Grievances under City Authority. If the contract grievance is not settled in Step 3, the Union may submit any grievance under City authority to arbitration within twenty (20) business days after the Employer's answer in Step 3. All grievances under Court authority are covered under Section 20.6.5 below. Mediation can be requested at Step 4 in the same manner as outlined in Step 2. The grievance must be submitted to binding arbitration within the time frame specified in Step 4 and processed within the time frame specified in Step 4 after receipt of notification from the ADR Coordinator that the grievance was not resolved in mediation. The notice of arbitration will be filed with the City Director of Labor Relations with copies to the Court Administrator, Presiding Judge and Court Human Resources Manager, and will include the following information: - Identification of Section(s) of Agreement allegedly violated. - Nature of the alleged violation. - Question(s) which the arbitrator is being asked to decide. - Remedy sought. Within ten (10) business days thereafter, the City Director of Labor Relations or their designee will schedule a meeting or confer with the Union to select an arbitrator. If the Employer and the Union are unable to agree upon an arbitrator within five (5) business days after they first meet to determine such an appointee, the Union will request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to provide a list of nine (9) arbitrators from which the parties may select one.
