There were two (2) issues in this National Level Arbitration.
1. Does Article 15 provide for the filing of a National Step 1 covering thousands of locations and employees, at the national level?
2. Is the Union's Step 4 grievance in Case No. Q06C-4Q-C 10005587 arbitrable?
Award Summary: On the first issue, Arbitrator Das ruled that the Step 1 provisions of Article 15.2 did not provide for a nationwide class action grievance or for a national filing of as many as 13,000 Step 1 grievances in a single combined grievance. On the second issue, he returned the Union's Step 4 grievance to the Step 4 level and direct the parties to meet within 30 days in an effort to define the precise interpretive issues.
Document Type: National Arbitration
APWU National Grievance Number: Q06C4QC10032106, Q06C4QC10005587
Arbitrator Name: Shyam Das