Role of Xxxxxxx. The stewards will request and obtain permission, which will not be unreasonably denied, from their managerial supervisors when they desire to leave their work assignments to carry out their duties in connection with this Agreement. When contacting an employee, the xxxxxxx will first report to the employee’s managerial supervisor and will request and obtain permission, which will not be unreasonably denied. If the immediate managerial supervisor is unavailable, permission will be requested and obtained and not be unreasonably denied from the next level of supervision. Stewards thus engaged will report back to their job and will suffer no loss of pay or other benefits as a result thereof. The Union will cooperate in preventing abuse of this Section.
