Step No. 1 – Any regular employee who has a grievance shall present the grievance verbally to his Supervisor and will be accompanied by a Xxxxxxx. The Supervisor shall state his decision verbally within three (3) working days of such meeting. If this verbal decision does not satisfactorily adjust the grievance, it may be appealed to Step 2 following. Step No. 2 – Notice of appeal must be made within seven (7) working days of the verbal decision, in writing, in triplicate, on forms supplied by the Union, and signed by the aggrieved employee and two members of the Grievance Committee. It shall be appropriately dated showing the date of the grievance, particulars of the incident giving rise to the grievance, the Article and Section of the Collective Agreement alleged to have been violated, the date of the submission, as well as the corrective action requested of the Company, and shall be presented to local management designated to handle Step 2. Within five (5) working days of receipt of the appeal or within any agreed upon extension, local management designated to handle Step 2 will meet with up to two (2) members of the Grievance Committee in an attempt to resolve the grievance. A written decision shall be given by local management designated to handle Step 2 within five (5) working days of the date of such meeting. If this written decision does not satisfactorily adjust the grievance, it may be appealed to Step 3 following. Step No. 3 – Notice of appeal must be given in writing by dating and signing the grievance forms within ten (10) working days from the written decision of local management, or their designate, through the Manager, Labour and Employment Relations, setting forth the areas or points of disagreement with the Step 2 written decision. The Manager, Labour and Employment Relations, will arrange a Management Committee to meet with up to two (2) members of the Grievance Committee and the Local President, or Bargaining Unit Chairperson, or his/her designated alternate, within seven (7) working days or a time mutually agreed upon. The two committees jointly will discuss the grievance and may request the attendance of any person or persons interested or involved. The Management Committee will render its decision in writing within seven (7) working days from the date of such meeting to the Local or Bargaining Unit. If the Committee’s decision does not bring about a satisfactory settlement, the grievance may be referred by either party to arbitration as provid...
Step No. The Union Grievance Committee shall meet within five (5) working days with management to consider the grievance. At this stage, they may be accompanied by a representative of the International Organization. A technical error in the written submission will not cause annulment of the grievance. If final settlement of the grievance is not completed within seven (7) working days after the meeting in Step No. and if the grievance is one which concerns the interpretation or alleged violation of the Agreement, the grievance may be referred by either party to an arbitrator at any time within twenty-one (21) days thereafter but not later. The arbitrator shall be chosen from the list below on a rotating basis provided the arbitrator selected is able to accept the referral in rotation: Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx The decisions of the Arbitrator constituted in the above manner shall be binding on both parties. The Arbitrator shall not have any power to alter or change any of the provisions of this Agreement, or to substitute any new provisions for any existing provisions, nor to give any decision inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Each of the parties to this Agreement will jointly bear the expenses of the Arbitrator. No person shall be selected as arbitrator who has been involved in attempts to negotiate or settle the grievance. Any differences which arise directly between the Union and the Company concerning the interpretation, application or non application, or violation of this Agreement, instead of following the procedure hereinbefore set out, may be submitted in writing by either of the parties to the other with opportunity to be provided within seven days for oral discussion between the officers of the Union and the management representatives designated for that purpose by the Company. Failing settlement within seven days of such first oral discussion, either the Company or the Union may give notice in writing requiring a meeting within seven working days between such management representatives or such other senior officials of the Company as the Company may designate for this purpose and a representative of the International Union of the United Steelworkers of America accompanied if he so desires by a Grievance Committee to discuss the matter. The decision of the party to whom the matter was first submitted shall be given within seven days after such meeting. In the event that any difference concerning the interpretation, applica...
Step No fifteen (15) days thereafter, the other party shall also nominate an Arbitrator, and the two nominees shall attempt to agree upon a third member, The third member shall act as Chairman of the Board. If agreement cannot be reached in respect to the appointment of the Chairman of the Board of Arbitration, the matter shall be referred to the appropriate Government Agency. No person involved directly in the controversy under consideration shall be a member of the Board of Arbitration. If the other party fails to nominate an Arbitrator, the party may ask the appropriate Government Agency to make the appointment If the party filing a grievance does not process it from one Step to the next within the time limits set out above, then the grievance will be considered to have been dropped by the party instituting the grievance. If the responding party does not respond within the time limits of the Grievance Procedure, then the grieving party may process the grievance to the next step. No matter may be submitted to Arbitration which has not been properly carried through all previous steps of the grievance Procedure, except in the case of where the Grievance Procedure will commence at Step No. and such grievance will be submitted directly to the Human Resources Department. The Union Business Representative and the Company Regional manager may by mutual agreement have a Step Meeting to discuss the termination during the ten (10) day period. Any agreement reached between the Company and the Union to resolve a grievance shall be binding on both parties and upon any employee involved. The Board of Arbitration shall receive and consider such material evidence and contentions as the parties may offer. Also, the Arbitration Board may request from the parties such other evidence as is relevant to its determination of the issues involved. In reaching its decisions, the Arbitration Board shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement, and shall have no authority to alter, amend, or change the provisions of this Agreement. The findings and decisions of the Board of Arbitration on all arbitrable questions shall be binding and enforceable on the parties and the employees. The expense of the Chairman of the Board shall be borne equally by the parties to the Arbitration. It is the intention of the parties that the provisions of the Article shall provide a peaceful method of adjusting grievances so that there shall be no suspension or interruption of normal operations as a resu...
