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ARTICLE XVI - EMPLOYEE RIGHTS-GRIEVANCEPROCEDURE Step 2. The written grievance shall be presented to the employee's department head or other EMPLOYER-designated representative. The .16.1 This grievance procedure is established for the purpose EMPLOYER'S Step 2 answer shall be made and of resolving disputes involving the interpretation or placed in writing within ten (10) calendar application of this AGREEMENT. days after receipt of such Step 2 grievance. If a grievance is not resolved in Step 2, such 16.2 The EMPLOYER will recognize stewards selected by. the grievance shall be referred to Step 3 within ONION as the grievance representatives of the ten (10) calendar days after receipt of such bargaining unit. The UNION shall notify the EMPLOYER Step 2 answer. Any grievance not referred in in writing of the stewards and of their successors wfien writing by the employee within ten (10) so named. calendar days shall be considered waived. 16.3 Employees presenting grievances may choose to be Step 3. The written grievance shall be presented to represented by the UNION. the EMPLOYER-designated representative. The 16.4 All documents, communications and records dealing with EMPLOYER-designated representative shall give the EMPLOYER'S answer within ten (10) calendar a grievance shall be filed separately from the days after receipt of such Step 3 grievance. personnel file of the involved employee(s). If a grievance is not resolved in Step 3, such 16.5 The time limits established in this Article may be grievance shall be referred to Step 4 within ten (10) calendar days following the extended by mutual consent of the EMPLOYER and the EMPLOYER-designated representative's final UNION and shall be in writing. Step 3 answer. Any grievance not referred in writing by the employee within ten (10) 16.6 Definition of a Grievance calendar days shall be considered waived. A grievance is defined as a dispute over the interpretation or application of this AGREEMENT. 16.8 Choice of Remedy If, as a result of the written EMPLOYER response in 16.7 Procedure Step 3 the grievance remains unresolved, and if the Grievances shall be resolved in the following manner: grievance involves the suspension, demotion, or discharge of an employee who has completed the required Step 1. An employee claiming a violation concerning probationary period, the grievance may be appealed a the interpretation or application of this either to Step 4 or a procedure such as Veteran's AGREEMENT shall, within twenty-one (21) Preference or Fair Employment, etc. If appealed to any calendar days after such alleged violation, procedure other than Step 4, the grievance is not present such grievance to the employee's subject to the arbitration procedure as provided.in immediate supervisor designated by the Step 4. The aggrieved employee shall indicate in EMPLOYER. writing which procedure is to be utilized (Step 4, or another procedure), and shall sign a statement to the The EMPLOYER-designated representative will effect that the choice of any other hearing precludes give a final answer to such Step 1 grievance the aggrieved employee from making a subsequent appeal w ithin- ten (10) days and said answer shall be through Step 4. in writing. If unresolved, the grievance shall be referred to Step 2 within ten (10) Step 4. Unresolved grievances are subject to the calendar days after the EMPLOYER-designated arbitration provisions of Minnesota Statutes representative's final answer in Step 1. Any Section 179.70. The arbitrator shall not have grievance not referred to Step 2 in writing the right to amend, modify, nullify, ignore, within ten (10) calendar days by the employee add to, or subtract from the provisions of shall be considerd waived. this AGREEMENT. The arbitrator shall consider -8- -7-