(a) The Stewards and/or officers shall be permitted reasonable time to investigate and process grievances and conduct other necessary business during working hours. The Stewards shall notify their immediate supervisors that they are leaving their jobs to handle a problem and shall report when returning to work.
(b) Water Reclamation. The Chief Steward shall be released one (1) workday per week to attend to Union business. The steward may accumulate days up to the number of weeks per month.
(c) Refuse. The Chief Steward at the Refuse Department will be provided release time after performance of duties as assigned by the Commissioner or his designee during the first two (2) to three (3) hours of the workday. The Chief Steward is to be available for any duty during said period and must report for duty at regular starting time.
(d) Chief Stewards for Water Reclamation and Solid Waste shall keep a log of their daily activities. The Logs shall reflect each place the Union Stewards perform Union business each day during regular hours and the time spent at each such location and shall be submitted to their respective Divisions on a weekly basis.
(e) The Chief Steward and Stewards shall be entitled to be released as a group with pay for one training day each year. The business representative shall notify Human Resources thirty (30) days in advance of the date designated. This training day shall be in addition to existing release time for training and other purposes.