Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
Agreed. But the warning letter disappears in 9 months. Just make sure to wear the seat belt for the next 9 months.Waiting to be discharged on the premise that warning letters don't carry any weight is a dangerous gamble and the stakes are people's jobs. All grievances should be grieved. All of them. What is there to lie about? Not filing has gotten plenty of people in trouble. A handful of un-grieved warning letters is a Labor Manager's wet dream. If you let warning letters stick for anything you CAN get discharged as part of "progressive discipline." Yes, they can get their jobs back but not always swiftly. I don't know about you are anyone else but sitting at home wondering and waiting to get my job back while there are bills to pay and mouths to feed isn't something I want to do if I don't have to. Especially knowing that I could avoided it if I had only filled out a simple grievance form.
If you grieve it, this is how it goes...
center manager: are you grieving the fact that you got a warning letter for not wearing a seatbelt or are you grieving the fact that you were wearing your seatbelt and our telematics is wrong?
If you answer the latter, they will follow you until they catch you with direct observation. Not just for seatbelt, but for anything and everything. I hope you do everything by the book.
If you answer the former, center manager will just put your protest grievance in your file. You will still have the warning letter. If you go to the panel for another occurrence, are you willing to lie to the state panel?
If you take the warning letter, wear your seatbelt, management will not follow you for the next 3 months.
Pick your battles.