PARTIES Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
 TO
 DISPUTE: and
 Seaboard System Railroad
 STATEMENT The Letter of Caution issued to C. S. Fountain
 OF
 CLAIM: by Roadmaster L. J. Tucker on June 10, 1983 be
 removed and his record be cleared.
 FINDINGS: On the day in question, May 31, 1983, Apprentice
 Foreman Fountain was working under the immediate
 supervision of Foreman Brannen. It became nec
 essary to replace a defective rail and claimant
 was instructed by Foreman Brannen to take the
 men and perform certain preparatory work prior
 to eating lunch. The work was not done before
 lunch and Foreman Brannen verbally reprimanded-
 claimant for not doing so.
 Claimant was under the impression that it would
 be in order to take lunch at the time his men and he did since it
 was beyond the normal lunch time when Mr. Brannen left him. .When
 claimant attempted to explain his position, he was verbally repri
 manded again and told "that that was the end of it."
 However, Roadmaster Tucker gave claimant the
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l Brannen's instructions to clear
                        off and rob rail to be changed

                        out behind Sperry Car.


                        "You are reminded of Rule G-1 in

                        Operating Rule Book and Rule 18

                        in Safety Book, the part about in

                        subordination. -


                        "Failure to carry out reasonable instructions issued to you by your Foreman or other superior is a violation of these rules.

          "You should read these rules and comply with them in the future." The record does not establish that claimant was harrassed or unfairly treated and it was not inappropriate, but in line with managerial authority, for the Roadmaster to bring the importance of rules compliance to claimant's attention. Carrier has unambiguously represented that the Letter is not considered to be of a disciplinary nature and will not become a-part of claimant's discipline record. Its only purpose was to caution claimant to avoid similar incidents in the future.


          AWARD: Claim denied:

          Adopted at Jacksonville, Florida, . j~ 1985.

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          Harold- M. Weston, -Chairman


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