Category Archives: Grievance/Arbitration
BEHOLD! THE MEGA GRIEVANCE OPTION Twenty years ago if Sherman, our hypothetical disappointed non-selected employee, walked into the union office complaining that he thought the promotion interview questions were chosen to make one particular applicant look better than all the … Continue reading
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS WRITTEN GRIEVANCE? Look over the facts listed below to see if you can spot the potential problem in how this grievance was written. Sarah Smith, our fictional employee, did not make the Best Qualified List for … Continue reading
A “UNILATERAL CHANGE” GRIEVANCE TIP Assume that your contract has a clause that mirrors the statutory obligation to bargain, i.e., it obligates management to notify and bargain over any midterm changes in working conditions before implementing them. Further assume that … Continue reading
THE SETTLEMENT MOTIVATION One reason managers fail to settle grievances early is that they are unaware of the risks. Although it would help everyone if agency leaders made them aware of the risk, unions carry some of the blame for … Continue reading
NAMING GRIEVANTS: A SOURCE OF UNION POWER Two members come to you, the union steward, complaining that the manager is no longer following the agreement’s provision about how to distribute overtime and they want to grieve. After they leave, you … Continue reading
TEST YOURSELF: Is There a Violation Here? Read over the facts below and identify what, if anything, the union can do to help. The answer is provided below the facts. FACTS: Assume that an employee’s administrative workweek starts in the … Continue reading
TEST YOURSELF- The Missing Grievance Allegation? Let’s suppose that an irate member contacted her union rep on a Friday complaining that a month ago her manager had approved her taking one week of annual leave next week, but suddenly the leave that … Continue reading
Posted in Grievance/Arbitration, Test Yourself, ULPs
Tagged Institutional Grievance, ULP Allegations
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WHY 17,000 EEOC CHARGES MATTER TO UNION LEADERS One of organized labor’s biggest mistakes was to turn over to the government and private attorneys enforcement of the over 30 labor laws unions worked so hard to push through Congress. As … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Grievance/Arbitration, Union Administration
Tagged Attorneys, EEOC
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