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National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement For the Period ...

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35Article 7(c) (1) The three (3) member Board of Arbitration must be named within five (5)days before <strong>the</strong> regularly scheduled meeting of <strong>the</strong> <strong>National</strong> Joint Arbitration Committee.The three (3) member Board of Arbitration shall meet on a quarterly basis and shall hearall deadlocks submitted to it by <strong>the</strong> <strong>National</strong> Joint Arbitration Committee at its previouslyscheduled regular meeting. The neutral member of this Board of Arbitration shall berotated at each quarterly meeting among <strong>the</strong> eight (8) members designated in (b) above.The identity of <strong>the</strong> Board shall be submitted in writing to <strong>the</strong> affected Local Union(s) andEmployer(s) five (5) days in advance of <strong>the</strong> scheduled meeting of <strong>the</strong> Board of Arbitration.(2) The Board of Arbitration shall convene two (2) weeks following <strong>the</strong>regularly scheduled meetings of <strong>the</strong> <strong>National</strong> Joint Arbitration Committee.(3) None of <strong>the</strong> above time limits are subject to change except by mutualwritten agreement of <strong>the</strong> involved Local Union and Employer.(d) At <strong>the</strong> hearing before <strong>the</strong> Board of Arbitration, <strong>the</strong> Employer's case shall bepresented by a full-time employee of <strong>the</strong> Employer and <strong>the</strong> Union's case by a full-timeemployee of <strong>the</strong> Local Union, except for Work Preservation <strong>Agreement</strong> cases. Anofficial record shall be maintained at <strong>the</strong> Board of Arbitration hearing.(e) It is agreed that <strong>the</strong> majority of <strong>the</strong> Board of Arbitration is empowered to hear anddecide <strong>the</strong> deadlocked case, even if only one (1) of <strong>the</strong> parties submits to arbitration, or ifei<strong>the</strong>r party fails to appear at <strong>the</strong> hearing or to present evidence. The Board of Arbitrationshall have <strong>the</strong> authority to interpret and apply <strong>the</strong> provisions of this <strong>Agreement</strong> orSupplements <strong>the</strong>reto, where appropriate, but shall not have <strong>the</strong> authority to amend ormodify this <strong>Agreement</strong> or Supplements <strong>the</strong>reto, or establish new terms and conditionsunder this <strong>Agreement</strong> or Supplements <strong>the</strong>reto.(f) The Board of Arbitration shall issue a bench decision at <strong>the</strong> conclusion of <strong>the</strong>hearing involving each case; provided, however, <strong>the</strong> Board of Arbitration may ask <strong>the</strong>parties to submit briefs or delay its decision in <strong>the</strong> event of any case deemed sufficientlycomplex. The Board of Arbitration must render its decision no later than thirty (30) daysafter <strong>the</strong> conclusion of <strong>the</strong> Board of Arbitration hearing.The decision to require briefs or to delay <strong>the</strong> decision shall be solely that of <strong>the</strong> Board ofArbitration.(g) The findings and decision of a majority of <strong>the</strong> Board of Arbitration shall be finaland binding on <strong>the</strong> parties and <strong>the</strong> employees involved.(h) The cost of <strong>the</strong> neutral arbitrator as well as <strong>the</strong> expenses of <strong>the</strong> Board ofArbitration meeting shall be shared equally by <strong>the</strong> Local Unions and <strong>the</strong> Employersinvolved in <strong>the</strong> Board of Arbitration hearing to which <strong>the</strong>ir respective cases have been

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