Step One (Informal - Immediate Supervisor). Any employee who believes the provisions of this Agreement have been violated may discuss the matter with their immediate supervisor as designated by the Employer in an effort to avoid a grievance and/or resolve any dispute. While employees are encouraged to utilize the provisions of this subdivision, nothing herein shall be construed as a limitation upon an employee or the employee's Union representative respecting the filing of grievances at Subd. 2 (Step 2) of the grievance procedure.
Step One (Informal - Immediate Supervisor). 30 The employee shall have a verbal meeting to discuss the grievance with his/her immediate 32 representative at such discussion. All grievances not brought to the immediate supervisor 33 within thirty (30) workdays of the occurrence of the grievance shall be invalid and subject to no 34 further processing. Management shall identify the immediate supervisor for all classifications 35 within the bargaining unit. Once the informal meeting has been requested the Immediate 36 Supervisor has ten (10) workdays to meet with the employee and remedy the grievance. 37 The Immediate Supervisor shall respond within ten (10) workdays of the verbal meeting. If an 38 agreeable disposition is made, all parties to the grievance shall sign it.
