Class Action Grievance: Stop Kicking Out Union Reps
As you may know by now, the CTA mismanagers are scared to death of me. So they break the law—and our Contract—to get away with kicking me out. If they get away with doing it to me, they will eventually do it with others. As of this writing, I have numerous Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges on them. So far, the one that has been decided, was in favor of me ( L-CA-24-035 ). With the exception of some rogue mismanagers who have outstanding charges as of this writing, I am encountering less problems. Looking deeply into the Collective Bargaining Agreement ("Contract") , I found some excellent weapons that will attack the root of this problem. I immediately filed two Class Action Grievances about it. The first one enforces a dedicated "Discipline Day" from a part of the Contract that is totally ignored (Sole Agreement No. 20). The second one re-establishes the authority of the union president's approval for a union representative's presence in a CTA facili...
