Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 27937
THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MW-28196
89-3-88-3-6
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Rodney E. Dennis when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(The Belt Railway Company of Chicago
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood
that:
(1) The dismissal of Machine Operator, Truck Driver J. M. Gabby, Jr.,
for alleged violation of 'Company Rule G' was without just and sufficient
cause, arbitrary, on the basis of unproven charges and in violation of the
Agreement (Carrier's File P/R J. Gabby).
(2) The Claimant shall be reinstated with seniority and all other
rights unimpaired, his record shall be cleared of the charge 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 employes 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.
Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.
Claimant was employed by Carrier as a Machine Operator. On February
26, 1987, he sustained an on-duty personal injury that caused him to lose
time. On April 16, 1987, he was instructed to report for a return-to-work
physical. As part of the examination, Claimant was required to give a urine
specimen. The urinalysis turned up a positive find that Claimant had used
marijuana prior to the examination. As a result of that finding, Claimant was
charged with a Rule G violation and terminated.
Claimant was directed to attend a Hearing into the matter. The Hearing was held on May 12, 1987.
part of the record. A review of the record reveals that Claimant received a
full and fair Hearing and that in spite of the Organization's position to the
contrary, he had an opportunity to make his case and rebut Carrier's charges.
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27937
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MW-28196
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This Board has carefully reviewed the record before us and we can
find no basis on which to disturb Carrier's action. Claimant clearly had
violated Rule G. He had smoked or ingested marijuana. The urinalysis confirmed that. Claimant was aw
He had been dismissed for it on a previous occasion and he escaped being dismissed another time when
The simple fact is that Claimant is guilty of a Rule G violation. He
has a long record of prior discipline for a variety of Rule infractions. He
has been dismissed and put back on a leniency basis twice before. Carrier has
been more than tolerant of the Claimant and his dismissal cannot be considered
arbitrary or unreasonable.
A W A R D
Claim denied.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
Attest:
ancy J. D a -Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 6th day of June 1989.