Common use of GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE - GENERAL Clause in Contracts

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE - GENERAL. A. The parties expect that good faith observance, by their respective representatives, of the principles and procedures set forth above will result in resolution of substantially all grievances initiated hereunder at the lowest possible step and recognize their obligation to achieve that end. At each step of the process the parties are required to jointly review the Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM). B. The failure of the employee or the Union in Informal Step A, or the Union thereafter to meet the prescribed time limits of the Steps of this procedure, including arbitration, shall be considered as a waiver of the grievance. However, if the Employer fails to raise the issue of timeliness at Formal Step A, or at the step at which the employee or Union failed to meet the prescribed time limits, whichever is later, such objec- tion to the processing of the grievance is waived. C. Failure by the Employer to schedule a meeting or render a decision in any of the Steps of this procedure within the time herein provided (including mutually agreed to extension peri- ods) shall be deemed to move the grievance to the next Step of the grievance-arbitration procedure. D. Where the NBA believes that grievances involve the same, or substantially similar issues or facts, one such griev- ance to be selected by the NBA or designee shall be designated the “representative” grievance. The Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee will determine which, if any, of those grievances will be held for the designated representative case. If the Step B team needs to identify a representative grievance for similar disputes in its jurisdiction, it must forward a copy of the relevant case files to the appropriate NBA. The Step B team will place those grievances on hold only until such time as the NBA selects a representative case and the Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee determines which, if any, of those grievances are to be held pending resolution of

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE - GENERAL. A. The parties expect that good faith observance, by their respective representatives, of the principles and procedures set forth above will result in resolution of substantially all grievances griev- ances initiated hereunder at the lowest possible step and recognize recog- nize their obligation to achieve that end. At each step of the process the parties are required to jointly review the Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM). B. The failure of the employee or the Union in Informal Step A, or the Union thereafter to meet the prescribed time limits of the Steps of this procedure, including arbitration, shall be considered as a waiver of the grievance. However, if the Employer fails to raise the issue of timeliness at Formal Step A, or at the step at which the employee or Union failed to meet the prescribed time limits, whichever is later, such objec- tion to the processing of the grievance is waived. C. Failure by the Employer to schedule a meeting or render a decision in any of the Steps of this procedure within the time herein provided (including mutually agreed to extension peri- ods) shall be deemed to move the grievance to the next Step of the grievance-arbitration procedure. D. Where the NBA believes that grievances involve the same, or substantially similar issues or facts, one such griev- ance grievance to be selected by the NBA or designee shall be designated the “representative” grievance. The Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee will determine which, if any, of those grievances will be held for the designated representative case. If the Step B team needs wishes to identify a representative grievance for similar disputes in its jurisdiction, it must forward a copy of the relevant case files to the appropriate NBA. The Step B team will place those grievances on hold only until such time as the NBA selects decides whether a representative case will be selected. If a representative case is designated, the Step B team will hold all grievances involving the same or substan- tially similar issues or facts pending the resolution of the rep- resentative case, provided they were timely filed at Step A and properly appealed to Step B in accordance with the Area Managergrievance procedure. Where the NBA determines a representative case will not be selected, Labor Relations or designee determines whichthe Step B team will process the held grievances within fourteen (14) days of the NBA’s decision. If not resolved at Step B, if any, of those grievances are to be held pending resolution ofthe “representative” grievance may be

