Policy or Group Grievance Where a dispute involving a question of general application or interpretation occurs, or the Union has a grievance, Steps 1 and 2 may be by-passed.
Policy Grievance Where either Party disputes the general application, interpretation or alleged violation of an article of this Agreement, the dispute shall be discussed initially with the Employer or the Union, as the case may be, within thirty (30) days of the occurrence. Where no satisfactory agreement is reached, either Party may submit the dispute to arbitration, as set out in Article 10.
NO STRIKE OR LOCKOUTS 3.01 The Employer agrees that, during the term of this Agreement or any extension thereof, it will not cause or direct any lockouts of its employees and the Union agrees that during the lifetime of this Agreement or any extension thereof, there will be no strike, picketing, slowdown or stoppage of work, either complete or partial.
Group Grievance Where a number of employees have identical grievances and each employee would be entitled to grieve separately they may present a group grievance in writing signed by each employee who is grieving to the Administrator or her designate within ten (10) days after the circumstances giving rise to the grievance have occurred or ought reasonably to have come to the attention of the employee(s). The grievance shall then be treated as being initiated at Step No. 1 and the applicable provisions of this Article shall then apply with respect to the processing of such grievance.
Lockouts No lockout of employees shall be instituted by the Employer during the term of this Agreement.
Policy Grievances Where either party to this agreement disputes the general application, interpretation or alleged violation of an article of this agreement, the dispute shall be discussed initially with the general manager, his/her designate or the Union within thirty (30) calendar days of the occurrence. Where no satisfactory agreement is reached, either party, within a further fourteen (14) calendar days, may submit the dispute to arbitration, as set out in Article 19 of this agreement.