A. Where a violation of this Agreement is alleged by a Party to or persons bound by the Agreement or on whose behalf it was entered into, or difference between the Parties arises relating to the content, meaning, application or violation of this Agreement, either Party shall, within thirty-five (35) teaching days of the event giving rise to the alleged violation or difference, or within thirty-five (35) teaching days from the date on which the grievor became aware of the event giving rise to the alleged violation or difference, notify the other Party in writing, stating the alleged violation or difference and the solution(s) sought.
B. Any difference which is not settled to the satisfaction of the Parties within ten (10) teaching days from the date when either Party notifies the other Party in writing of its desire to have the difference negotiated shall, upon further written request of either Party, be submitted to an arbitration board consisting of three (3) members. Each of the Parties to the dispute shall, within seven (7) days of the date of the written request for the arbitration, appoint an arbitrator and shall notify the other Party of the appointment.
C. Those two (2) arbitrators within a further period of seven (7) days after their appointment, shall meet and select a chairperson mutually satisfactory to both. Should the arbitrators fail to agree upon a chairperson within the required seven (7) days, either Party may request the Manitoba Labour Board to make the appointment of a chairperson. The costs of the arbitration shall be shared equally by both Parties to this Agreement.
D. Any dispute arising from the thirty-five (35) days notification period shall be the first item to be resolved by the arbitration board.
E. Except as herein provided, the Labour Relations Act shall apply.
F. Nothing herein shall prohibit the parties from agreeing on a single arbitrator. If the parties so agree, the provisions of this article relating to an Arbitration Board shall apply mutatis mutandis, to the single arbitrator.