Common use of Resort to Other Procedures Clause in Contracts

Resort to Other Procedures. If prior to seeking resolution of a dispute by filing a grievance hereunder, or while the grievance proceeding is in progress, an employee or UFF seeks resolution of the matter in any other forum, whether administrative or judicial, the employer shall have no obligation to entertain or proceed further with the matter pursuant to this grievance procedure and the grievance shall be decreed withdrawn. Further, since the parties do not intend that this grievance procedure be a device for appellate review, the President's response to a recommendation of a hearing officer or other individual or group having appropriate jurisdiction in any other procedure shall not be an act or omission giving rise to a grievance under this procedure.

Resort to Other Procedures. If prior to seeking resolution of a dispute by filing a grievance hereunder, or while the grievance proceeding is in progress, an employee or UFF seeks resolution of the matter in any other forum, whether administrative or judicial, the employer shall have no obligation to entertain or proceed further with the matter pursuant to this grievance procedure and the grievance shall be decreed deemed withdrawn. Further, since the parties do not intend that this grievance procedure be a device for appellate review, the President's response to a recommendation of a hearing officer or other individual or group having appropriate jurisdiction in any other procedure shall not be an act or omission giving rise to a grievance under this procedure.