GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS. 1300 A. Grievances within the meaning of the grievance and Grievances arbitration procedure shall consist only of disputes about the interpretation or application of particular clauses of this Agreement and about alleged violations of this Agreement. In the event of any dispute concerning the meaning or application of any provision of this Agreement or a dispute concerning an alleged violation of this Agreement, there shall be no suspension or disruption of work, but such dispute shall be treated as a grievance and shall be settled, if possible, by EPSCA and the Union. In the interests of expediting the procedure, the parties shall process grievances in the following manner.
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS. (a) The parties agree that they will use their best efforts to encourage informal, amicable and prompt settlement of grievances. Grievances are claims arising from the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation(s) of this Agreement.
(b) The parties also recognize that one of the cornerstones of collective bargaining is a viable grievance procedure allowing for a prompt and fair hearing of matters arising from the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation(s) of the Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the procedures outlined below will be the sole method for the resolution of grievances. There will be no discrimination, harassment or coercion of any kind by either party or their agents against any person who elects to avail or not to avail him/herself of these procedures.
(a) The Association will have carriage of all Member and Association grievances. The Employer will deal only with the Association with respect to a Member or an Association grievance submitted by the Association. The Employer and the Association will have the right to have representatives present at all steps of the grievance procedure.
(b) The parties will be bound by and will promptly implement all decisions arrived at under the procedures described in this Article.
20.3 All communications that are required by this Article to be in writing will be circulated or delivered by email and a corresponding hard copy sent by internal mail with acknowledgement of receipt or, when appropriate, by Canada Post Office registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt.
20.4 If a grievance is initiated, it must begin within twenty (20) working days of the occurrence of the issue that precipitated the grievance or the date when grounds for a grievance were first known or reasonably could have been known by the grievor.
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS. (a) The parties agree that they will use their best efforts to encourage informal, amicable and prompt settlement of grievances. Grievances are claims arising from the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation(s) of this Agreement.
(b) The parties also recognize that one of the cornerstones of collective bargaining is a viable grievance procedure allowing for a prompt and fair hearing of matters arising from the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation(s) of the Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the procedures outlined below will be the sole method for the resolution of grievances. There will be no discrimination, harassment or coercion of any kind by either party or their agents against any person who elects to avail or not to avail themselves of these procedures.
26.2 (a) The Association will have carriage of all Member and Association grievances. The Employer will deal only with the Association with respect to a Member or an Association grievance submitted by the Association. The Employer and the Association will have the right to have representatives present at all steps of the grievance procedure.
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS. 1400 Grievances within the meaning of the grievance and arbitration procedure shall consist only of disputes about the interpretation or application of particular clauses of this Agreement and about alleged violations of this Agreement. In the event of any dispute concerning the meaning or application of any provision of this Agreement or a dispute concerning an alleged violation of this Agreement, there shall be no suspension or disruption of work, but such dispute shall be treated as a grievance and shall be settled, if possible, by the Employer and the Union. In the interests of expediting the procedure, the parties shall process grievances in the following manner. 1401 The Employer shall appoint a supervisor beyond the jurisdiction of the Union to act as contact supervisor. Each contact supervisor shall be responsible for giving or securing a decision on any dispute submitted to him/her by a Union representative on behalf of any employee or group of employees under his/her supervision. Grievances will be referred to the contact supervisor within thirty
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS a) The Union shall appoint or otherwise select a Grievance Committee to consist of not more than three (3) persons, and shall notify the Association of the names of the members of the Grievance Committee and the Chairman thereof within seven
b) The Association and the companies acknowledge the right of the union to appoint or otherwise select a President and a Business Agent and they agree to recognize each of them for the purpose of administering this agreement. However, it is agreed that, in the performance of their duties, the President and Business Agent shall not
c) Nothing in this agreement shall be interpreted as allowing any member of the Grievance Committee or another union official to give orders to the foremen or men in connection with their work. No rules, regulations or resolutions shall be passed by the Association, any of the companies or the union which are inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement.
d) Any dispute as to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the agreement, which the union or an employee or a group of employees may wish to initiate with any of the companies, shall be taken up on behalf of the union or the employee or employees, first by the Business Agent or President or, in their absence, by any officer of the Union or member of the Grievance Committee with the company’s representative. Any dispute which any company and\or the Association may wish to discuss with the Union shall be taken up first by the company’s representative and\or the representative of the Association with the President or Business Agent or, in their absence, any other officer of the Union on the wharves or member of the Grievance Committee.
e) In the event that the dispute is not settled within three (3) working days after first being discussed as above then, at the request of the Union, a company or the Association, the Association’s Grievance Committee consisting of not more than three (3) persons and the union’s Grievance Committee consisting of not more than three (3) persons shall meet within a further ten (10) working days.
f) If the dispute is not settled within a further period of ten (10) working days, it shall, at the written request of the Union, a company or the Association, then be referred to a single arbitrator agreed to by the parties from the list attached hereto or, in the event of their prolonged unavailability, an arbitrator appointed by the Federal Minister of Labour and, at that time, the ...
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS. The Employer will grant leave with pay;
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS. Grievances not presented within the time limits specified shall be deemed waived. If the Company exceeds the time limits set forth in this Article the grievance shall be sustained on a non-precedent setting basis. The remedy shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. If the Union exceeds the time limits set forth in this article, the grievance shall be deemed waived on a non-precedent setting basis. Extensions to the time limits contained in this Article shall not be unreasonably withheld by the parties.
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS. 5.01 The Employer acknowledges the right of the Union to appoint or elect a Chief Xxxxxxx as well as nine (9) full-time and nine (9) part-time Stewards to represent Employees in the bargaining unit. Employees so selected to represent the Union shall at the time of their appointment have completed their probationary period.
5.02 The Union shall notify the Employer in writing of the names of Chief Xxxxxxx and Stewards before the Employer shall be required to recognize them.
5.03 The duty of the stewards shall be to assist Employees which the Xxxxxxx represents in preparing and presenting grievances to the Employer in accordance with the grievance procedure herein. The Employer agrees that a Xxxxxxx shall not be hindered, coerced, restrained or interfered with while investigating disputes and presenting adjustments provided in this Article. The Union agrees that Union Stewards have their regular duties and responsibilities to perform for the Employer and shall not leave their regular duties without first obtaining permission from their supervisor. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
5.04 The Employer agrees to recognize a grievance committee comprised of the Chief Xxxxxxx, a Xxxxxxx from the appropriate Division and a representative of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The Chief Xxxxxxx shall be designated as the Chairman of the grievance committee.
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS. Grievances within the meaning of the grievance and arbitration procedure shall consist only of disputes about the interpretation or application of particular clauses of this Agreement and about alleged violations of this Agreement. In the event of any dispute concerning the meaning or application of any provision of this Agreement or a dispute concerning an alleged violation of this Agreement, there shall be no suspension or disruption of work, but such dispute shall be treated as a grievance and shall be settled, if possible, by and the Union. In the interests of expediting the procedure, the parties shall process grievances in the following manner. PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION Disputes arising out of the interpretation or alleged violation of this Agreement shall, if possible, be settled by discussion between the employee and/or his xxxxxxx and the employee’s supervisor. FIRST STEP If a dispute cannot be resolved by this method, the Accredited Union Representative for the Union may file a formal grievance on the prescribed form with the Manager of Construction. Such grievance shall be filed within fifteen working days of the alleged grievous act. Within ten working days of the filing of the grievance, the Manager of Construction shall investigate the grievance and convene a meeting which he or the Accredited Union Representative considers necessary to resolve it. The Manager of Construction shall give his reply on the prescribed form to the Accredited Union Representative within five working days from the date of the First Step meeting. Copies of completed grievance forms signed by the appropriate parties shall be filed by the Manager of Construction with the General Manager of and by the Accredited Union Representative with the Secretary of the Construction Council of Ontario. If a First Step grievance meeting is considered appropriate, the Management Committee shall comprise the Manager of Construction plus two Management officials, one of whom shall be a representative Employer against whom the grievance has been filed.’ The Union Committee shall comprise the Accredited Union Representative plus two additional Union officials. SECOND STEP If a dispute has not been resolved at the first Step of the grievance procedure, the Accredited Union Representative may refer the grievance on the prescribed form to Grievance Officer. Such grievances shall be referred within ten working days after the disposition has been issued under the First Step of this procedure. A ...
GRIEVANCES AND ARBITRATIONS. 1500 A. The Employer shall appoint employees beyond the jurisdiction of the Union to act as contact supervisors. Each contact supervisor shall be responsible for giving or securing a decision on any grievance submitted to him/her by a Union representative on behalf of any employee or group of employees under his/her supervision. Grievances will be referred to the contact supervisor by electronic communication within twenty (20) calendar days of the discovery of the event giving rise to the grievance. If a satisfactory decision is not made by the contact supervisor within seven (7) calendar days of the electronic communication, the Union representative may, within seven (7) calendar days, refer the grievance to step 2 of the grievance procedure and present a formal written grievance to the next level of Employer Management, and copied to the Union Representative. The Parties will meet within seven (7) calendar days of the grievance being referred to Step 2 in an attempt to resolve the grievance. If the grievance is not resolved at the Step 2 meeting, the grievance may be referred to Arbitration within thirty (30) calendar days. An extension to the time limits noted can be extended by mutual consent of the parties. The referral to arbitration shall be made to one (1) of the following single arbitrators:
(i) Xxxxx Xxxxx (ii) Xxxx XxXxxxxx (iii) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx the hearing process. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties. The
