Grievance Inquiry

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If you think that you may have a grievance, please read the information on this page carefully.

To file your grievance submit your grievance using the online form at the bottom of this page.

It is imperative that you include as much information as possible in the effort to help support your issue, so we ask that you refer to the information sheet provided below when drafting your inquiry.

We will do our best to contact you as soon as possible, but to ensure that your information has been received it is important that you follow up and contact the General Chairman.

Be advised that this form is experimental. It has been developed in an effort to help officials get as much information as possible from the claimant(s) so that they may pursue matters more efficiently, and shall not be considered an actual claim until officially designated as such. Established protocols must be adhered to if an actual grievance is to be pursued.

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A Claim or Grievance Overview

1. Cause

  • What?
  • When?
  • Where?
  • Why?
  • Who?

2. Effect

  • Loss of work?
  • Deprived of seniority?
  • Deprived of overtime?
  • Denied promotion or transfer?
  • Denied expense reimbursement?
  • Improper compensation?
  • Improper discipline?

3. Remedy

  • On whose behalf?
  • What?
  • Seniority?
  • Compensation?
  • Promotion?
  • Transfer?
  • Reduction or removal of discipline?

4. Claimant(s)

  • On whose behalf?
  • What?
  • Name and identity
  • Position
  • Promotion?
  • Transfer?
  • Reduction or removal of discipline?



    Explain why it happened. Is this a "fact" or "opinion", or a mixture of both"? Separate the two. If you cannot get enough facts to prove your opinion as to why it happened, then what are the facts that have led you to your opinion?