Bargaining Leave. 21-1 Employees may choose an Executive Board composed of not more than five (5) members of the bargaining unit to bargain for wages and fringe benefits. The Department shall provide a qualified replacement for any member of this Board not to exceed three (3) members when, during said members normally assigned shift, his presence is required to report to a location remote from his normally assigned workplace for the purpose of negotiating sessions with the Chief and/or the Town as well as for conferences with the Association membership when said conferences are for the purpose of explaining or ratifying this agreement. This leave shall be reported as "bargaining leave". 21-2 Members of the Fire Department covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union's Executive Board, not to exceed three (3) members at any one time, shall be allowed reasonable time off to attend meetings, conferences, and conventions of the Rhode Island State Fire Fighters Association and meetings, conferences and conventions of the International Association of Fire Fighters without loss of pay and without the requirements to make up such time. 21-3 In addition to the foregoing, employees who are members of the Union's Executive Board, not to exceed three (3) members, shall be allowed reasonable time off without loss of pay and without the requirements to make up time for bargaining unit business in connection with conferences with its' attorney or Union representative regarding contract negotiation matters and/or arbitration matters concerning the Collective Bargaining Agreement and similar time off for conferences relative to bargaining unit grievances and grievance arbitration and attendance to such grievance arbitration hearings.
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Sources: Personnel Policies and Contractual Agreement, Personnel Policies and Contractual Agreement