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Step 1. An EMPLOYEE claiming a violation concerning the interpretation or <br />application of this AGREEMENT shall, within twenty-one (21) calendar days after <br />such alleged violation has occurred, present such GRIEVANCE to the <br />EMPLOYEE'S supervisor as designated by the EMPLOYER. The EMPLOYER - <br />designated representative will discuss and give an answer to such Step 1 <br />GRIEVANCE within ten (10) calendar days after receipt. A GRIEVANCE not <br />resolved by the operation of Step 1 of the grievance procedure may be appealed by <br />the Union by filing a notice to that effect with the EMPLOYER designated <br />representative. Such notice shall set forth the nature of the GRIEVANCE, the facts <br />on which it is based, the provision or provisions of the AGREEMENT allegedly <br />violated, and the remedy requested. Such notice shall be filed within ten (10) <br />calendar days after the EMPLOYER -designated representative's final answer in <br />................ <br />......................... . <br />Step 1. Any GRIEVANCE not appealed in writing to Step 2 by the UNION within <br />ten (10) calendar days shall be considered waived. <br />Step 2. If appealed, the EMPLOYER designated representative shall conduct a <br />........................ . <br />conference with the union and the EMPLOYEE in ` an attempt to resolve the <br />......:..:::..:::..:..:..:.: <br />grievance. At such conference the union shall present the grievance in writing <br />............... <br />......................... <br />...................... <br />signed by the affected EMPLOYE and the union. The EMPLOYER -designated <br />........:.....:.:.. <br />representative shall give the UNION the EMPLOYER'S Step `2 answer in writing <br />....:.....::..:.:.:....; ::.... <br />within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of such Step 2 GRIEVANCE. A <br />GRIEVANCE not resolved in. Step2 may be appealed to Step3 within ten(10) <br />y pp <br />calendar days following the EMPLOYER -designated representative's final Step 2 <br />answer. Any GRIEVANCE not appealed in writing to Step 3 by the UNION within <br />ten (10) calendar days s shall be considered waived, <br />Step 3 ` A GRIEVANCE unresolved in Step and appealed in Step 3 may be <br />submitted to the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services. A GRIEVANCE not <br />resolved in `Stepy 3; may be appealed to Step 4 within ten (10) calendar days <br />................. <br />following the ` EMPLOYER'S final answer in Step3. <br />g <br />................ <br />Step 4. A GRIEVANCE unresolved in Step 3 and appealed to Step 4 shall be <br />submitted to arbitration before a single arbitrator to be selected from a list to be <br />supplied by the Bureau` `of Mediation Services pursuant to its rules. Any <br />GRIEVANCE not appealed in writing to Step 4 by the UNION within ten (10) <br />calendar days shall be considered waived. <br />7.3 ARBITRATOR'S AUTHORITY <br />A. The arbitrator shall have no right to amend, modify, nullify, ignore, add to, or <br />subtract from the terms and conditions of AGREEMENT. The arbitrator shall <br />consider and decide only the specific issue(s) submitted in writing by the <br />EMPLOYER and the UNION, and shall have no authority to make a decision on <br />any other issue not so submitted. <br />B. The arbitrator shall be without power to make decisions contrary to, or inconsistent <br />with, or modify or vary in any way the application of laws, rules, or regulations <br />having the force and effect of law. The arbitrator's decision shall be submitted in <br />writing within thirty (30) days following the close of the hearing or the submission <br />