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Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

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ART. XII, SEC. 21-23<br />

shall be submitted for determination to the Joint Council<br />

Executive Board. The Joint Council Executive Board<br />

shall conduct a hearing into any jurisdictional dispute in<br />

accordance with the provisions of Article XIX of this<br />

<strong>Constitution</strong>. If any party to such dispute is aggrieved by<br />

the decision of the Joint Council Executive Board, it<br />

may appeal to the General President for the appointment<br />

of a special committee which in his discretion he may<br />

appoint for the purpose of holding a hearing and making<br />

a report and recommendations on the issues raised.<br />

Appeals from the decision of the Joint Council must be<br />

filed within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the<br />

decision is placed in the mail or otherwise transmitted to<br />

the interested parties. The committee shall make its<br />

report and recommendations to the General Executive<br />

Board for its decision, which shall be final and binding.<br />

The parties shall not be entitled to any further hearing or<br />

appearances before the General Executive Board.<br />

Pending, and as a condition to, appeal and until such<br />

time as the General Executive Board makes its decision,<br />

any party taking an appeal under this Section shall comply<br />

with the decision of the Joint Council Executive<br />

Board unless the General President or General Executive<br />

Board stays the effectiveness of the decision of the Joint<br />

Council Executive Board pending appeal. There shall be<br />

no appeal to the Convention from the decision of the<br />

General Executive Board.<br />

Where two (2) or more <strong>Local</strong> Unions involved in a dispute<br />

concerning jurisdiction are affiliated with different<br />

Joint Councils, such controversy shall be submitted for<br />

determination to the General Executive Board.<br />

In any dispute or appeal to the General Executive<br />

Board under this Section, the General President, in his<br />

discretion, may appoint a special committee to hold a<br />

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