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conducted under the voluntary labor arbitrafion.rules of the Federai Mediation and Conciliation S8NIC85. Secfion 4. AIl awards of the arbitrator and ali pre-arbitration grievance settiements reached by the Unian and the City shall be final, binding, and conciusive on the City, the Union, and the empioyees. A grievance rnay be withdrawn without prejudice by the Union at any time during Steps 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the Grievance Procedure. A(I monies agreed ta be tiue on a pre-arbitratian settiement or following an arbitration award shall be paid to the empioyee on the payday far the pay period foliowing the date of the agreement as to the exact amount owed. Such sum shail be issued in a separate payro(l check. Section 5. No grisvance wiil be processed unless it is filed within the fime (imit estabiished for fiiling grievances. lf a grievance is not -appeaied by the Union to the nexE higher step within the time (imifis estabfished in the grievance procedure, the grievance will be deerned to he settled on the basis of the City's fast answer. If the City fails to answer a grievance within the time fimits, the grievance wi(I automaficaliy be appealed to the third sfep in the grievance procedure. Secfiian 6. The time fimits set forth in the griev.ance procedure.sha(f, uniess extended by mutuaf writtsn agreement of the City and the Union, be binding on both parties. Working Days as used in the grievance shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, or hofidays. Secfion 7 fn determining the time periods provided for under the grievance procedure the inifial day af the operative event shali be exciuded and the required number of days shalf then be computed successiveiy, er.cluding Saturdays, Sundays and hofidays. Section B. A po(icy grievance is defined to mean a grievance in which a controversy has been raised, the nature afi which, if not resoived will affect the enfire bargaining unit or members within the bargaining unit who haue a commonaiity of inferest in the oufcome of the grievance. Such policy grievance shall be filsd wifhin the time consfraints estabfished in Section 2, Step 1, of this Article, and shall be heard on a Step 3 level of the grievance procedure. 8