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 forty-five (45) teaching days of the event given rise to the alleged violation or difference, or within forty-five (45) teaching days from the date on which the grievor became aware of the event given rise to the alleged violation or difference, notify the other party in writing, stating the alleged violation or difference and the solutions sought.
Any difference between the parties to, or persons bound by this Agreement or on whose behalf it was entered into, concerning its content, meaning, application or violation which is not settled to the satisfaction of the parties within ten (10) teaching days from the date when the Association takes up the matter with the Division or the Division notifies the Association in writing of a desire to have the difference negotiated shall, upon written request of either party, be submitted to an arbitration board, consisting of three members.
Each of the parties to the dispute shall, within seven (7) days of the date of the request for the arbitration appoint an arbitrator and shall notify the other party of the appointment. These two arbitrators within a further period of seven (7) days after their appointment shall meet and select a chairman mutually satisfactory to both. Should the two arbitrators fail to agree upon a chairman within the required seven (7) days, either party may request the Manitoba Labour Board to make the appointment.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the parties from agreeing to a single arbitrator, and should the parties so agree, the provisions of this article shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the single arbitrator.