Initial Handling. Any grievance or controversy affecting the mutual relations of the Employer and the Union shall first be taken up between the Local Union and the individual Employer involved. If the matter is not resolved between the individual Employer and the Local Union within five (5) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, after first being taken up, it shall be reduced to writing by the griev- ing party; copies shall be sent to the other party to the case and to his collective bargaining representative, and the case shall be re- ferred to the Joint Council 7 Bay Area/ABF Freight Labor Manage- ment Committee and put on the agenda for its next regular meeting. The Joint Council 7 Bay Area/ABF Freight Labor Management Committee may, by mutual agreement in its Rules of Procedure, establish methods of assessing and collecting fees for the process- ing of cases filed with that Committee for hearing. Such monies shall be used to defray Committee meeting expenses.
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Sources: Master Freight Agreement, National Master Freight Agreement and Joint Council Supplemental Agreement