It shall be the policy of CUE that when the Arbitration Appeals Panel
approves a case for arbitration it shall assign one of the following
payment schemes:
- No attorney: CUE advocate shall be a rank & filer and expenses shall be divided evenly between statewide and the local.
- Attorney/statewide impact: expenses except for attorneys fees shall be divided evenly between statewide and the local. Attorneys fees shall be paid by statewide.
- Attorney/no statewide impact: expenses except for attorneys fees shall be divided evenly between statewide and the local. Attorney's fees shall be born by the local.
If any local disagrees with the panel's determination, it shall have the
right to appeal that decision to the statewide executive board which
shall make the final decision.
This shall be CUE's policy from this date foreward. No local which has
not been charged for arbitration expenses shall be charged retroactively.
However, any local which believes it has been charged inappropriately
may appeal to the EBoard on a case by case basis for reimbursement.
Rank & file stewards who do arbitrations may request the assistance of
CUE attorneys. Charges for such assistance shall be borne equally by the local and statewide.
January 2005