SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 279
Award No. 379
Case No. 379
File No. 870346
Parties Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
to and
Dispute: Union Pacific Railroad Company
(Former Missouri Pacific Railroad Company)
Statement
of
Claim:
"Carrier violated the Agreement, especially
Rule 12, when System Rail Gang employes, Mechanic
J. O. Allen and Assistant Foreman R. Yazzie, were as
sessed 90 day actual suspensions.
Claim in behalf of the above employes for eight
hours each work clay, including any holidays falling
therein, and any overtime that would have accrued to
them had they not been assessed 90 day
suspensions."
Findings:
The Board, after hearing upon the whole record and all
evidence, finds that the parties herein are Carrier and Employee
within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, that this
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Board is duly constituted by Agreement dated January 5, 1959,
that it has jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter, and
that the parties were given due notice of the hearing held.
A review of the record in-this case reveals that Claimants Allen and Yazzie were afforded a fair and impartial hearing.
There is substantial evidence on the record to- support the
Carrier's determination that Claimants were guilty on the charges
preferred.
However, as to the quantum of discipline assessed each
Claimant, the Board reaches a somewhat different result based
upon its own careful analysis of the facts and circumstances
presented and the relative culpability of each Claimant.
As ,a result of its analysis, the Board finds that the discipline
assessed Claimant Allen should stand undisturbed. The Board further finds that the ninety (90) day actual suspension levied upon
Claimant Yazzie should be reduced to a forty-five day actual
suspension and that he should be paid his wage loss suffered, if
any, during the period withheld from service beyond the forty-five
day actual suspension herein ordered.
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Award:' Claim of J. O. Allen is denied; claim of
R. Ya-rsie is sustained, in part, as per findings.
Order:
Carrier is directed to make this Award effective
within thirty (30) days of date of issuance.
S. A. Hammons, Jr.
Employee Member
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D. A. Ring
Carrier Member
Arthur T. Van Wart, Chairman
and Neutral Member
Issued on the
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