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE - GENERAL. A. The parties expect that good faith observance, by their respective respec- tive representatives, of the principles and procedures set forth above will result in resolution of substantially all grievances initiated hereunder here- under at the lowest possible step and recognize their obligation to achieve that end. At each step of the process the parties are required to jointly review the Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM). B. The failure of the employee or the Union in Informal Step A, or the Union thereafter to meet the prescribed time limits of the Steps of this procedure, including arbitration, shall be considered as a waiver of the grievance. However, if the Employer fails to raise the issue of timeliness at Formal Step A, or at the step at which the employee or Union failed to meet the prescribed time limits, whichever is later, such objec- tion objection to the processing of the grievance is waived. C. Failure by the Employer to schedule a meeting or render a decision in any of the Steps of this procedure within the time herein provided (including mutually agreed to extension peri- odsperiods) shall be deemed to move the grievance to the next Step of the grievance-arbitration arbi- tration procedure. D. Where the NBA believes that grievances involve the same, or substantially similar issues or facts, one such griev- ance grievance to be selected select- ed by the NBA or designee shall be designated the “representative” grievance. The Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee will determine which, if any, of those grievances will be held for the designated representative case. If the Step B team needs to identify identi- fy a representative grievance for similar disputes in its jurisdiction, it must forward a copy of the relevant case files to the appropriate NBA. The Step B team will place those grievances on hold only until such time as the NBA selects a representative case and the Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee determines which, if any, of those grievances grievances, are to be held pending resolution ofof the represen- tative case. Where the NBA determines a representative case will not be selected, the Step B team will process the held grievances within fourteen (14) days of the NBA’s decision. If not resolved at Step B, the “representative” grievance may be appealed to arbitration, or the issue may be referred to the parties’ national representatives at the Headquarters level in accordance with the provisions of Article 15, Step B (e). A representative case appealed to arbitration will be placed ahead of other contractual appeals on the appropriate arbitra- tion list. E. Following resolution on the merits of the “representative” grievance, the parties involved in that grievance shall meet at Step B to apply the resolution to the other pending grievances. F. It is agreed that in the event of a dispute between the Union and the Employer as to the interpretation of this Agreement, such dispute may be initiated at the national level by the President of the Union. Such a dispute shall be initiated in writing and must specify in detail the facts giving rise to the dispute, the precise interpretive issues to be decided and the contention of the Union. Thereafter the parties shall meet at the interpretive step within thirty (30) days in an effort to define the precise issues involved, develop all necessary facts, and reach agreement. Should they fail to agree, then, within fifteen (15) days of such meeting, each party shall provide the other with a state- ment in writing of its understanding of the issues involved, and the facts giving rise to such issues. In the event the parties have failed to reach agreement within sixty (60) days of the initiation of the dispute at the interpretive step, the Union then may appeal it to arbitration, within thirty (30) days thereafter. Any local grievances filed on the specific interpretive issue shall be held in abeyance at the appropri- ate level pending resolution of the national interpretive dispute.

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE - GENERAL. A. The parties expect that good faith observance, by their respective representatives, of the principles and procedures set forth above will result in resolution of substantially all grievances initiated hereunder at the lowest possible step and recognize their obligation to achieve that end. At each step of the process the parties are required to jointly review the Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM). B. The failure of the employee or the Union in Informal Step A, or the Union thereafter to meet the prescribed time limits of the Steps of this procedure, including arbitration, shall be considered as a waiver of the grievance. However, if the Employer fails to raise the issue of timeliness at Formal Step A, or at the step at which the employee or Union failed to meet the prescribed time limits, whichever is later, such objec- tion to the processing of the grievance is waived. C. Failure by the Employer to schedule a meeting or render a decision in any of the Steps of this procedure within the time herein provided (including mutually agreed to extension peri- ods) shall be deemed to move the grievance to the next Step of the grievance-arbitration procedure. D. Where the NBA believes that grievances involve the same, or substantially similar issues or facts, one such griev- ance to be selected by the NBA or designee shall be designated the “representative” grievance. The Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee will determine which, if any, of those grievances will be held for the designated representative case. If the Step B team needs to identify a representative grievance for similar disputes in its jurisdiction, it must forward a copy of the relevant case files to the appropriate NBA. The Step B team will place those grievances on hold only until such time as the NBA selects a representative case and the Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee determines which, if any, of those grievances are to be held pending resolution ofgrievance

