CASE PROCESSING PROCEDURES; LIMITATION PERIOD FOR FILING CHARGE – Computation of Six-Month Period

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The six-month limitations period in cases alleging a breach of the duty of fair representation begins to run on the date when the charging party, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, knew or should have known that further assistance from the union was unlikely; charging party knew or should have known that further assistance was unlikely when union chose not to assist in the filing of the grievance.