Common use of Employer or Union Grievance Clause in Contracts

Employer or Union Grievance. The Union or the Employer may initiate a grievance relating to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of this Agreement beginning at Step 2 of the Grievance Procedure. Such grievance shall be filed within ten (10) days of the circumstances giving rise to the grievance, or the date upon which the grieving party ought reasonably to have become aware of the circumstances giving rise to the grievance. Such grievance shall be in the form prescribed in Step 1. Any such grievance may be referred to Arbitration under Article 12 by either the Union in the case of a Union grievance or the Employer in the case of an Employer grievance.