Parties Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
 to and
 Dispute Union Pacific Railroad Company
 (Former Missouri Pacific Railroad

 Statement
 of Claim: (1) Carrier violated the Agreement, especially Rule 12,
 when J. L. Hare was assessed 30 days actual suspension.

        (2) Claim in behalf of Mr. Hare for wage loss suffered beginning December 16, 1991 and removal of said discipline from his record.


Findings: The Board has jurisdiction of this dispute byreason
 of the Parties Agreement establishing this Board therefor.
 The Claimant Machine Operator was notified to attend a
 formal investigation held on December 3, 1991 on the charge:
 "Alleged failure to adhere to verbal agreement reached
 between Manager of Track Maintenance Jesse Guerra and
 yourself for you to go to Putnam, Texas on Friday, October
 18, 1991 to observe Mr. R. Maples operate ballast regulator
 on his territory in order to ascertain what you needed to do
 to correct the problems you were having in operating the
 ballast regulator to which you were assigned, and you
 subsequent failure to protect your assignment on Monday,
 October 21, Tuesday, October 22, Wednesday, October 23 and
 Friday, October 25, 1991 account of 'allegedly taking it
 upon yourself' to turn in timeslip for 'travel time' and
 charge same to the Carrier without proper authorization, and
 your subsequent insubordination to your manager and the
 falsification of your timeslips."
 Claimant as a result thereof was given a disciplinary
 suspension of thirty actual days plus 30 days of deferred
 suspension as discipline therefor.
 Claimant was accorded the due process to which entitled
 under Rule 12.
 The evidence adduced did not support the conclusion of
 the Carrier. The Claimant's actions were taken as a result
 of the approval of his Foreman and the Foreman's
 timekeeping. Therefore the Claimant should not have been
 found culpable nor disciplined therefor.
                        -2- Award No. 581


Award: Claim sustained.

        Order: Carrier is directed to make this Award effective within thirty (30) days of date of issuance shown below.


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Issued May 22, 1993.