Article – 79

CONSIDERATION OF GRIEVANCES

1. Grievances must be reduced to writing, contain complete
2. information on the subject matter and be submitted to the Local
3. Committee of Adjustment holding jurisdiction. Grievances involving
4. violations of the agreement, reinstatement, safety, or health and
5. welfare shall be given prompt handling with local officials of the
6. employer. A report by the committee will be made at the next meeting.
7. When grievances are being considered by a local, only those
8. members employed in the craft on the territory involved shall be
9. permitted to vote, provided that at least five (5) such members must be
10. present before any action can be taken. If more than one (1) craft is
11. involved the grievance shall be considered and determined separately
12. by each craft.
13. In the absence of a collective bargaining agreement to the
14. contrary, no grievance involving requests for reinstatement shall be
15. accepted after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of
16. dismissal. Any grievance involving positions and rank on seniority
17. rosters shall be reviewed and corrected when and if factual evidence is
18. presented to show an error in record keeping.