NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
Form 1 THIRD DIVISION Award No. 29803
Docket No. MW-29950
93-3-91-3-339
The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Robert G. Richter when award was rendered.
(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
(Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the System Committee of the
Brotherhood that:
(1) The Agreement was violated on October 17,
1989 when the Carrier improperly
terminated the seniority of B&B Helper J.
G. Osborn (System File D-89-99/MW-06-90).
(2) As a consequence of the aforesaid
violation, the Claimant shall be
reinstated and allowed compensation for
all wage and benefits lost beginning on
November 8, 1989 and continuing."
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 employe 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.
The Claimant was employed as a Bridge and Building (B&B)
helper with approximately ten (10) years of seniority. Claimant
did not show up for work on October 2, 1989. On October 17, 1989
the General Chairman was advised by letter that the Claimant was
dropped from service per Rule 29(a) by being absent without
permission over ten working days.
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