Step 4 Settlement Agreement (NALC): Article 15; Grievance-Arbitration Procedure (1980)

The question raised in this grievance involves whether, under the terms of the National Agreement, management should have allowed the grievant to attend the Step 2 meeting. After further review of this matter, we mutually agreed that no National interpretive issue is fairly presented in the particulars evidenced in this case. Accordingly, we further agreed to remand this case to the parties at Step 3, for further remanding to Step 2. A Step 2 meeting will be held with the grievant in attendance, and compensation will be granted for time spent at the meeting excluding travel time to and from the meeting, provided such time is part of the grievant’s regular schedule.