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Are we contractually entitled to a copy of our injury report?
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<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 750103" data-attributes="member: 18044"><p>Here's the actual definition of a "grievance" from my New England Supplement. Other Supplements are no doubt similar. Notice it is broadly defined and, of course, mutually agreed to.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps a criminal prosecutor must have a strong case before indicting someone on a misdemeanor or felony, but no such requirement is imposed on a grievant.</p><p> </p><p>UPS is obligated to instruct all Management personel in the Contract's provisions because each member of Management is an agent of the higher Management Committee that signed the Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Management typically keeps its members in ignorance of the Contract so they will not feel constrained in their actions and decisions. Then when they are caught violating the Contract, the standard defense is "Oh, I didn't know the Contract said that." But Supervisors and Managers can not ignore or override the Contract any more than they can the provisions of the FMLA or any other law. </p><p> </p><p>If the Teamsters were on the ball, they would have keep track of the total number of times members of Management claimed, or pretended, to be ignorant of the Contract's provisions, and filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against UPS. If UPS had no intention of obeying the Contract, if Management is proud of their record of Contract violations, if they are proud of their wilfull ignorance of Contract provisions, if it is all just a sham, then UPS is guilty of Bad Faith Bargaining at the least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 750103, member: 18044"] Here's the actual definition of a "grievance" from my New England Supplement. Other Supplements are no doubt similar. Notice it is broadly defined and, of course, mutually agreed to. Perhaps a criminal prosecutor must have a strong case before indicting someone on a misdemeanor or felony, but no such requirement is imposed on a grievant. UPS is obligated to instruct all Management personel in the Contract's provisions because each member of Management is an agent of the higher Management Committee that signed the Agreement. Management typically keeps its members in ignorance of the Contract so they will not feel constrained in their actions and decisions. Then when they are caught violating the Contract, the standard defense is "Oh, I didn't know the Contract said that." But Supervisors and Managers can not ignore or override the Contract any more than they can the provisions of the FMLA or any other law. If the Teamsters were on the ball, they would have keep track of the total number of times members of Management claimed, or pretended, to be ignorant of the Contract's provisions, and filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against UPS. If UPS had no intention of obeying the Contract, if Management is proud of their record of Contract violations, if they are proud of their wilfull ignorance of Contract provisions, if it is all just a sham, then UPS is guilty of Bad Faith Bargaining at the least. [/QUOTE]
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