This answer assumes your job and union are in the private sector. If it is a public sector workplace, or if you work for a common carrier...

What is a national union?

If your union is part of a national or international union, you can read the local bylaws and the national or international constitution and bylaws...

Company refuses to follow union contract. Knows arbitrators are too busy to hear the grievances.

Yes. Don't back down. You can continue to file grievances and move them to arbitration. Choose the strongest cases and arbitrate them. If the...

As a Union Rep for employee's being Sexually Harassed at work, can I legally date their harasser without conflict of interest?

It sounds like you are asking permission to do something you know represents a conflict of interest. You accepted a position as a union...

I am a police/fire dispatcher hired by a local city. Am I required to join the dispatcher's union?

The answer to your question depends on the state or local labor relations statute; the collective bargaining agreement/memorandum of...

I file a discrimination case against my federal agency.

The process for pursuing a discrimination complaint against the federal government is complicated and counter-intuitive. Because of its special...

Certainly there is more to this story than what you posted. If the event in question happened a decade ago and it is coming up now, then most...

Social Media

Social media sites have their own policies regarding access to information. Generally, nothing whatsoever that is anywhere on the Internet is...

Can a payroll service prevent an employee from working?

I don't practice workers' compensation law, but the title of your question intrigued me. I don't see how a company that provides services to your...

I am currently on State Disability. It is running out in a few months. I am not able to go back to my job and they have laid me

Are you able to return to work with reasonable accommodation? A reasonable accommodation is a modification in the way you do the main parts of...

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