ITATIaHFNT "1. That thn Carrier's. dncision at April 9,

            ,if= !a1llKI L98,55 to dimmzcs Trarlman F. Bonniv was

                        in vxnlaLxon or ll,o Agreement, unjust ,arid -

                        In abuse at discrettow.


                      ^. The Carrier will nbw be rvguared to -

                        reinstate Claimant to tormpr position

                        With ~.,t·r~xc;r.ity and ortI oth,K-- r.r.ghLe.

                        restored, unimpaired, with compensation -.

                        for a11, wane loss suffered.

                                        '° -


            F 1' AD 1LAG 5

            I,II,t~n Lht:· whole record, after hearing, the Hoard fonds that th,-


a . parties heroin are Carrier and Employees within the meaning or
            the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and that this Board is duly=

            cnnssLituLod under Public Law 89 -456 acrd has aurisd i,ction u9 i t,e

            parties and the subject mattar.- __._.-__ ___. ~...


            T h- r,.=card rmvea7 n that on March 1S, .1S8;;, Claimant eras ~ omovpc_

            i r c,m norvice, accused of - being under- the _xntluence 0" al cohn I i.c

            hc_vorsrien. He had bersn working as-atrackman with a Qoniorin.,_

            Ant,o or Pty-rv 1, 1977. Fol lowinn an 3rrvasLigation, hold ors ., _^9--Hh,

            r , ·i,~il: .vas removed tram servire pfiriman°nt, having hPar, rwrnd


            ,iu.r.lt., oir Lhr_ c.haroes. - _

-)-2w-6~P-

 fhe 1-'etitionor, r·Jhilo indicating that: Claimanat h"d adrniLtr:d
 ..,rivins had Ynmu alcohol on tire afternoon cot Mnrah 1.%I, and Woo
 rrior to ippnrtinq Io work on March 1;-_, ~nrqued ti-)at han: Urilae of
 "lcohol in this inalance was justified.Tho re.<sorl for ihp
 justification was that he had a seevure toothache at ihr· t.t.m_o and
 I ,ad (lifiicultv in obtaining permission to aL~..ent h1.irrisei f . :ar ly
 "ric:,tilqh to see a dentist. The: Organization contends taut the
 discipiino in thin case ri05 anapprnpraate for a varzet.y n,
 reasons in addition, including thn fact that the Claimant huroi"__
 wo, " Mova_o lndt"n a"d livQd by d111urunt stundardy than tho-E-·
 which Cari r..r attempt to impose upon him. Furthormore, according
 to thv orquni nation, Claimant had participated x.n the Navajo

 -lLoholism Program at the reservation. The Organt:"tion inu?o&
                                                    .

-hat C1_imam should be.given-another OpportUolly to prow:. I-la,a:
 ability to make a good employee, particularly in light of his 1.2,:
 vwars of LurvicE.

 The Carrier notes that this is-riot t.flt· frst, time that Cia3mant
 hAn been found raui 1 t.y o f the same infraction. him head brzen found
 "IIkty twice earlier and dismissed for precznoly the same-:",r-acto.a`l ;,s r·ro.tl a:: other disciplinary inctdunt-v for dirty-ront r mr yon...

Th, rZ-·cor-c1 :ndicat=.·-. 1; ll- tt i,l;.~im;-%nk ir:?t5 -at (ordr;d a f·zij- and .rrrp.,r..t.-a~_rl inveE;t.tctat~on card warm propcrlv found r.tu.i.lty of t-ftu ~.h·:Zrc~r.~·-. irs tact, he admitted to havincl conraumrd alcohol prior to

r.nn.incl t.n srorl, on thrc· clay iri quest,iori. In ttiu 1. :r.ql It:. rn r
 ;. J,._s:.rnant' ·a pri.ur- r-r.°·cor-d, in spite of the?= elc·qraent pIoa b,,' Eiio
 :ir-ri --al iza t~.io», thieCarrier hrad nci chuxcf· Out. tod-t~ni.i.~:~.~; f~l<r:Lm:anc
 ;:cr_ thc> ai:a;,r·-opriatc dj.·aclpline for tric,. i.nfr-act-.crns. _. This action
 cjr' thc· part of Car r.ier was cmminently-3ustifir·d bas,cd on Ihrr>>
 on l_are record.
 AwArn

            Claim denied.


            -EF. Liehcrrnan, Neutral Member


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