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<blockquote data-quote="EyesLookingIn" data-source="post: 810213" data-attributes="member: 29664">This is how our old E Board looked to save money and kiss UPS @ss&nbsp;GIORDANA v. LOCAL 804&nbsp;This is why Tony D tells his stewards to kiss managements @ss and doesn&#039;t like when our E Board was using the rat to protest UPS. GO ALONG GET ALONG.&nbsp;&quot;Plaintiff alleges that the Union did not file for arbitration in order to save the expense of a $200.00 filing fee. See Giordana Dep. at 93-94. The Union admits that the costs of the filing fee plus other collateral fees generated by arbitration hearings are general factors considered by Local 804 with respect to all decisions regarding grievance proceedings. See Redmond Dec. at P 12. This cost factor, in conjunction with a desire to maintain congenial relationships with representatives of UPS, is admittedly a significant reason for the Union&#039;s present policy favoring informal negotiations. See id. However, such a motivation does not in itself render the Union&#039;s conduct arbitrary. A union may reasonably consider expenditures in its decisions to arbitrate grievances without breaching its duty of fair representation. Cf. Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc., 450 U.S. 728, 742, 67 L. Ed. 2d 641, 101 S. Ct. 1437 (1981) (dictum).&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EyesLookingIn, post: 810213, member: 29664"] This is how our old E Board looked to save money and kiss UPS @ss GIORDANA v. LOCAL 804 This is why Tony D tells his stewards to kiss managements @ss and doesn't like when our E Board was using the rat to protest UPS. GO ALONG GET ALONG. "Plaintiff alleges that the Union did not file for arbitration in order to save the expense of a $200.00 filing fee. See Giordana Dep. at 93-94. [B]The Union admits that the costs of the filing fee plus other collateral fees generated by arbitration hearings are general factors considered by Local 804 with respect to all decisions regarding grievance proceedings. See Redmond Dec. at P 12. This cost factor,[COLOR=red] [/COLOR][COLOR=blue]in conjunction with a desire to maintain congenial relationships with representatives of UPS, is admittedly a significant reason for the Union's present policy favoring informal negotiations.[/COLOR][/B] See id. However, such a motivation does not in itself render the Union's conduct arbitrary. A union may reasonably consider expenditures in its decisions to arbitrate grievances without breaching its duty of fair representation. Cf. Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc., 450 U.S. 728, 742, 67 L. Ed. 2d 641, 101 S. Ct. 1437 (1981) (dictum)." [/QUOTE]

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