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE - GENERAL. A. The parties expect that good faith observance, by their respective representatives, of the principles and procedures set forth above will result in resolution of substantially all grievances initiated hereunder at the lowest possible step and recognize their obligation to achieve that end. At each step of the process the parties are required to jointly review the Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM). B. The failure of the employee or the Union in Informal Step A, or the Union thereafter to meet the prescribed time limits of the Steps of this procedure, including arbitration, shall be considered as a waiver of the grievance. However, if the Employer fails to raise the issue of timeliness at Formal Step A, or at the step at which the employee or Union failed to meet the prescribed time limits, whichever is later, such objec- tion to the processing of the grievance is waived. C. Failure by the Employer to schedule a meeting or render a decision in any of the Steps of this procedure within the time herein provided (including mutually agreed to extension peri- ods) shall be deemed to move the grievance to the next Step of the grievance-arbitration procedure. D. Where the NBA believes that grievances involve the same, or substantially similar issues or facts, one such griev- ance to be selected by the NBA or designee shall be designated the “representative” grievance. The Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee will determine which, if any, of those grievances will be held for the designated representative case. If the Step B team needs to identify a representative grievance for similar disputes in its jurisdiction, it must forward a copy of the relevant case files to the appropriate NBA. The Step B team will place those grievances on hold only until such time as the NBA selects a representative case and the Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee determines which, if any, of those grievances are to be held pending resolution ofof the representative case. Where the NBA determines a rep- resentative case will not be selected, the Step B team will process the held grievances within fourteen (14) days of the NBA’s decision. If not resolved at Step B, the “representa-

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE - GENERAL. A. The parties expect that good faith observance, by their respective representatives, of the principles and procedures set forth above will result in resolution of substantially all grievances initiated initiat- ed hereunder at the lowest possible step and recognize their obligation obliga- tion to achieve that end. At each step of the process the parties are required to jointly review the Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM). B. The failure of the employee or the Union in Informal Step A, or the Union thereafter to meet the prescribed time limits of the Steps of this procedure, including arbitration, shall be considered as a waiver of the grievance. However, if the Employer fails to raise the issue of timeliness at Formal Step A, or at the step at which the employee or Union failed to meet the prescribed time limits, whichever is later, such objec- tion objection to the processing of the grievance is waived. C. Failure by the Employer to schedule a meeting or render a decision in any of the Steps of this procedure within the time herein here- in provided (including mutually agreed to extension peri- odsperiods) shall be deemed to move the grievance to the next Step of the grievance-grievance- arbitration procedure. D. Where the NBA believes that grievances involve the same, or substantially similar issues or facts, one such griev- ance grievance to be selected by the NBA or designee shall be designated the “representative” grievance. The Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee will determine which, if any, of those grievances will be held for the designated representative case. If the Step B team needs wishes to identify a representative grievance for similar sim- ilar disputes in its jurisdiction, it must forward a copy of the relevant rele- vant case files to the appropriate NBA. The Step B team will place those grievances on hold only until such time as the NBA selects decides whether a representative case will be selected. If a representative case is designated, the Step B team will hold all grievances involv- ing the same or substantially similar issues or facts pending the resolution of the representative case, provided they were timely filed at Step A and properly appealed to Step B in accordance with the grievance procedure. Where the NBA determines a represen- tative case will not be selected, the Step B team will process the held grievances within fourteen (14) days of the NBA’s decision. If not resolved at Step B, the “representative” grievance may be appealed to arbitration, or the issue may be referred to the parties’ national representatives at the Headquarters level in accordance with the provisions of Article 15, Step B (e). A representative case appealed to arbitration will be placed ahead of other contractual appeals on the appropriate arbitration list. E. Following resolution of the “representative” grievance, the parties involved in that grievance shall meet at Step B to apply the resolution to the other pending grievances involving the same, or substantially similar issues or facts. Disagreements over the applic- ability of the resolution of the “representative” grievance shall be resolved through the grievance-arbitration procedures contained in this Article; in the event it is decided that the resolution of the “rep- resentative” grievance is not applicable to a particular grievance, the merits of that grievance shall also be considered. F. It is agreed that in the event of a dispute between the Union and the Area ManagerEmployer as to the interpretation of this Agreement, Labor Relations or designee determines whichsuch dispute may be initiated at the national level by the President of the Union. Such a dispute shall be initiated in writing and must speci- fy in detail the facts giving rise to the dispute, if any, of those grievances are the precise interpre- tive issues to be decided and the contention of the Union. Thereafter the parties shall meet at the interpretive step within thirty (30) days in an effort to define the precise issues involved, develop all necessary facts, and reach agreement. Should they fail to agree, then, within fifteen (15) days of such meeting, each party shall pro- vide the other with a statement in writing of its understanding of the issues involved, and the facts giving rise to such issues. In the event the parties have failed to reach agreement within sixty (60) days of the initiation of the dispute at the interpretive step, the Union then may appeal it to arbitration, within thirty (30) days thereafter. Any local grievances filed on the specific interpretive issue shall be held in abeyance at the appropriate level pending resolution ofof the national interpretive dispute.

