Sunday, July 28, 2013

Work assignment grievance survives NLRB unit clarification

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Certco, Inc. initially operated a single warehouse on Verona Rd. in Madison, WI. The employees in that facility were represented by Teamster...
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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Arbitrator finds poor performance, not dishonesty; overturns discipline of correctional officers.

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   Arbitrator Michael Cavanaugh has issued an award sustaining, in large part, grievances filed by  correctional officers (CO) employed by t...
Sunday, July 14, 2013

Arbitrator overturns termination despite finding "unnecessary, unjustified, unreasonable" use of force because of due process considerations

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Arbitrator Peter Feuille has sustained in part a grievance filed on behalf of a Des Plaines, IL police officer dismissed for alleged excessi...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Decertification of Union doesn't impact pending dismissal arbitration

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   Nurses United for Improved Patient Care represented a bargaining unit at Lee's Summit Medical Center. The Medical Center dismissed an...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Police officer's denial of misconduct insufficient to establish untruthfulness

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A San Antonio police Lieutenant was "indefinitely suspended" by the Department after being charged with violation of several Depar...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

Plain meaning, conflicting contract terms and supervisors performing bargaining unit work

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Arbitrator Linda Klibanow has issued an award in a case involving the Los Angeles Times and GCC/IBT Local 140-N.  The dispute arose from a c...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Public policy, professors and firefighters

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Two recent cases reach differing results in addressing requests to set aside arbitration awards as contrary to public policy. In Slippery ...