STEWARDS AND PLANT. Union to appoint or otherwise select stewards from amongst the permanent employees who have two years of service, for the purpose of assisting employees in presenting grievances to the Company as set forth in this Agreement. The Company will one ste- xxxx on each shift in each department, providing that there are at least seven employees regularly scheduled for work on each shift in each department. The departments are: Can Line Quality Control Shipping and Receiving Press and Shearing Machine Shop, Electrical, Stores and D&l The Company will a Plant Com- mittee of not more than five employees which may include officers of the Union. The Company shall be notified in writing by the Union of the names of all Union Represen- tatives including stewards, officers and commit- tee members, and the Company shall not be required to any Union Representative until it has been so notified. It is agreed that the Union Representatives shall continue to perform their regular work in order to maintain efficiency of operations, how- ever, in accordance with this understanding, should it be necessary to assist an employee in presenting a grievance during working hours, they will not leave their work without first obtaining the permission of their immediate supervisor, provided that such permission will not be unreasonably withheld. It is also understood that a Union Representative shall not enter another depart- ment without first obtaining the permission of the supervisor of such department and notifying him as to the nature of the grievance and the personnel involved. Prior to returning to his own department, a Union Representative will report to his immediate supervisor. Because the Union does not want to inter with production it will not allow any of its officers or members to carry on Union activities during working hours except as provided else- where in this Agreement. However, the depart- ment stewards or members of the Plant Commit- tee will be allowed such reasonable time off from their regular duties without loss of pay as is necessary in the handling and investigating of grievances.
STEWARDS AND PLANT. Negotiating Committee members, when they wish to leave their regular duties to investigate and negotiate grievances under the terms of this Agreement shall first advise the Xxxxxxx of the department where they are employed and the Xxxxxxx of the department they are entering. Time spent during working hours by a member of the Xxxxxxx body or Plant Negotiating Committee in connection with the administration of this Agreement will be paid for at his regular rate. The Plant Manager may decline to approve payment for any excessive or unreasonable amount of time taken by any employee in carrying out the terms of this grievance procedure. Whenever “regular rate” appears for payment of Union activities, it shall mean hourly rate for hourly rated workers and objective rate for piece workers.
