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employee shall be required to attend the aforementioned meeting. All Step 2 or 3 meetings under the grievance procedure shall be. scheduled during the last forty-:five (45) minutes of the work day unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties. Step 4: If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step 3, the Union may, within (30) calendar clays after receipt of the Step 3 answer submit the platter to arbitration. The Union shall notify the Employer of its intent to appeal the grievance to arbitration in writing. Promptly thereafter, representatives of the Employer and the Union shall meet for the purpose of attempting to select an arbitrator by agreement. If they cannot so agree, the Union and the Employer shall select an arbitrator from the panel of arbitrators herein contained. If the Union does not send this intent to appeal to the Employer within thirty (3 0) calendar days, then the grievance shall be considered withdrawn. The fees and expenses of the Arbitrator, the meeting room and stenographic service shall be borne by the losing party. The affected employee shall be required to attend the aforementioned meeting. The fees will be split if there is a split award. 7.03 In the event a grievance goes to arbitration, the Arbitrator shall have jurisdiction only over disputes arising out of grievances and the Arbitrator shall have no authority to add to, subtract from, or modify in any way the provisions of this Agreement. The arbitration will be conducted under the voluntary labor arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. 7.04 All awards of the arbitrator and all pre-arbitration grievance settlements reached by the Union and the Employer shall be final, binding, and conclusive on the Employer, the Union, and the employees. A grievance may be withdrawn without prejudice by the Union at any time during Steps 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the Grievance Procedure. All monies agreed to be due on a pre- arbitration settlement or following an arbitration award shall be paid to the employee on the payday for the pay period following the date of the agreement as to the exact amount owed. Such sum shall be issued in a separate payroll check. 7.05 No grievance will be processed unless it is filed within the time limit established for filing grievances. If a grievance is not appealed by the Union to the next higher step within the time limits established in the grievance procedure, the grievance will be deemed to be settled on the basis of the Employer's last answer. If the Employer fails to answer a grievance within the time limits, the grievance will automatically be appealed to the next step in the grievance procedure. 7.06 The time limits set forth in the grievance procedure shall, unless extended by mutual written agreement of the Employer and the Union, be binding on both parties. "Working Days" as used in the grievance shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays. 7.07 In determining the time periods provided for under the grievance procedure the initial day of the operative event shall be excluded and the required number of days shall then be computed successively, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. 7.08 A policy grievance is defined to mean a grievance in which a controversy has been raised, the nature of which, if not resolved will affect the entire bargaining unit or members