PUBLIC LAW BOARD NO. 5850
Award No.
Case No. 382
(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (Former
(ATSF Railway Company)
STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
1. The Carrier violated the Agreement when Claimant Floyd Powell Sr.
(1611094) was issued a non-serious 30-day record suspension with
one year probation by letter dated December 28, 2009 for violation of
MOWOR 1.11, sleeping while on duty on November 1,2, 2009.
2. As a consequence of the violation referred to in part 1 the Carrier
shall immediately correct the Claimant's discipline records and make
the Claimant whole for all time lost.
Upon the whole record and all the evidence, the Board finds that the parties
herein are Carrier and Employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as
amended. Further, the Board is duly constituted by Agreement, has jurisdiction of the
Parties and of the subject matter, and the Parties to this dispute were given due notice of
the hearing thereon.
This is a companion Case to Case 381 of this Board. Claimant had changed seats
with the driver. He was discovered with his eyes closed and head against the window.
This is the only difference between the two cases.
The Board finds it is unnecessary to add any more detail to its Findings set out in
Case 381. The facts in that case are incorporated into and made a
part
of this case.
AWARD
Claim denied.
Award No. 382
Board, after consideration of the dispute identified above, hereby orders that
are award favorable to the Claimants) not be made.
Robert L. Nicks, Chairman & ~N utral Member
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