ACCESS TO WITNESSES. At any stage of the grievance procedure including Arbitration, the conferring parties may have the assistance of the employees concerned and any necessary witnesses, and all reasonable arrangements shall be made to permit the conferring parties to have access to the Department to view disputed operations and to confer with the necessary witnesses.
ACCESS TO WITNESSES. If Hormel Foods receives a request for testimony at trial from any non-settling Defendant for any trial involving the DPPs, through a subpoena or through any informal means, it will provide notice to the DPPs involved in the trial within two (2) business days. Hormel Foods will provide the DPPs the same access to potential trial witnesses as provided to any non-settling Defendant. Hormel Foods stipulates that Hormel Foods Corporation—and thus its current employees—are subject to the subpoena power of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota for trial in this matter.
