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<blockquote data-quote="hondo" data-source="post: 5684255" data-attributes="member: 8661"><p>FWIW, my Local has had a "sitting" arbitrator for discipline cases since January 2009. It was something 'we' fought for. The cost has been split between the employer and my Local (not spread out among many Locals in an Area or Regional committee). Maybe we can afford it because it's a large Local? Anyway as far as I have seen it's a deterrent to the Company sitting someone out for many months on a questionable discipline case then offering reinstatement at the last minute without backpay (& benefits). My principal officer has said it definitely "keeps us (meaning BAs & stewards) on our toes" because it cuts down on preparation time for the case. And even if you do get backpay nowadays, it's reduced by whatever income you made elsewhere while sitting out (or they decide what you should have been able to make elsewhere re).</p><p></p><p>Not that I have a lot behind the scenes access to truly evaluate it, but the only real downside that I heard of: was a member that had come up on discharge often enough that the arbitrator recognized/remembered them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hondo, post: 5684255, member: 8661"] FWIW, my Local has had a "sitting" arbitrator for discipline cases since January 2009. It was something 'we' fought for. The cost has been split between the employer and my Local (not spread out among many Locals in an Area or Regional committee). Maybe we can afford it because it's a large Local? Anyway as far as I have seen it's a deterrent to the Company sitting someone out for many months on a questionable discipline case then offering reinstatement at the last minute without backpay (& benefits). My principal officer has said it definitely "keeps us (meaning BAs & stewards) on our toes" because it cuts down on preparation time for the case. And even if you do get backpay nowadays, it's reduced by whatever income you made elsewhere while sitting out (or they decide what you should have been able to make elsewhere re). Not that I have a lot behind the scenes access to truly evaluate it, but the only real downside that I heard of: was a member that had come up on discharge often enough that the arbitrator recognized/remembered them. [/QUOTE]
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