PARTIES) ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SA11TA FE RAILU<iY GO.&.ViY
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 DISPUTE) BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY Ei-iPLVYL:LE

 STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim on behalf of former Group 5 Hachine
 Operator . e ell (seniority data January 24, 1977). Eastern
 Lines, for reinstatement with seniority, vacation, all other
 benefit rights restored and compensation for all wa;;e loss and/or
 otherwise made whole beginning August 19, 1987.

 FINDINGS: This Public Law Board No. 1582 finds that the parties
 sraMn era Carrier and employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and that this Board has jurisdiction.

 In this dispute, the claimant had accumulated 85 demerits. The last discipline assessed was for violation of Rule .3111. This violation was failure to submit timesheet docuua:nt Form 1620-I for the month of July, 1983.

 The Organization points up that the claimant had accumulated 60 demerits on two different occasions, and had not been terminated. The Brown System of 60 demerits subjects the employee to teraination. The accumulation of 60 demerits is not automatic. The Carrier has the opportunity to review the claimant's record, and if in their judgment it is a poor record, they may choose to terminate the smployss, but if he has a reasonably good record, the Carrier may choose to give him an opportunity to improve.

 Under the circumstances heroin, the evidence establishes that the claimant had 85 demerits of record. There is no justification for setting aside the discipline.

 AWARD: Claim denied.



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