Labor & Employment Law

Union refused to process the unit member?s grievance

By Harvey Randall, Esq.

Union refused to process the unit member?s grievance
Charles Roberts and NYS-OMRDD and CSEA, U26409, ALJ Fitzgerald

Charles Roberts alleged that CSEA violated its duty of fair representation by refusing to process his grievances, and that OMRDD had refused to process his grievances in violation of the Act. ALJ Fitzgerald dismissed Roberts? complaint, holding ?[n]o facts were presented which could arguably establish that CSEA handled his grievance in a discriminatory, arbitrary or bad faith manner.? As to OMRDD?s declining to process his grievance, the judge said that the was no evidence sufficient to establish that OMRDD?s handling of Roberts? grievances was retaliatory or discriminatory.

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on March 17, 2008 (boomark / email).