Your Role in Arbitration
At all stages of the grievance/arbitration
process, your role is to assist your union
representatives in pursuing and processing the
case. It’s not enough simply to file a
grievance and then figure that the union will do
the necessary work to win it. As a very
practical matter, you are likely to be familiar
with facts that your union representatives are
not, so you need to stay involved at all stages so
that you can provide important input. You
also owe it to yourself and to the union to be
involved every step of the way, so that you can
have a realistic outlook if the question of
settlement comes up at any stage of the processing
of the case.
Adapted from The
Union Members Complete Guide,
by Michael Mauer
