PARTIES ) BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYES
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DISPUTE ) SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (EASTERN LINES)

STATEMENT OF CLAIM :



FINDINGS :

The Board, after hearing upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that the parties herein are Carrier and Employee respectively within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; this Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and, the parties were given due notice of hearing thereon.

This is a companion case to that dispute which this Board heard and disposed of by its Award No. 3 in Case No. 3. The Claimant in this case was reportedly riding to work with the Claimant in Case No. 3, and had asked that Claimant to serve as their joint spokesman in discussions with the Carrier.

For those reasons the Board has already set forth in its Award No. 3, it will likewise be held here that discipline be reduced to a formal reprimand and Claimant be compensated for the four days of lost earnings.

AWARD :



ORDER :

The Carrier is directed to make this Award effective within 30 calendar days of the date set forth below.



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=B. Goyne,~ arrier Member M. A. Christie, Employee Member

San Antonio, T June 'D, 1984