The issue in this grievance is whether the local policy on LSM keying violates the National Agreement. After reviewing this matter, we mutually agreed that no national interpretive issue is fairly presented in this case. We agreed that this issue requires application of the provisions of the September 18, 1987, EASE settlement and the William J. Downes letter of March 26, 1980, which provides in part that the intent of retraining is to acknowledge that some machine operators may require limited retraining after an absence from MPLSM duties for a significant period of time. "... It was not intended that such employees be required to pass a requalification test after this retraining." Accordingly, we agreed to remand this case to the parties at Step 3 for further processing including arbitration if necessary.
Document Type: Step 4 Agreement
APWU National Grievance Number: H4C4FC15838
Craft: Clerk