PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. (A) Any grievances, disputes or differences of opinion which arise between the Employer’s supervisory personnel and Union representatives in the field shall be settled on the job, wherever possible; provided that such settlements shall not vary any of the wages, terms or conditions of this Agreement.
PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. (A) If any difference of opinion or dispute between the Employer and the Union over the interpretation of this Agreement or the operation of either party hereunder cannot be adjusted between the Employer and the Union, then the Executive Vice President of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA) shall be notified of such difference of opinion or dispute, and the necessary steps to attempt to adjust such difference of opinion or dispute shall be taken. If no adjustment or settlement can be resolved, then the Executive Vice President shall, within forty-eight (48) hours, call a meeting between the Labor Committee of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA) and the party or parties involved in the dispute, at which time an attempt shall be made to adjust the difference of opinion or to settle the dispute. If no settlement can be resolved at that time, then such difference of opinion or dispute shall within forty-eight (48) hours, be referred to an Arbitration Board consisting of two (2) members, one to be named by the Employer and one by the Union. These two (2) Arbitration Board Members shall have authority to choose a third member. If no third member can be agreed upon within forty-eight (48) hours, then application shall be made to the State of Michigan Employment Relations Commission for appointment of a third member. A decision of the majority of the Arbitration Board shall be binding upon both parties, and both parties agree to abide thereby to carry out the decision. Pending settlement of any such dispute, however, it is agreed that the work shall proceed without a slow-down, work stoppage or lockout.
PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. A. There is hereby established a Labor-Management Adjustment Board consisting of the individuals who actually negotiated this Agreement. The establishment of this Board and the purposes of its existence is for the express purpose of interpreting and enforcing all the terms and provisions contained herein. No dispute, complaint or grievance shall be recognized unless called to the attention of the individual Contractor and the Union within thirty (30) days after the alleged violation occurred.
PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. A. All grievances or disputes shall be brought to the attention of the Employer within ten
PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. A. All grievances or disputes shall be brought to the attention of the Employer within ten (10) working days of the occurrence giving rise to the dispute, or it shall be waived. Should a grievance or dispute arise on the jobsite, it shall be processed in the following sequence, using the number of steps necessary to dispose thereof.
B. All grievances will be processed in the following sequence:
1. The grievant will submit the grievance to the Union Xxxxxxx or Business Agent, who shall immediately report it to the Employer. The Union shall submit grievance in adequate time to permit the Employer to respond appropriately.
2. The Union Xxxxxxx or Business Agent will attempt to resolve the grievance with the Employer designated representative.
3. In the event the grievance or dispute has not been settled between the Union and the Company within ten (10) working days, following the submission of the grievance to the Employer, the matter may be referred to arbitration by either Party by the giving of written notice to the other of its intent to arbitrate the grievance.
PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. (A) Any grievances, disputes or differences of opinion which arise between the contractors' supervisory personnel and Union representatives in the field shall be settled on the job whenever possible; provided that such settlements shall not vary any of the wages, terms or conditions of this Agreement. Misassignments of work which are not jurisdictional disputes will be subject to the Grievance Procedure of the National Pipe Line Agreement. Misassignments will be defined as the assignment of work traditionally belonging to the Teamsters under the National Pipe Line Agreement to another craft.
(B) If a grievance, dispute, or difference of opinion cannot be settled on the job within 48 hours, then the grieving party may within 10 calendar days refer the matter to either the appropriate International Union representative or Employer’s executive personnel (whichever is appliable to the grieving party). The Employer and the International Union representatives will have 10 calendar days to resolve the matter. If a satisfactory resolution to the matter has not been reached within 10 calendar days, the matter may be referred to the PLCA by either party to assist with resolution. If, within 7 calendar days, the PLCA is unable to facilitate resolution of the matter, either party may demand arbitration and initiate the process in Section (D) below. The parties may extend these deadlines and other deadlines noted throughout this Article by mutual agreement.
(C) Any grievance, dispute, difference of opinion or controversy of any kind or character between the Union and the PLCA and/or individual Employer signatory hereto involving or relating to the interpretation, construction or application of the terms of this Agreement, and the relations between the parties arising during the term of this Agreement which cannot be settled by the parties, shall be settled by the arbitration procedure which is set out below.
(D) If, within forty-eight (48) hours, no adjustment or settlement is reached by the procedures set out above, the matter shall immediately be referred in writing to an Arbitration Board consisting of six (6) members, all of whom shall be familiar with the main line, cross- country pipeline construction industry, three (3) to be appointed by the International Union, and three (3) by the PLCA . These six (6) individuals shall constitute the Arbitration Board.
(E) The Members of the Arbitration Board shall not have the power to amend or alter the provisions of this A...
PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. (A) Any grievances, disputes or differences of opinion which arise between the contractors' supervisory personnel and Union representatives in the field shall be settled on the job whenever possible; provided that such settlements shall not vary any of the wages, terms or conditions of this Agreement. Misassignments of work which are not jurisdictional disputes will be subject to the Grievance Procedure of the National Pipe Line Agreement. Misassignments will be defined as the assignment of work traditionally belonging to the Teamsters under the National Pipe Line Agreement to another craft.
PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. (B) The Employer and representatives of the International Union, Local Union or Local Unions involved shall hold a pre-job conference so that the start and continuation of the work may progress without interruption, and the Union representatives at such conference shall be authorized by the Union to represent Union for the entire area covered by the job. It shall be the purpose of the pre-job conference to * For Purpose of notification, Union office to be contacted shall be the Laborers’ International Union of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, 000-00xx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000. notify the Union of the tentative number of warehouses to be used and the location of each, to agree upon such matters as the length of the work-week, the approximate number of employees to be employed, including the number of Key Employees, the method of referral, the check-off of Union initiation fees, dues or agency shop fees, the applicable wage rates in accordance with the contract and any other matters, not including interpretation of the clauses of this Agreement, it being agreed that interpretation of this Agreement should be made between the Pipe Line Contractors Association and the Laborers' International Union of North America, so that proper application thereof may be made on the jobs.
PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. 19 Article VI - Business Representative & Job Xxxxxxx .......... 21-23 Article VII - Existing and Other Agreements ..................... 23 Article VIII - Health and Welfare Plan............................... 24 Article IX - Pension ........................................................... 25 Article X - Defined Contribution Plan (Annuity) ............... 25 Article XI - Vacation-Holiday Fund.................................... 26 Article XII - Joint Apprenticeship and Journeyman Retraining Fund ................................................................. 26
PROCEDURE FOR SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES. 501. An individual employee having a grievance or dispute shall first attempt to adjust said grievance or dispute with the Contractor or his representative. 502. If the individual employee fails to effect a settlement of his grievance or dispute with the Contractor or his representative, the Business Representative of the Local Union shall immediately attempt to adjust same with the Contractor or his representative. In the event such grievance or dispute cannot be satisfactorily adjusted on the job by the representative of the Local Union and the Contractor or his representative, then the same may be referred to the Teamster Craft Joint Adjustment Board established herein. No dispute, complaint, or grievance the alleged violation occurred except for discharges which shall be seven (7) calendar days after the alleged violation.
