Processing of appeals
1865 Bond v. International President, UAW
This case involves an appeal from an International Representative’s decision to withdraw Appellant’s termination grievance. Accordingly, the applicable time limit under Article 33, §4(c) is 30 days. Appellant acknowledges that he first learned about the withdrawal of his grievance on June 7, 2022. Yet, he did not send his appeal to ...
VIEW DETAILS 1863 Young v. UAW Region 2B
The International Union argues that the Appellant lacks standing because she accepted a settlement in which she agreed to resign her employment in exchange for compensation. Consistent with prior PRB decisions, the Board rejects this argument. The relevant consideration in this case is what is being appealed. Appellant is appealing ...
VIEW DETAILS 1859 Bell v. International Union, UAW
Article 33 of the UAW International Constitution sets forth the procedures and standards applicable to appeals presented to the IEB. Under this provision, the Appellant must supply certain basic information regarding the matter appealed. In this case, the International President’s office followed its standard procedure in requesting additional information from ...
VIEW DETAILS 1857 Woods v. International Union, UAW
This case involves an action taken by the Local Shop Committee. Therefore, the first level of appeal was to the Local membership. However, at the point in time when Appellant sent his appeal letter to the International President’s office, the Local membership had yet to consider his appeal. Subsequently, the ...
VIEW DETAILS 1854 Sandoval v. International Union, UAW
To warrant overturning an election’s results and conducting a rerun, two requirements must be met: (1) an election rule violation must be firmly established; and (2) there must be clear and convincing evidence that the violation could have affected the outcome of the election. Appellant’s primary argument is that members ...
VIEW DETAILS 1850 Price v. UAW Local Union 372
The Local denied the appeal based on time limits, but the timeliness issue in this case is far from clear-cut, especially in light of the circumstances created by the pandemic. Perhaps for that reason, the IEB's decision did not decide the appeal based on time limits and instead addressed the ...
VIEW DETAILS 1848 Toth, et al. v. International President, UAW
In the case of an appeal to the International Executive Board (IEB) from the decision of a Local Union, the time limit is 30 days under Article 33 of the International Constitution. Appellants acknowledge that they did not file an appeal within 30 days of when they received notice that ...
VIEW DETAILS 1846 Riley v. UAW Local Union 598 Executive Board
The PRB applies a presumption that all elections conducted by a local union are valid. To rebut this presumption, a challenger must show by clear and convincing evidence that some improper practice occurred to such a degree that it could have affected the outcome of the election. Appellant’s primary claim ...
VIEW DETAILS 1832-II Houldieson v. UAW Local Union 551
In this case, Appellant protested the failure of UAW Local Union 551 to hold regular membership meetings as a violation of the UAW Ethical Practices Codes. On April 12, 2021, the PRB issued a decision granting the appeal and ordering the Local to conduct an online general membership meeting within ...
VIEW DETAILS 1826 Sass, et al. v. UAW International Union
Under Article 33, §4(c) of the UAW International Constitution, Appellants had 30 days from when they first learned of the withdrawal of their grievance in which to file an appeal with the International Executive Board. Regrettably, Appellants failed to file a timely appeal. Appellants argue that they should not be ...
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