Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 28155
THIRD DIVISION Docket No. MW-28210
89-3-87-3-794
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Charlotte Gold when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:
(1) The two (2) days of suspension imposed upon Track Patrolman
S. R. Pollock for allegedly disobeying a direct order given by G. L. McBee on
may 16, 1986 was arbitrary, unwarranted, without just and sufficient cause, on
the basis of unproven charges and in violation of the Agreement (Carrier's
File 8365-1-212).
(2) The claim as presented by Vice Chairman Secretary-Treasurer
J. C. Barber on July 21, 1986 to Chief Engineer J. M. Letro shall be allowed
as presented because said claim was not disallowed by Director-Labor Relations
E. M. Bouchard (appealed to him on September 5, 1986) in accordance with Rule
32-1-(a), (b) and (c).
(3) As a consequence of either or all (1) and/or (2) above, the
claimant's 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.
Following an investigation held on May 19, 1986, Claimant was assessed a two-day suspension from
given by the Assistant Supervisor of Track to work overtime on May 16, 1986.
Form 1 Award No. 28155
Page 2 Docket No. MW-28210
89-3-87-3-794
In progressing this claim to the National Railroad Adjustment Board,
the Organization has raised several procedural arguments, including the allegation that Carrier fail
proper officer designated, in accordance with Rule 32. This Board has considered these arguments and
From a review of the transcript of the investigation, however, we
also find insufficient evidence to support a conclusion of guilt. Claimant
apparently had a bona fide illness that prevented him from work on restoring a
number of tracks to service. As a consequence, the claim must be sustained.
A W A R D
Claim sustained in accordance with the Findings.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division
000,
Attest:
Nancy J. -Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 16th day of October 1989.