PARTIES Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way EmployesTO - -
DI_SPUTE: and
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
STATEMENT 1. Carrier violated the Agreement of O=tober 1,
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CLAIM: 1968 when it dismissed Charles D. Davis on
March 31, 1977.
2. The dismissal of Claimant Davis was excessive




FINDINGS: The record establishes that claimant was assent
from duty without permission on ten days in
February 1977. We find no basis for setting
aside Carrier's decision that substantial dis
cipline is warranted. It is appropriate for
Carrier to take into consideration, in deterR:in-
ing'the~me2sure of discipline, claimant's record including his fifteen-day suspension for a like cffense in 1976.
We will sustain. a length.: suspensiun .:_tt:~.it pay for claimant. However, in our view, he should be given another opportunity to demonstrate that he can be relied upon to provide steady service for Carrier.

AWARD: Claimant to be immediately reinstated with
seniority rights unimpaired but without back pa;.
To be effective within 30 days.
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Adopted at Baltimore, Maryland,~crf.-1, % ;; i930.-


                Harold M. Weston, Chairman


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