SENIORITY GRIEVANCES. Grievances pertaining to the application of seniority shall be filed in writing with the Employer within forty-eight (48) hours of the posting of the schedule. Grievances not filed within this time limit shall be deemed null and void for the week that was scheduled or any prior week. Said time limitation shall not apply to grievances relating to the filling of permanent full-time vacancies, except as to claims on behalf of the employees employed in the store in which the vacancy occurs. In such cases where the said time limitation does not apply, when the Employer fills a permanent full-time vacancy, written notice to the Local Union shall be mailed within seven (7) days from that date advising of the name of the individual selected to fill such vacancy. The Local Union may file a protest or claim within seven (7) days of the receipt of such notice, provided that any such protests or claims filed after the expiration of such seven (7) day period shall be deemed null and void. Such claims shall not have retroactive application before the date that such claim is filed by the Local Union unless the Employer fails to give the seven (7) day notice described above and, in the event of such failure, retroactivity of any claim may begin as of the date of the challenged assignment to the permanent full-time vacancy. In the event that the notice of the filling of such permanent full-time vacancy is sent to the Local Union after the expiration of the seven (7) day period, the Local Union shall still have seven (7) days after the receipt of such tardy notice to file its protest or claim. As above, protests or claims not filed by the Local Union within such seven (7) day period shall be deemed null and void.
SENIORITY GRIEVANCES. Any grievances arising out of seniority shall be subject to negotiations between the Union and the Company.