Step No. 1. An aggrieved member shall first present the grievance in writing to a Junior Officer within the member’s platoon, unit, or division within five (5) days of the alleged occurrence, stating the article or articles alleged to be violated. The Junior Officer receiving the grievance shall give a decision in writing to the griever, a Senior Officer within the griever’s unit, division, or branch, and the Chief of Police within five (5) days of receiving the grievance.
Step No. 4. If a decision of the Chief of Police under articles 25.5(b), 25.5(c), or 25.6(c) or of the Deputy Chief under articles 25.5(b) or 25.6(c) is not satisfactory to the Grievance Committee, it shall submit the grievance in writing to the Secretary of the Board within fourteen
Step No. 1 The employee concerned and the Xxxxxxx will discuss the complaint or grievance with the Store Manager, or his appointee. The Store Manager, or his appointee, may have such assistance as he may desire during the discussion. Failing settlement, the Store Manager, or his appointee, shall give an oral decision within three (3) working days following presentation of the complaint or grievance to him; failing settlement
Step No. 1 If a complaint or grievance is referred by an employee or his xxxxxxx it must be submitted in writing to the supervisor within five (5) working days from the time such grievance arose or became apparent. The supervisor and the xxxxxxx shall endeavour to arrange a satisfactory settlement within five (5) working days. If such settlement cannot be arranged, the next step of the grievance procedure may be invoked.
Step No. 1 The employee must submit the signed grievance in writing to their supervisor and may be accompanied, if they so desire, by their Union Xxxxxxx. The grievance shall identify the nature of the grievance, the remedy sought, and should specify the provisions of the Agreement, which are alleged to have been violated. The supervisor will deliver their decision in writing within one (1) week following the day on which the grievance was presented to them. Failing settlement, then:
Step No. 3 Within ten (10) working days from receipt of the reply at Step No. 2, the grievance may be submitted to the Director of Industrial Relations or their designate, who may schedule a meeting with the Union, which the grievor may be requested to attend, prior to answering the grievance although the grievance will be answered in writing within fifteen (15) working days of the receipt of the grievance. Policy Grievances, as referred to in Article 19.04, shall be commenced at this Step.
Step No. 2 At this step the grievance shall be reduced to writing and presented to the Plant Management within the aforesaid three (3) days of receipt of the Plant Manager's reply, but not thereafter. The written grievance shall identify: the facts giving rise to the grievance; the section or sections of the agreement claimed violated; the relief requested and shall be signed by the employee and counter-signed by his union representative. A meeting will be held between the plant grievance committee and the Management within three (3) days of the presentation of the written grievance. The grievor may be required to be present at the request of either party. A staff representative of the Union may be present, if requested by either party. The Plant Management shall give its written reply to the chairman of the plant grievance committee within three (3) days of such meeting. STEP NO. 3 In the event the grievance is not settled at Step 2, the party having carriage of the grievance shall request arbitration of the grievance by giving notice in writing to the other party within ten (10) days from delivery of the decision at Step 2, but not thereafter. If a request for arbitration is not so given within such ten (10) day period, the decision at Step 2 shall be final and binding upon both parties to this agreement, and upon any employee involved. The notice to arbitrate shall contain the name and address of the moving party's suggestions for arbitration, and shall also specify all of the outstanding issues of the written grievance to be dealt with by the arbitrator and the remedy sought. The party giving such notice shall be bound by the same and shall be restricted at arbitration to the issues presented by the notice. The recipient of the notice shall within five (5) days advise the other party, in writing, if it accepts any of the suggested arbitrators, or it shall suggest alternate arbitrators. If the parties are unable to agree on an arbitrator, then either party may apply to the Minister of Labour for an appointee.
