SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT N0. 924
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Docket No. 110
PARTIES: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
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DISPUTE: Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Appeal by the System Committee of the Brotherhood
"of Discipline Notice No. 85-20, dated May 21, 1985, indicating 15
days deferred suspension and disqualification as Foreman for Mr.
C.C. Brown's alleged failure to economically perform the duties of
his position as B&B Foreman and supervise his man on may 8, 1985,
while painting the Boone Yard Office."
FINDINGS:
This Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and
holds that the employees and the Carrier involved are respectively
employees and Carrier within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as
amended and that the Board has jurisdiction over the dispute herein.
On May 9, 1985, Claimant was directed to attend a formal
investigation of the charge:
Your responsibility for your failure to economically perform your
duties of your position as B&B Foreman and supervise your man on
may 8, 1985_ while painting the Boone Yard office.
The investigation was held as scheduled, and a copy of the transcript
has been made a part of the record. We find that the investigation
was conducted in a fair and impartial manner. .
This Board has reviewed the evidence and testimony in this case,
and we find that there is sufficient evidence in the record to support
the finding that the Claimant was guilty of the offense with which he
was charged.
Once this Board has determined that there is sufficient evidence
to establish the Claimant's guilt, we next turn our attention to the
type of discipline imposed. This Board will not set aside a carrier's
imposition of discipline unless we find it to be unreasonable,
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arbitrary, or capricious. In this case, the deferred suspension and
disqualification as foreman were appropriate given the nature of the
offense. Consequently, we must deny the claim.
Award:
Claim denied.,
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