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NYC AGENCY RENOVATION & REHAB CITY OWNED BUILDINGS/STRUCTURESPLA A Step 2 grievance shall be filed with the Agency, the BCTC, the

Contractor, and, if the grievance is against a subcontractor, the subcontractor. The

Business Manager or designee of the involved Local Union, together with representatives

of the involved Contractor, Council, the Construction Manager (or designee), and, if the

grievance is against a subcontractor, the subcontractor, shall meet in Step 2 within 7

calendar days of service of the written grievance to arrive at a satisfactory settlement. The

BCTC shall schedule the Step 2 meeting.

Step 3:

(a) If the grievance shall have been submittedbut not resolved in Step 2, any

of the participating Step 2 entities may, within 21 calendar days after the initial Step 2

meeting, submit the grievance in writing (copies to other participants, including the

ConstructionManager or designee) to the BCTC. In the event the matter is not resolved at

Step 2, either J.J. Pierson or Richard Adelman, who shall act, alternately (beginning with

Arbitrator J.J. Pierson), as the Arbitrator under this procedure, shall be designated at the

Step 2 hearing and the BCTC will notify the arbitrator of his designation. After such

notification by the BCTC, the local demanding arbitration shall within a reasonable time

request the arbitrator to schedule the matter for an arbitration hearing date. The Labor

Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association shall govern the conduct of the

arbitration hearing, at which all Step 2 participants shall be parties. The decision of the

Arbitrator shall be final and binding on the involved Contractor, Local Union and

employees and the fees and expenses of such arbitrations shall be borne equally by the

involved Contractor and Local Union.

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