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ARTICLE 16 <br />GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE <br />16.1 The term "grievance" shall mean an allegation by a bargaining unit employee that <br />there has been a breach, misinterpretation, or improper application of this agreement. <br />16.2 A grievance may be filed by any member of the bargaining unit. Where a group of <br />bargaining unit members desire to file a grievance involving a situation affecting more than one <br />member of the bargaining unit in a similar manner, one member selected by such a group shall <br />process the grievance. Such grievance shall be defined as a group grievance. The names of each <br />mernber, an behalf of which the grievance is filed, shall be made available at the first hearing. <br />Group grievances shall be presented in the first instance to the supervisor common to all <br />employees in the group. The grievance procedure outlined in Section 16.5 sha.ll be used <br />throughout. <br />16.3 All grievances must be processed and answered at the proper step in the <br />grievance. progression to t1e considered at the neXt step. Any grievance that is not timely <br />appealed to the next step of the procedure, will be deemed to have been settled on the basis of the <br />Empioyer's answer at the last completed step. <br />Time lirnits set forth herein may only be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. <br />The aggrieved may withdraw a grievance at any point by submitting, in writing, a statement to <br />that affect, or by permitting the time requirements at any step to lapse without further appeal. <br />Any grievance not answered by the Employer or his designee within the stipulated time limits <br />sha.Ii be considerea to have been appealed to the next step in the grievance procedure. <br />16.4 Written grievances must be filed on the form provided by the F.O.P. and shall <br />contain, but not be limited to, the following information. <br />24