Posts Tagged ‘Establishment of Local Union policies’
1498 Schultz v. IEB
The documents described in Schultz’s charge were lost time vouchers and computer printouts of employee records that the Financial Secretary attached to an appeal filed pursuant to Article 33 of the Constitution. Records presented in support of Article 33 appeals frequently contain documents that reveal members’ names, addresses and Social Security numbers. Although it may…
Read More1648 Amore and Russo v. International President
The UAW’s policy against allowing retired members to hold executive offices that require bargaining or grievance handling is by now well established. When appellants objected to the local president, recording secretary, and financial secretary continuing in office after they retired, the International Union removed the president from office in accordance with its well-established policy. His…
Read More1652 Christensen v. Local Union 2071 Executive Board
Although Christensen’s charges appear to satisfy the tests set forth in Article 31, §3, of the Constitution, we can understand the International Union’s reluctance to send this matter back to Local 2071 for the purpose of conducting a trial. There seems little likelihood that this local union administration will be capable of putting together a…
Read More1674 Osborne v. Local Union 600 General Council
The IEB’s investigator recounted all of the ballots cast in the race for chairperson. The recount cured any defects in the Election Committee’s tabulation of the ballots. The Local Union’s rule that allows a unit chairperson to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast resulted in the chief executive officer of this unit…
Read More1680 Beddoes v. Local Union 1219
The record supports a conclusion that the chairperson refused to file the requested grievance because he believed the Local Union’s arrangement with management regarding the scheduling of overtime was authorized by the applicable contracts. The chairperson presented persuasive reasons for giving the alternative work schedule precedence over the principle of equalizing overtime on a holiday. …
Read More1689 Pearson v. Local Union 140
It is up to the local union membership to determine whether any expenditure is “necessary” within the meaning of Article 46, §1, of the Constitution, unless there has been a specific policy established by the IEB with respect to the issue. The membership rejected Pearson’s argument that he should have been reimbursed for assuming the…
Read More1713 Schoenecker v. International Union
Schoenecker did not engage in financial misconduct within the meaning of Article 48, §5, of the UAW Constitution by claiming lost time based on the assignments he would have received as a member of the launch team. Throughout his term of office as financial secretary, Schoenecker submitted vouchers for lost time based on his launch…
Read More1722 Jakstas v. Local Union 848 Executive Board
Jakstas has not identified anything in the collective bargaining agreement or the local union bylaws that would prohibit the grievance committee chairperson from physically performing overtime work in the plant. He has not identified any moral or ethical principle that would require such a prohibition.
Read More1740 Luedecking v. IEB
The IEB held that the local executive board should have rejected the charge based on our rule that Article 31 is not designed to resolve petty differences between union members. We do not believe the exchange between Cox and Leudecking fits this description. We affirm the notion that a local executive board ought to disqualify…
Read More1747 Local Union 2865 et al. in the matter of Brumbaugh v. Local 2865 Joint Council
We do not need to conduct a detailed investigation into whether any of appellants’ speech crossed over into the very narrow limitations on freedom of expression described in the Ethical Practices Codes. The essential question raised by this appeal is whether a local union, acting in response to a motion presented at a membership meeting,…
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