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UNION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MEETINGS
Section 1. Each national officer, Regional Director,
Regional Coordinator, Facility Representative and Hub Representative, or their
designee shall be granted annual leave to attend up to two national membership
meetings of the Union annually. Each such officer, Regional Director, Regional
Coordinator, Facility Representative, Hub Representative, or their designee
desiring annual leave shall notify his/her Air Traffic Manager in writing at
least six weeks in advance of the date on which annual leave to attend the
meeting will begin, setting forth the dates and amount of leave desired.
However, when more than one Union official covered by this Article is located
at the same facility, the annual leave entitlement in this Section shall apply
to up to two officials in AFSSs and one official in FSSs. The granting of
leave to other Union official(s) shall be governed by Section 3.
Section 2. National officers, Regional Directors and Regional
Coordinators shall be granted annual leave to attend up to four national Union
Board of Directors meetings each calendar year. Each national officer,
Regional Director or Regional Coordinator desiring such annual leave shall
notify his/her Air Traffic Manager in writing at least three weeks prior to
the date the annual leave will commence, setting forth the dates and amount of
leave desired. However, when more than one Union official covered by this
Article are located at the same facility, the annual leave entitlement in this
Section shall apply to up to two officials in AFSSs and one official in FSSs.
The granting of leave to other Union official(s) shall be governed by Section
3.
Section 3. Leave requests by other union officials not covered by
Section 1 and Section 2 of this Article shall be handled under a liberal
annual leave policy. Every reasonable effort shall be made to grant this
leave.
Section 4. Employees who do not have a sufficient annual leave balance
to cover annual leave requested under this Article may be advanced annual
leave not to exceed that which they will earn during the remainder of the
current leave year. No annual leave will be granted under this Article in
excess of this amount. At the employee's request, leave without pay shall be
granted instead of annual leave.
Section 5. Upon request, annual leave shall be granted to Facility
Representatives to attend regional meetings of the Union. No more than two
requests for annual leave under this Section shall be granted each calendar
year. When such meetings are planned, the Regional Director shall notify the
Manager, Labor Relations Branch, of the region involved at least four weeks
prior to the date of the meeting. The notification shall be in writing and
shall contain the date of the meeting, names and facility location of the
representatives for whom leave is requested, and the approximate duration of
the meeting.
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