THE SELDOM PRAISED GRIEVANCE PROCESS

You have all heard over and over the benfits of a legally binding Collective Bargaining Agreement like our COFPS Gray Book and ESSC Black Book. These two agreements are full of benefits that you utilize on a daily basis, sometimes without you even knowing it. But how many of you have actually looked up or thought about the seldom praised grievance process - a union's greatest benefit.

Consider this: Jane Doe is coming back to work after being out on a medical. She hears from some of her work friends that there is going to be a station bid on job assignments. She shows up to said bid with her return-to-work paperwork signed by her doctor. She is told she cannot bid because she won't be back to work until after the new bid starts. Jane goes down to the shop committee office and files a grievance. At step-one she wins her grievance, leaving two choices for the company - a re bid or mirror Jane Doe into a line she can hold with her seniority. This is what the grievance process is for.

You have all heard of or experienced problems like this were the IAM member has "right" on their side and the comany is dead wrong. Without a grievance process there is no step-one, step-two or arbitration; there is no dispute settlement or resolution, and there is definitely no justice! Keep Your Say, Keep Your Union!

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