Stewarding 12 Grievance Meeting Empowering

Stewarding Section 3: Management Engagement

Part 1: Grievance Meeting Setup - Empowerment Approach

Step 1 of 2

This will be a second approach to the scenario above. The setup is the same:

You and Amara prepared and submitted an official grievance [add link] to human resources. The union contract states that next step in the grievance process will be a meeting with HR, the supervisor, the union steward, and the worker involved.

Human resources calls you as the steward supporting Amara and says:

Hello, this is Trisha from Human Resources. We received the grievance on behalf of Amara. I have done some research into the issue. Amara has been late a couple times recently and her boss gave her some leeway but wants to send a message that this can't continue. I do understand the boss started in the department recently and he wants to establish good relations with everyone. He seems willing to be flexible.

Do you think Amara would accept if we agreed to drop the warning letter if she doesn't come late to work in the next 3 months?