As an engineering department manager in dealing with a grievance presented by an unlicensed engine department crew and union member, what documentation spells out the grievance procedure?
• Collective bargaining and how union agreements work • Difference between federal regulations (CFRs) and contractual agreements • What document specifically lays out step-by-step grievance procedures for union members
• Ask yourself: Which of these choices is most likely to contain a detailed, negotiated procedure for how a union crew member files and pursues a grievance? • Which documents are general laws or regulations, and which are specific to the relationship between THIS company and THIS union? • Which document would the union representative and company management both refer to when handling disputes or grievances?
• Identify which option is a contract between the company and the union, not a general federal law or Coast Guard regulation. • Consider which document would include discipline, seniority, overtime, and grievance steps all in one place for that bargaining unit. • Verify in your mind whether Shipping Articles deal more with individual seafarer–vessel employment terms (voyage, wages, capacity) rather than detailed grievance procedures.
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