Common use of LOCAL AND AREA GRIEVANCE MACHINERY Clause in Contracts

LOCAL AND AREA GRIEVANCE MACHINERY. (a) The provisions provided herein shall replace and supersede pri- or language and Provisions in the individual supplements with re- gards to local, state and area grievance machinery. Each IBT Region shall provide for a Joint Area Committee, com- prised of the Supplements in that Geographic Region, that shall meet on a quarterly basis at a location agreed to by the Employer and Re- gional Freight Coordinator. In addition the Joint Area Committee may be required to meet at a Supplemental location for a special hearing of out of service cases, no later than thirty (30) days after the request is received by the administrator of the grievance process. The Committee shall be made up of Local Union representatives from the Supplement involved and ABF Employee Relations Per- sonnel or their designees. It is agreed that for a Committee to hear a case there shall be an equal number of Employer Committee members and Union Committee members sitting, not to exceed three (3) each and not less than two (2). Local Union representa- tives who are appearing as presenters or witnesses for the Local Union involved in a proceeding before a Committee, will be ineli- gible to act as a member of that Committee. The Company Panel for cases to be heard at any level shall consist of not less than two