PARTIES Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
 _TO
 DISPUTE: and
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
 STATEMENT 1. Dismissal of Trackman T. R. Begley for
 _OF
 CLAIM: allegedly being absent without proper leave
 - was without just and sufficient cause, unwar
 ranted and on the basis of unproven charges.
 2. Claimant shall be reinstated with seniority
 rights unimpaired and pay for time lost in ac
 cordance with Rule 27(f).
 FINDINGS: We find no valid basis for substituting our
 judgment for that of Carrier in this matter.
 The record clearly establishes that claimant
 was absent from work on September 26, 27 and
 30, and left work after being on duty only 22 .
 hours on October.4. He did not bring a doctor's
 excuse for these absences-although he had been
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 instructed by his Foreman to do so. He was formally warned in -
 r writing on October 4 that if he continued to be abset without
 authority, disciplinary action would be taken. Yet on October 7
 he did not report for work or notify anyone in authority in that
 regard. He continued to be absent until October 14 and on that
 day when he reported for work, he was dismissed for excessive
 absenteeism.
 At the hearing that was held in this matter on
 October 26, a "disability certificate" signed by a physician
 . and dated October 25, 1977, was presented. .It states that
 claimant was physically unable to perform his duties from
 October 10 to 14 of that year.
 There is no persuasive ground in the light of
 this record for setting aside Carrier's finding that claimant
 could not. be relied on to perform consistent service. His dis
 missal for excessive absenteeism will not be interfered with by
 this Board. No sound reason has been shown for his unsatisfact
 ory attendance ever since September 26.
 AWARD: Claim denied.

                        Adopted at Louisville, Kentuky, l~c.~,..~.h. ifl 1979.


                        Harold M. Weston, Chai an


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