Eastern Region Joint Area Committee. The Employer and the Unions shall together create a permanent ABF Eastern Region Joint Area Committee which shall consist of delegates from the Eastern Region Area. This ABF Eastern Region Joint Area Committee shall meet at established times and at a mutually convenient location.
Eastern Region Joint Area Committee. In the event that a discharge grievance is deadlocked at the ABF Eastern Region Joint Area Committee, the grievance shall be referred to the ABF Eastern Region Review Committee. If no agreement is reached, it will be referred to the ABF National Grievance Committee for resolution. Deadlocks at the ABF National Grievance Committee shall follow Article 8 of the ABF National Master Freight Agreement.
Eastern Region Joint Area Committee. Except in cases involving “cardinal” infractions under the Central Pennsylvania Supplemental Agreement, an employee to be dis- charged or suspended shall be allowed to remain on the job until the discharge or suspension is sustained under the grievance procedure. “Non-Cardinal” intent to discharge cases shall be docketed to be heard at the next regularly scheduled A.B.F. Eastern Region Joint Area Committee/A.B.F. Joint Area Grievance Committee meeting. Discharge cases, which have been deadlocked by the A.B.F. East- ern Region Joint Area Committee, shall be referred back to the Central Pennsylvania Negotiating Committee for resolution. Fail- ure of the Central Pennsylvania Negotiating Committee to resolve the issue, it shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration as set forth in the Central Pennsylvania Joint Area Grievance Committee Rules of Procedure.
