NJAB & Dispute Resolution

The NJAB process is conducted using the procedures set forth in the Procedural Rules of the National Joint Adjustment Board for the Sheet Metal Industry. Parties wishing to appear before the NJAB should familiarize themselves with the Procedural Rules.

Procedural Rules

Use the forms below when preparing your submission.

Panel

Article X, Section 3 Grievance Request for Panel Hearing

NJAB

Article X, Section 4 Grievance Request for NJAB Hearing

NJAB Article X, Section 8 Submittal Forms

To assist in conducting grievance hearings at the Local Joint Adjustment Board (LJAB) level, SMACNA and SMART have prepared LJAB Guidelines. Included below are the Guidelines, Grievance Form, and past training materials. 

Should you have any questions, please call or email Maggie Powers.

LJAB Guidelines, Grievance Form, and Training Materials

Contractor’s signatory to more than one craft, may find themselves faced with a jurisdictional dispute between those trade unions. Contractors may choose to stipulate to the Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes. SMACNA has available the most recent information on the Plan and the form for stipulation.

Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes in the Construction Industry Including Procedural Rules and Regulations, Plan Summary and Explanation of Plan Amendments.

Summary of Revised Jurisdictional Plan

Stipulation Form

NMA Grievance Procedure for Offsite Fabrication

How to Handle Grievances

Decisions of the NJAB are mailed simultaneously to the local parties to the dispute after the NJAB hearings. Decisions are only posted here after confirmation of receipt by all parties. They are listed below by year and month the matter was heard by the NJAB.

NJAB Decisions