Common use of Expedited Procedure Clause in Contracts

Expedited Procedure. In the event the Union or the Company requests an expedited resolution of any dispute arising under this Section, it shall be submitted to the Expedited Procedure in accordance with the following: a. Within three (3) days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) after either the Union or the Company determines that the Contracting Out Committee cannot resolve the dispute, the moving Party must advise the other in writing that it is invoking this Expedited Procedure. b. An expedited arbitration must be scheduled within three (3) days (excluding Saturdays, Sunday and holidays) of such notice and heard at a hearing commencing within five (5) days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) thereafter. c. The Board shall render a decision within forty-eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) of the conclusion of the hearing. d. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any case heard in the Expedited Procedure before the work in dispute was performed may be reopened by the Union if such work, as actually performed, varied in any substantial respect from the description presented in arbitration. The request to reopen the case must be submitted within seven (7) days of the date on which the Union knew or should have known of the variance.