PROCESS FOR LOCALS TO SUBMIT CENTRAL GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION PROPOSALS TO OCHU
The following is the process that OCHU Affiliated Locals should follow in submitting a grievance to OCHU with a request that the issue be dealt with centrally.
1. Contact the local or CUPE staff representative, one of the OCHU Table officers (@ 416.599.0770: Michael Hurley, ext.223; Helen Fetterly, ext.222; or Louis Rodrigues, ext. 226) or Gwen Hewitt, CUPE Health Care Coordinator @ 416.292.3999.
2. A grievance fact sheet must be completed and this, together with any particulars should be sent to the OCHU office.
3. A teleconference call will be scheduled with the local union officers, staff representatives, OCHU representatives, the Health Care Coordinator and a lawyer from Sack, Goldblatt and Mitchell.
4. Within a month, a second teleconference call will be scheduled and OCHU lawyers will respond with a verbal opinion about the merits of the grievance and its precedent setting value.
5. The lawyer’s recommendation will go forward to the OCHU Executive Board’s monthly teleconference call and a decision will be made then whether OCHU will pay the legal costs involved in preparing and presenting the case.
6. If the Executive Board approves the grievance, the local union will be asked to sign an agreement covering the following:
* The local agrees to name Joe Herbert as your nominee to the Board of Arbitration and will pay his fees
* The local agrees to pay 50% of the arbitrator’s bills, and the employer will pay the other 50%
* OCHU agrees to pay the legal bills and OCHU’s Chief Steward (Louis Rodrigues will direct the lawyer the lawyer at the hearing)
* If the local settles the grievance, it becomes responsible for the legal bills incurred.
The following is the process that OCHU Affiliated Locals should follow in submitting a grievance to OCHU with a request that the issue be dealt with centrally.
1. Contact the local or CUPE staff representative, one of the OCHU Table officers (@ 416.599.0770: Michael Hurley, ext.223; Helen Fetterly, ext.222; or Louis Rodrigues, ext. 226) or Gwen Hewitt, CUPE Health Care Coordinator @ 416.292.3999.
2. A grievance fact sheet must be completed and this, together with any particulars should be sent to the OCHU office.
3. A teleconference call will be scheduled with the local union officers, staff representatives, OCHU representatives, the Health Care Coordinator and a lawyer from Sack, Goldblatt and Mitchell.
4. Within a month, a second teleconference call will be scheduled and OCHU lawyers will respond with a verbal opinion about the merits of the grievance and its precedent setting value.
5. The lawyer’s recommendation will go forward to the OCHU Executive Board’s monthly teleconference call and a decision will be made then whether OCHU will pay the legal costs involved in preparing and presenting the case.
6. If the Executive Board approves the grievance, the local union will be asked to sign an agreement covering the following:
* The local agrees to name Joe Herbert as your nominee to the Board of Arbitration and will pay his fees
* The local agrees to pay 50% of the arbitrator’s bills, and the employer will pay the other 50%
* OCHU agrees to pay the legal bills and OCHU’s Chief Steward (Louis Rodrigues will direct the lawyer the lawyer at the hearing)
* If the local settles the grievance, it becomes responsible for the legal bills incurred.
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