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Do I have a case and would this be considered a discrimination case?
Atlanta, GA
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Posted about 1 month ago in Employment / Labor
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I have transfered to a different location through my employer 2 years ago. since then they have changed to a union company. all transfers back then and after the union contract was drawn up was protected by there seniority for layoffs. however the company and the union found it more convenient to change that ruling 9 months after the cotract had been written. Not to mention 2 years & 6 months after my transfer where the company's policy was to promote transfers,and all transfers where protected by company seniority. I am not the only one effected by this change. there are hundreds of us in several states.
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L. Maxwell Taylor
This attorney is licensed in California and 1 other state.
Posted about 1 month ago.
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Your union is your exclusive representative in collective bargaining with your employer. When the union makes a concession, including a concession regarding seniority and layoff protection, it binds the members of the bargaining unit. Sounds like you and hundreds of others don't like the agreement your union made for you. But it's not discrimination. It's just an agreement you don't like, but which binds you. Unions make decisions about what to agree to every time they negotiate a new CBA, and the members are stuck with it. Their remedy is to hold elections and elect new union leadership.
Talk to a labor lawyer who holds Georgia licensure and see if he or she agrees. I'm not licensed in Georgia so don't take what I say here as legal advice. It's simply information based on general principles of law which is intended to educate. Good luck. |
