All Questions and Answers about Unions

We are union and we have a contract ...But
The Union will not uphold the contract. The Contract states,"The schedule cannot be changed w/o the employees' permission. Our company is changing schedules, policy, such as time-off, and hours. We al...
2 answers  |  asked Mar 18, 2011 05:12 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Intrepreting a Union Contract
I am entering my 8th year of employment and ten months ago I changed positions, with the understanding that my salary would only be reduced by 10%. I signed a contract and within four months I recieve...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 1, 2009 10:48 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Suspended? Fired ? Employer refuses to say.
My son was suspended by a major grocer after years of employment & soon after promotion and transfer to another store.He bought a package of an out of code product that was properly marked and discoun...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 21, 2008 8:51 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Layoff rights
The director of our department presented a 22.5 person layoff proposal to our Board of Commissioners May 15. The Board chose to "stay" the issue until June 13. Since then, upper management has been pr...
1 answer  |  asked May 29, 2008 11:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

when does the employer have the right to deny union repesentation.
If an employer wants to give someone a write up and he ask for his union rep does the employer have to get him union rep.or can the employer just give him the write up and be done with it .
1 answer  |  asked Jan 25, 2007 12:17 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Union's lack of assistance in
In Dec. 2004, I won a favorable "make whole" arbitration ruling against a San Francisco Bay Area municipality. Within weeks after the ruling, and prior to my reinstatement, the municipality's and Unio...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 8, 2006 8:20 PM [EST]  |  applies to California