Southwest Airlines, ) the Company ( Grievance No. JAX-R-0455/15 )
In the Matter of Arbitration Between Southwest Airlines, ) the Company ( Grievance No. JAX-R-0455/15 ) - and - ( Grievant: Agent X ) Transport Workers Union of America, ( Re: Termination AFL-CIO, Local 555, ) the Union ( ______________________________________________________________________________ Before the Labor Arbitrator, Kathy L. Eisenmenger, J.D. Introduction Pursuant to Article Twenty, Section One, paragraphs L.11 and L.12, of the collective bargaining agreement ("Agreement") between Southwest Airlines Company ("Company" or "Southwest") and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 555 ("Union"), the parties assigned the above-captioned grievance arbitration to me to resolve. I conducted an arbitration hearing on May 8 at a hotel near Dallas Love Field Airport, Dallas, Texas. Ms. Ruth Ann Daniels, Attorney at Law with Gray Reed & McGraw P.C., represented the Company. Mr. Jerry McCrummen, Vice President of Local 555, represented the Union and the Grievant, Mr. Agent X. The parties submitted two joint exhibits that were admitted into the record. The Company presented Mr. Cody Sad, Ramp Supervisor in Company’s station at the Jacksonville, Florida airport (“JAX”); Mr. Brad Taylor, JAX Ramp Supervisor; Mr. Brian Fairbanks, then-JAX Station Manager; and Mr. Dan Kusek, Labor Relations Specialist, as witnesses for the May 8 hearing. The Company submitted ten (10) exhibits that were admitted into the record during the hearing. The Union presented as witnesses the Grievant, Agent X, former JAX Ramp Agent, and Agent Y, JAX Ramp Agent. The Union submitted four (4) exhibits that were admitted into the record. Page 1 of 23 pages All the witnesses gave sworn or affirmed testimony.
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