Agreement - Teamsters Local 399

(i) Discharge by the Producer for cause. Producer
will immediately notify employee and Local Union, and will reduce the
cause for discharge to writing and mail or deliver to employee and Local
Union and CSATF. In the event the discharge is not protested in writing
within ten (10) calendar days from receipt by the Union of notice
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays), the discharge shall be
deemed to be for cause and shall not be subject to the grievance
procedure hereunder or any other procedure. If such protest is made
within such ten (10) day period, it shall immediately be submitted to
Step One of the grievance procedure in Article 7. Either party may,
within the time provided in Step One, go through Step Two and Step
Three of the grievance procedure and then to expedited arbitration. For
purposes of this provision, a discharge pursuant to Article 3(c) shall be
deemed to be a “discharge for cause.”
The discharge for cause of a Transportation
Coordinator (Occ. Code No. 3500) or Gang Boss (Occ. Code Nos. 3501
and 3502) that involves theft, falsification of records, fraud,
embezzlement, self-dealing or criminal conduct shall be deemed a
discharge for “serious misconduct.” In its written notice of discharge for
cause to the employee, Local Union and CSATF, the Producer shall
indicate whether the discharge is for “serious misconduct.”
(ii)
the Producer, unless:
Refusal to accept two (2) offers of employment by
(A) he/she is currently employed elsewhere in
the motion picture industry, or
in writing.
(B)
for any other reason approved by Producer
(iii) Unauthorized leave of absence. An employee
hereunder shall not be granted a leave of absence for the purpose of
accepting employment with another employer in the motion picture
production industry in a job classification covered by this Agreement,
unless such action is mutually acceptable to the Producer, the employee
and the Union.
(iv) An employee on Producer’s Industry Experience
Roster who has been suspended from work by such Producer and who
accepts work with another Producer while on suspension shall be
removed from the Industry Experience Roster of the Producer by whom
he was suspended.
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