2022-08-23-Flowchart-Grievance-R2

Grievance Process
Article 16

You discover that a CTA manager, The CTA has 15 days

work rule, procedure or bulletin You are told that you violated
a CTA Rule, Bulletin or SOP
to inform you and the Union
violates the Contract with a "notice" or "writeup"
with date for an "interview"
\ or "discipline."
\
You allegedly broke a rule on December 2.
If the manager gives you a writeup
about it on December 18,
it is not valid. Weingarten Law:
They waited more than 15 days. Do not write or say anythin
After the INTERVIEW without consulting a truste
grieve it based on untimeliness union officer, steward or coworker.
(See STEP ONE).
The CTA has
10 days to investigate
and assign punishment

INTERVIEW
The General Manager has 30 days for Punishment/Discipline
to investigate the grievance GRIEVANCE
STEP ONE Has concluded.
and respond to the union to uphold "Point(s)" will be assigned
the grievance or disagree with it. You have 30 days to submit
the grievance to the union office. to your M100 "record."
Do it in person and receive a copy Sign nothing.
with a date-stamp and "grievance number"

You receive mail explaining

that you won the grievance GRIEVANCE
STEP TWO
You receive mail explaining that
The union has 30 days to
the General Manager denies forward the rejected grievance to the
the merit of the grievance.
CTA (Vice President
The CTA and the union or Employee Relations)
settle the grievance.

The CTA has 30 days to

hold a meeting with the union

If the grievance is not

Ths iion
eefal the
settled during that meetin
between the CTA and the union,
the CTA has 30 days to submit
The grievance was rejected
for arbitration. The membership present
union offi aac ide to send a written response to the union. at the membership meeting can debate,
your grievance to the Arbitrator discuss and vote to override the union
or not. reps (Executive Board) and force
the grievance to go to the Arbitrator.

to be sent to fe
Grievance
kntireior
The membership will be
notified at the membership www.ChicagoTransitWorker.com
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