given the Claimant's lengthy past record of warnings and discipline for absenteeism, the Claimant di produce any documentation or present convincing reasons why he could not have given proper notification.







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





        Claim denied.

                        Award Number 26705 Page 2

                        Docket Number MW-27314


                            NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

                            By Order of Third Division


Attest: 4,10e404.1
        Nancy J. r - Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 23rd day of November 1987.