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.No. 7
Case No. 7
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C "Claim that 
former Los Angeles Division machine
C: CLAIM  Cperator _2. C. Carlson be reinstated 
to 
his former
  
position with 
seniority, vacation and ail other
  
basic rights restored and that he be compensated
  
for all wage lose beginning June 9, 1931, account
  
unjustly 
dismissed 
for accumulation of excessive
  
demerits."
FI:1JIYGS Lpon the whole record, the .3oard finds 
that the
parties herein are Carrier and Zmployes within 
the 
meaning of the
:ailvay Labor :Act, as amended, and that 
this 
=card is duly constituted
under Public Law 89-436 and has jurisdiction of the parties and the
subject matter.
Claimant vas employed as a Machine operator on Carrier's
Los Angeles Division.-un June 9, 1981, Claimant vas removed from
service for accumulation o! excessive demerits under Rule 31-:i that
provides, "A balance o! 60 demerits subjects an employe to dismissal."
The Board has reviewed the record in detail which clearly reveals
that Cl'irmt had, at the time of his discharge, accumulated a total
of 70 dewrits. 'Else record further shows that Claimant signed for
and admitted his responsibility in each instance of the 
assessment
of demerits.
The Board recognises the points raised by thd organisation
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