Grievance Procedure - Party. In the case of all other grievances by a party to the Collective Agreement (including those on behalf of a group of members, or an individual member who by circumstances is unable to initiate an individual complaint), the party making the grievance shall take the following steps in sequence to resolve the matter: (a) Step 1 The party making the grievance shall make a written grievance to the Director of Education or President of the Bargaining Unit, as the case may be within twenty- five (25) days from the day the cause of the grievance became known or reasonably ought to have been known, who shall answer the grievance in writing within five (5) days following receipt of the written grievance. The written grievance shall contain: (i) a statement of the facts to support such a grievance, together with a description of how the alleged dispute is in violation of the Collective Agreement; and (ii) the clauses in the Collective Agreement alleged to be violated; and (iii) the relief sought (remedy); and (iv) the signature of the appropriate Officer or designate of the party. (b) Step 2 If the reply of the President of the Bargaining Unit (or designate) or the Director of Education (or designate), as the case may be, is not acceptable to the party making the grievance, that party may then apply in writing for arbitration within twenty (20) days of the receipt of the reply.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Grievance Procedure - Party. In the case of all other grievances by a party to the Collective Agreement (including those on behalf of a group of members, or an individual member who by circumstances is unable to initiate an individual complaint), the party making the grievance shall take the following steps in sequence to resolve the matter:
(a) Step 1 The party making the grievance shall make a written grievance to the Director of Education or President of the Bargaining Unit, as the case may be within twenty- twenty-five (25) days from the day the cause of the grievance became known or reasonably ought to have been known, who shall answer the grievance in writing within five (5) days following receipt of the written grievance. The written grievance shall contain:
(i) a statement of the facts to support such a grievance, together with a description of how the alleged dispute is in violation of the Collective Agreement; and
(ii) the clauses in the Collective Agreement alleged to be violated; and
(iii) the relief sought (remedy); and
(iv) the signature of the appropriate Officer or designate of the party.
(b) Step 2 If the reply of the President of the Bargaining Unit (or designate) or the Director of Education (or designate), as the case may be, is not acceptable to the party making the grievance, that party may then apply in writing for arbitration within twenty (20) days of the receipt of the reply.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Grievance Procedure - Party. In the case of all other grievances by a party to the Collective Agreement (including those on behalf of a group of members, or an individual member who by circumstances is unable to initiate an individual complaint), the party making the grievance shall take the following steps in sequence to resolve the matter:
(a) Step 1 The party making the grievance shall make a written grievance to the Director of Education Superintendent, Human Resource Services or President of the Bargaining Unit, as the case may be within twenty- twenty-five (25) days from the day the cause of the grievance became known or reasonably ought to have been known, who shall answer the grievance in writing within five (5) days following receipt of the written grievance. The written grievance shall contain:
(i) a statement of the facts to support such a grievance, together with a description of how the alleged dispute is in violation of the Collective Agreement; and
(ii) the clauses in the Collective Agreement alleged to be violated; and
(iii) the relief sought (remedy); and
(iv) the signature of the appropriate Grievance Officer or designate of the partyBargaining Unit.
(b) Step 2 If the reply of the President of the Bargaining Unit (Unit, or designate) , or the Director of Education (Superintendent, Human Resource Services, or designate), as the case may be, is not acceptable to the party making the grievance, that party may then apply in writing for arbitration within twenty (20) days of the receipt of the reply.
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Samples: Collective Agreement