Every effort shall be made by the employee and his immediate superior to arrive at a settlement of the matter involved prior to the use of the formal grievance procedure. 2.

ARTICLE 17 UNION REPRESENTATIVES 17.1 A written list of Union Stewards and other representatives shall be furnished to the employer immediately after their designation and the Union shall notify the employer of any changes. 17.2 The above shall be granted reasonable time off during working hours for the investigation and settlement of grievances with the concurrence of the Highway Department Management.

ARTICLE1 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 1, The purpose of this Article is to provide an orderly method for the settlement of grievances, which are disputes between the parties over a claimed violation of a Grievances must be processed in specific provision of this Agreement. accordance with the following steps, time limits, and conditions set forth in this atticle.

Ifno satisfactory settlement of the grievance is made, it may: Step 4. Be appealed to arbitration by written notice of such intention to appeal within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written answer under Step 3. This appeal to arbitration shall be in accordance with the procedure and conditions set forth in Article VI, Arbitration. Section 5.3 A grievance not initiated within the time specified shall be deemed waived.

ARTICLE X Grievance and Arbitration Procedure 10.0 Any difference as to the interpretation of this Agreement in its application to a particular Situation or as to whether it has been observed and performed and the disposit ion of which is not provided for in any law may be a grievance under this Agreeme nt. 10.1 Any employee may use this grievance procedure with or without Union assistanc e but no grievance settlement made as a result of an individual

ARTICLE X Grievance and Arbitration Procedure 10.0 Any difference as to the interpretation of this Agreement in its application to a particular situation or as to whether it has been observed and performed and the disposition of which is not provided for in any law may be a grievance under this Agreement. 10.1 Any employee may use this grievance procedure with or without Union assistance, but no grievance settlement made as a result of an individual

RECOGNITION The Town recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative for the purposes of negotiating wages, hours, and all other terms and conditions of employment in a unit consisting of all permanent Sergeants of the Mashpee Police Department specifically excluding Patrol Officers, Detectives, the Captain, the Chief, Lieutenants, Captains, Special Officers, Reserve Officers and all other employees of the Town of Mashpee in accordance with the settlement

In consideration of the terms of the settlement of a successor collective bargaining agreement for 2013-2014, including the reduction of the Towns contribution to the HMO premium cost for employees hired on or after July 1, 2013 to 70%, the Town agrees that it will not further reduce the Towns percentage contribution toward the premium cost of the HMO plans for the three year period ending June 30, 2016. ARTICLE 19 UNIFORMS AND PROTECTIVE 1.

If a satisfactory settlement or adjustment cannot be reached within those ten (10) working days, the Department Head will submit to the Union a written decision regarding the grievance. 2. STEP 2.

Gustafson MOA on first salary increase for new employees 310} April 1, 2014 An employee who was hired in 2012 inquired about his retroactive pay after settlement of the contract this spring. He was hired 12/27/12 on Step 2 and moved to Step 3 on 5/7/13 following completi on of his probationary period.