Step 4 - System Board of Adjustment Sample Clauses
Step 4 - System Board of Adjustment. If the grievance remains unsettled after being processed through Step 3 above, the System General Chairman may request the case be heard by the System Board in compliance with Section 204, Title II of the Railway Labor Act as amended.
(i) The System Board
(A) The System Board of Adjustment will consist of 3 members: the Chairman, a neutral member selected in a manner agreeable to the Company and Union; a Company Member appointed by the Company; and a Union Member appointed by the Union. In matters relating to contract interpretation, all 3 members of the Board will hear and decide the case by majority vote. In disciplinary cases, only the Chairman will sit on the Board and will alone decide the case.
(B) Unless the parties agree otherwise, the Board will meet in the city where the Company’s Executive Offices are maintained.
(C) The Board will have the power to make sole, final and binding decisions on the Company, the Union, and the employee(s) insofar as a grievance relates to the meaning and application of this Agreement. The Board will have no power to modify, add to, or otherwise change the terms of this Agreement, establish or change wages, rules, or working conditions covered by this Agreement.
Step 4 - System Board of Adjustment. If the decision of Labor or his designee is not acceptable to the District Representative/designee of the Union, the Union shall notify the Company in cases involving Contractual and Discharge/Work Rule Grievances, within ten (10) working days of receipt of Labor or his designee's decision, of its intent to have the grievance reviewed by the System Board of Adjustment. It is understood and agreed that the decision of the System Board of Adjustment shall be final and binding on both the Company and the Union.