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ARTICLE 6 - UNtON REPRESENTATION <br />Section 1. Empioyees selected by the Union to act as Union representatives for the purpose of <br />processing grievances under the Grievance Procedure shail be known as Stewards. The City will <br />recognize a Chief Steward, and it wili recognize one steward and one alternate from each of the <br />fo(lowing: (1) Wastewater Department; (2) Mechanics; (3) Service Department; (4) Wastewater <br />Department - Systems. The steward shall represent empioyees on afi three (3) shifts. The aiternate <br />steward shall be recognized when the regufar steward is absent or otherwise not available. <br />Section 2. Employees who participate in meetings under Step 1 of the Grievance Procedure, <br />during their scheduled working time, or other meetings scheduled by the City under the Grievance <br />Procedure, during their scheduled working time, will be paid for time actually lost from their <br />scheduled work time for the purpose of participating in such meetings. The investigation and <br />processing of grievances by Union representatives during working time sha11 be limited to the last <br />fifteen minutes of a shift. <br />Section 3. The Local Union Grievance Committee shall consist of the President, Secretary, the <br />Chief Steward and/or the Vice President and/or the Steward from the department involved, but not <br />more than four (4) persons. <br />Se ion 4. When there is a redirection in force, the following Union officials shall he retained <br />in preference fo a!1 employees, provided they can perform the available work: President, Vice <br />President, Secretary, Treasurer, Chief Steward, Stewards and Alternate Stewards, and three (3) <br />members of the Union Executive Board. <br />Section 5. In case of a suspension or discharge or a formalized disciplinary meeting the <br />employee shall have the right to have his Steward present and, upon request, will be permitted to <br />discuss his suspension or discharge with the Steward in an area made availabie by the City before <br />he is required to leave the premises. Within twenty-four (24) hours of the date of a suspension or <br /> <br />ems:opeiu/at4cio 4 <br />98KNOLM.WPD <br />:?,?? ? . . . ;,•??. ??s ?n :,,: