Common use of Policy and Group Grievance Clause in Contracts

Policy and Group Grievance. 10.01 It is understood that the Society may bring forward at any meeting held with the Union executive committee any complaint that the Collective Agreement has been violated by the Union or its representatives, and if such complaint by the Society is not settled to the mutual satisfaction of the conferring parties it may be treated as a grievance and referred to arbitration in the same way as a grievance of an employee. 10.02 Similarly the Union shall have the right to process policy grievances which could not otherwise be processed by individual employees. 10.03 All policy grievances shall be initiated in writing at the Step 2 level of the grievance procedure. 10.04 A group grievance shall be one arising out of the same set of circumstances or the same management decision and shall be signed by all grieving employees in the group and shall be processed through Article 8 at Step 1.

Policy and Group Grievance. 10.01 It is understood that the Society may bring forward forward, at any meeting held with the Union executive committee committee, any complaint that the Collective Agreement has been violated by the Union or its representatives, and if such complaint by the Society is not settled to the mutual satisfaction of the conferring parties it may be treated as a grievance and referred to arbitration in the same way as a grievance of an employee. 10.02 Similarly the Union shall have the right to process policy grievances which could not otherwise be processed by individual employees. 10.03 All policy grievances shall be initiated in writing at the Step 2 level of the grievance procedure. 10.04 A group grievance shall be one arising out of the same set of circumstances or the same management decision and shall be signed by all grieving employees in the group and shall be processed through Article 8 at Step 12.