PARTIES Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
 _TO
 DISPUTE: and
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
 STATEMENT 1.Track Repairman R. D. Smelley's dismissal
 _OF
 CLAIM: was without just or sufficient cause and was
 arbitrarily and capriciously imposed.
 2. Claimant shall be returned to service with
 seniority unimpaired and with pay for all time
 lost.
 FINDINGS: The record clearly establishes that claimant
 and a fellow track repairman, E. T. Green, left
 the property in defiance of instructions by
 Assistant Roadmaster Hobbs to get back to work.
 After their dismissal, Green accepted rein
 statement on a leniency basis. No response was
 received from claimant to a similar offer.
 It is our view that claimant should be afforded
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 another opportunity to show himself to be a reliable employe. We will accordingly direct that he be offered immediate reinstatement with seniority rights unimpaired but without back pay.

 AWARD:

 arrier Member

 Claimant to be reinstated without back pay.

 Award effective within 30 days of its adoption.

 Adopted at Louisville, Kentucky, *'/7Uta~k ~~ 1980 . n

 M. We ,to , Chairman

 Employe Membe