A written grievance made on behalf of the union worker against the employer
The grievance seeks to know the specific reasons for the employer taking certain actions against the worker and whether the employer had “good cause” for taking such action. If the worker was suspended or terminated, the grievance would ask for a specific remedy – such as giving the worker back the job (with back pay) or removing a warning letter from the worker’s employment file.
The employee must file a timely grievance. The timing required depends on the express terms of the union contract. Nearly all union-employer contracts expressly state the deadlines for filing an employee grievance, which is often very short – sometimes in just a few days. The worker must file the grievance within those deadlines or lose the right to file a grievance.