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE - GENERAL. A. The parties expect that good faith observance, by their respective representatives, of the principles and procedures set forth above will result in resolution of substantially all grievances initiated hereunder at the lowest possible step and recognize their obligation to achieve that end. At each step of the process the parties par- ties are required to jointly review the Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM). B. The failure of the employee or the Union in Informal Step A, or the Union thereafter to meet the prescribed time limits of the Steps of this procedure, including arbitration, shall be considered as a waiver of the grievance. However, if the Employer fails to raise the issue of timeliness at Formal Step A, or at the step at which the employee or Union failed to meet the prescribed time limits, whichever is later, such objec- tion objection to the processing of the grievance is waived. C. Failure by the Employer to schedule a meeting or render a decision in any of the Steps of this procedure within the time herein provided (including mutually agreed to extension peri- odsperiods) shall be deemed to move the grievance to the next Step of the grievance-grievance- arbitration procedure. D. Where the NBA believes that grievances involve the same, or substantially similar issues or facts, one such griev- ance grievance to be selected by the NBA or designee shall be designated the “representativerepresen- tative” grievance. The Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee will determine which, if any, of those grievances will be held for the designated representative case. If the Step B team needs to identify a representative grievance for similar disputes in its jurisdiction, it must forward a copy of the relevant case files to the appropriate NBA. The Step B team will place those grievances on hold only until such time as the NBA selects a representative case and the Area Manager, Labor Relations or designee determines which, if any, of those grievances are to be held pending resolution ofof the representative case. Where the NBA determines a represen- tative case will not be selected, the Step B team will process the held grievances within fourteen (14) days of the NBA’s decision. If not resolved at Step B, the “representative” grievance may be appealed to arbitration, or the issue may be referred to the parties’ national representatives at the Headquarters level in accordance with the provisions of Article 15, Step B (e). A representative case appealed to arbitration will be placed ahead of other contractual appeals on the appropriate arbitration list. E. Following resolution on the merits of the “representative” grievance, the parties involved in that grievance shall meet at Step B to apply the resolution to the other pending grievances. F. It is agreed that in the event of a dispute between the Union and the Employer as to the interpretation of this Agreement, such dispute may be initiated at the national level by the President of the Union. Such a dispute shall be initiated in writing and must specify in detail the facts giving rise to the dispute, the precise interpretive issues to be decided and the contention of the Union. Thereafter the parties shall meet at the interpretive step within thirty (30) days in an effort to define the precise issues involved, develop all neces- sary facts, and reach agreement. Should they fail to agree, then, within fifteen (15) days of such meeting, each party shall provide the other with a statement in writing of its understanding of the issues involved, and the facts giving rise to such issues. In the event the parties have failed to reach agreement within sixty (60) days of the initiation of the dispute at the interpretive step, the Union then may appeal it to arbitration, within thirty (30) days thereafter. Any local grievances filed on the specific interpretive issue shall be held in abeyance at the appropriate level pending resolution of the national interpretive dispute.