Form I NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 26842
 THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MW-27279
 88-3-86-3-375
 The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
 addition Referee Ronald L. Miller when award was rendered.

PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

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

 1. The dismissal of Machine Operator J. T. Anderson for alleged unexcused absenteeism and failure to call in when absent, was excessive and without just and sufficient cause (System File C $4-85/D-2693).

 2. The claimant shall be reinstated with seniority and all other rights unimpaired, his record cleared of the charges leveled against him and he shall be compensated for all wage loss suffered."

 FINDINGS:
The Third Division of the Adjustment Board upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

 The carrier or carriers and the employe or employees involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

 This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.

The record of this case indicates that the Claimant received numerous written and verbal warnings and two (2) disciplinary suspensions (five (5) and thirty (30) days) as a result of his failure to properly protect his assignment. Nevertheless, the u absence continued.

 Excessive, unauthorized absences from work, in the context of repeated and clear warnings as to a basis for dismissal. In this case, the Board finds no reasonable cause for setting aside or mitigating the dismissal of the Claimant.
 Form 1 Award No. 26842
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                            By Order of Third Division


Attest:
        ancy J. r - Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 25th day of February 1988.