Hearing Dates. (a) The arbitrator shall promptly hear the parties. The arbitrator may proceed in the absence of a party if such party was duly notified of the hearing. (b) Forthwith upon the signature of this agreement and periodically thereafter, the parties shall make arrangements with every arbitrator to set apart in advance a list of hearing days for each month of the year. The number of days so determined by all the arbitrators of an area shall allow enough time to expeditiously dispose of all the grievances coming from this area. In case of (c) Notwithstanding the above, the parties agree that no hearings shall be held between December 10 and January 3 inclusively. Moreover, the parties shall set apart no more than one (1) hearing date for each arbitrator from December 1 to December 9.
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