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• Provide a detailed description of the incident giving rise to the grievance; • Cite specific Articles and Sections of the Agreement involved and their direct relationship to the incident; • Relief Requested; • Name and signature of the employee and the date signed by the employee; • Name and signature of the Steward and the date signed by the Steward; Step 1: An employee who has a grievance shall reduce it to writing and the grievance shall be presented to the immediate supervisor by his/her steward, in the presence of the employee, within seven (7) working days after the employee learned or should have learned of the event upon which the grievance is based. The grievance shall be presented within the last fifteen (15) minutes of the employees' respective shift. The supervisor shall meet with the employee or the employee and his/her steward within seven (7) working days. The supervisor shall give an answer in writing to the participants involved in the initial meeting within seven (7) working days following the date of the grievance discussion. The affected employee shall be required to attend the aforementioned meeting. Step 2: If the employee's grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step 1, the grievance shall be submitted to the Department Director within seven (7) working days after the Step I answer. The Director and/or his/her designee representative or representatives shall meet the Local Union President, the steward or his/her designee within seven (7) working days after the grievance has been filed with the Director, and the Employer's representative shall answer the grievance in writing within seven (7) working days following completion of the Step 2 discussions. The affected employee shall be required to attend the aforementioned meeting. This provision does not apply to employees in the Parks and Recreation Division. Those employees proceed from Step 1 to Step 3. Step 3: The Union may appeal the grievance to the Mayor or his/her designated representatives by giving his/her notice in writing within seven (7) working days following receipt of the Step 2 answer. The Mayor, and/or his/her designee, shall meet at a mutually agreed satisfactory time with the President, Steward or designee and the grievant to consider the grievance within seven (7) working days following receipt of the appeal. A representative of Ohio Council 8 may participate in any such meeting. The Mayor, and/or his/her designee will answer the grievance in writing within seven (7) working days following completion of the Step 3 discussions. The affected employee shall be required to attend the aforementioned meeting. All step 2 and 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 thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the Step 3 answer submit the matter to arbitration. The Union shall notify the Employer of its intent to appeal the grievance to arbitration in writing or E-mail, and within that time the Union must, at the same time, notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) of its intent to arbitrate the grievance. Upon notice of the Union's Intent to Arbitrate, FMCS shall submit a panel of fifteen (15) arbitrators to each party and the arbitrator shall be chosen in accordance with FMCS's applicable rules. If the Union does not send this intent to appeal to the Employer within thirty (30) days, then the grievance shall be