Common use of Direct Difference Clause in Contracts

Direct Difference. The Union or the Employer may initiate a grievance beginning at Step Two of the Grievance Procedure. Such grievance shall be filed within ten (10) working days of the incident giving rise to the complaint and be in a form prescribed in Step One. Any such grievance may be referred to Arbitration, under Article 10, by either the Union in the case of a Union grievance or an employee in the case of an employee grievance. The Union may not institute a grievance directly affecting an employee or employees which such employee or employees could themselves institute and the regular Grievance Procedure shall not thereby be bypassed.