Sad to say that it may take even longer, if they even remember you filed a grievance on it at all. The issue of backlogs is one that plagues most locals I'm sure. Oftentimes it isn't even the union's fault, the company just refuses to sit down to settle grievances. That's the case with me and the backlog of 1,000+ supervisors working grievances from multiple members (although the vast majority of them are my own grievances)...