Handling Grievances

These articles contain an in-depth analysis of one of the many grievance issues that face TCU Local and District Chairpersons.  They are separated into two major categories that cover nearly all local representation issues:
1) interpretation and enforcement of work rules, and 2) discipline.

Rules Interpretation and Enforcement

• Grievance Handling — The Importance of the Three Part Formula

• Arbitration Under the RLA: The Question of Jurisdiction

• Proof & Evidence in Grievance Handling

• Falsification of Employment Applications

• Self Executing Rules

• Toothless Wonders – Some Arbitrators Set Disturbing Pattern by Sustaining Awards without Monetary Remedies

• Time Limits

• Arbitration in the Railroad Industry

• The Seven Tests of Just Cause

• Procedural Objections In Disciplinary Hearings

• Defending a Member Charged with Insubordination

• Off-Duty Misconduct

• Off-Duty Misconduct — Part II Alcohol & Drug Use

For information about the internal appeal rights of members on grievances, click here for the Clerical article and click here for the Carmen article.