April 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM
A new expedited grievance handling process will take effect for CAW members in the Jazz Technical Services bargaining unit. The Jazz Tech bargaining committee has signed a new memorandum with senior management that comes into effect immediately. It is modeled on the arrangement at other ACE units and captures a process for quickly resolving violations of the collective agreement.
The new expedited grievance process works in the following manner.
- When an alleged violation of the collective agreement occurs, the CAW and Jazz management will attempt to resolve the matter through Step 1 and Step 2 of the grievance settlement language in the Jazz Tech collective agreement.
- If a matter is not resolved within thirty (30) days it proceeds to a third party for binding settlement. The third party noted in the new arrangement is Arbitrator Teplitsky, who is gaining some expertise in the airline industry.
- The first round of hearings is scheduled for May 11 – 12 in Toronto at which time the CAW and Jazz will seek to resolve outstanding issues that are currently in the grievance process.
- Subsequent hearings will be scheduled with Arbitrator Teplitsky on a monthly basis to resolve new issues not resolved through the grievance process in the collective agreement.
- At present the new expedited grievance process is a temporary arrangement for six months. The CAW will test the arrangement and, if successful, will seek to make it a permanent part of the Jazz Tech collective agreement.
For further information on the new expedited grievance handling process please contact Ashley Watkins, CAW Coordinator or Tim Way, Chairperson of the Jazz Technical Services Bargaining Committee.