Espinosa was ineligible to serve as Local Union Shop Chairperson because of her status as a temporary employee. She argues that she should no longer be classified as temporary after having worked at Electro-Motive for nine years, but that is a different issue. The Union allowed GM to maintain these employees as temporary in order…

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Frederick-Brown was eligible to hold the position of Bargaining Committee Chairperson under the Local Union’s bylaws and there is nothing in the UAW Constitution inconsistent with a part-time employee holding the position of Bargaining Chairperson. Furthermore, it was error to install the losing candidate in the position when Frederick-Brown was declared ineligible. The proper method…

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A grievance for appellants in 2008 would have been contrary to the UAW’s nationwide strategy for placing employees in accordance with Appendix A following the contraction of GM’s operations. Documents in the record and testimony given during oral argument support a conclusion that the union sought and obtained the approvals required by Appendix A for…

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Justice complains that temporary part-time employees affected the outcome of the election, but there would be nothing improper in that if they were, in fact, eligible to vote.  Justice’s failure to challenge the eligibility of these voters precludes him from raising the issue in a post-election challenge.  This Board has consistently rejected post-election challenges based…

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Prior to appellants’ employment as permanent entry-level employees, the National Parties had agreed that a specified number of positions would be designated “non-core” and that those positions would remain at the entry-level compensation level regardless of the employee’s job assignment. Nevertheless, appellants’ local representatives continued to suggest that transition to positions with traditional wages and…

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The company made a credible claim when it hired Hare for a temporary position that it could not predict how long the temporary positions would last.  After that, the local union and the UAW International Union monitored the temporary assignments to determine whether approval of the use of temporary employees should be extended.  The record…

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