- PUBLIC LAW BOARD N0. 2444
Award No. 31
Case No. 44
Docket No. MW 80-56
Parties Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
to and
Dispute Southern Pacific Transportation Company
(Texas and Louisiana Lines)
Statement 1. Carrier violated the effective Agreement when Machine
of Operator C. B. McClaim was unjustly suspended from January
Claim 21, 1980 through February 14, 1980.

2. Clafmaat Mr-Claim; shall be paid for all time lost due to his being suspended from January 21, 1980 through February 14, 1980, and that his record be cleared of this charge.

Findings The Board, after hearing upon the whole record and all
evidence, finds that the parties herein are Carrier
and Employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor
Act, as amended, that this Board is duly constituted
by Agreement dated*July 19, 1979, that it has jurisdiction
of the parties and the subject matter, and that the
parties were given due notice of the hearing held.
Claimant, a Machine operator, was advised under date
of January 21, 1980 that he was suspended from January
21, 1980 through February 14, 1980 for falsification
of his time roll in violation of Rule 801. Following
the requested investigation, held on February 12, 1980,
Carrier concluded that the suspension as assessed would
stand.
The Board finds no cause to interfere with the discipline
assessed. This Claim will be denied.

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Award Claim denied.

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.I. A. Christie, Employee Member C. B. Goya , Carrier Member

rthur T. Van Wart, Chairman and Neutral Member

Issued at Wilmington, Delaware, April 16, 1981.