Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documents, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: National Agreement, National Agreement, National Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documents, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station sta- tion or branch of the particular post office or to another independent inde- pendent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: National Agreement, National Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. (See Memo, page 216) The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly properly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documents, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. A When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive re- ceive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. B The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly proper- ly certified in accordance with Section 2 17.2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review re- view the documents, files and other records necessary for processing proc- essing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors supervi- sors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. denied. C While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee em- ployee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative repre- sentative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph poly- graph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem prob- lem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably unreason- ably denied. The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly properly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documentsdoc- uments, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview inter- view the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present pre- sent during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: National Agreement, National Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. (See Memo, page 221) The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly properly certified in accordance with Section 2 above above, may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documents, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly properly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor super visor to review the documents, files and other records necessary neces sary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly properly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documents, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.. (The preceding Section, Article 17.3, shall apply to Transitional Employees)
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx to leave the work area assignment for purposes of investigating and enter discussing grievances and to interview a bargaining unit employee under the supervision of another area within the installation or post officesupervisor, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from that supervisor prior to the supervisor from interview with the other area he/she wishes to enter employee and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly properly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documents, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses wit- nesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While If the witness is on another tour, the xxxxxxx may interview the witness on the xxxxxxx'x own time, business conditions permitting. When serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation tour unless there is no job for which other assignment within the employee is qualified employee's occupational group or level on such the employee's tour, or in such sta- tion or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documents, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. A When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive re- ceive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably deniedxx- xxxx. B The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly proper- ly certified in accordance with Section 2 17.2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review re- view the documents, files and other records necessary for processing proc- essing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors supervi- sors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. C While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee em- ployee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative repre- sentative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph poly- graph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. A When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive re- ceive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably deniedxx- xxxx. B The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly certified in accordance with Section 2 17.2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review re- view the documents, files and other records necessary for processing proc- essing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors supervi- sors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. .
Article 17.4 C While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station sta- tion or branch of the particular post office or to another independent inde- pendent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation inter- rogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably unreason- ably denied. The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly properly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documentsdoc- uments, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview inter- view the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present pre- sent during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: National Agreement
Rights of Stewards. When it is necessary for a xxxxxxx to leave his/her work area to investigate and adjust grievances or to investigate a specific problem to determine whether to file a grievance, the xxxxxxx shall request permission from the immediate supervisor and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In the event the duties require the xxxxxxx leave the work area and enter another area within the installation or post office, the xxxxxxx must also receive permission from the supervisor from the other area he/she wishes to enter and such request shall not be unreasonably denied. The xxxxxxx, chief xxxxxxx or other Union representative prop- erly properly certified in accordance with Section 2 above may request and shall obtain access through the appropriate supervisor to review the documentsdocu- ments, files and other records necessary for processing a grievance or determining if a grievance exists and shall have the right to interview inter- view the aggrieved employee(s), supervisors and witnesses during working hours. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. While serving as a xxxxxxx or chief xxxxxxx, an employee may not be involuntarily transferred to another tour, to another station or branch of the particular post office or to another independent post office or installation unless there is no job for which the employee is qualified on such tour, or in such sta- tion station or branch, or post office. If an employee requests a xxxxxxx or Union representative to be present during the course of an interrogation by the Inspection Service, such request will be granted. All polygraph tests will continue con- tinue to be on a voluntary basis.
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Samples: National Agreement