Grievance Policy » History » Revision 2
Revision 1 (Jamila Khan, 11/25/2013 04:54 PM) → Revision 2/4 (Kristin Snelling, 06/17/2016 12:34 PM)
h1. Grievance Policy 1. What is a grievance? How are they delineated? A grievance is a complaint about a specific injury, injustice, dissatisfaction or wrong decision made by a worker or workers. A grievance will fit into the following categories. A. A claim that a decision violates existing Co-op policy. B. A claim that a decision creates an unfair situation for which no policy exists. C. A claim that a decision duly following Co-op policy creates an unfair situation because the policy itself is inherently unfair or discriminatory. To determine the type of grievance, review the [[pt:Current Policies]] and [[pt:Chronological Decisions document]] wikis, and see if there is any reference to a relevant policy. If there is a policy and it has been broken, use grievance category A; if there is no policy, use grievance category B; if there is a policy and the policy is the problem, use grievance category C. 2. Form The grievance form is in the PT Dropbox under Administrative\Grievance Policy and also available as a download here: attachment:"PT grievance form.doc" 3. Grievance decision making process The decision decison making process varies depending on the category of grievance, but the base framework is the same. * The person making the grievance will fill out the grievance form and present it to one or more worker-owners of their choice. * Those worker-owners and the person making the grievance will decide whether to communicate that to the other worker-owners via private email or in person. * The grievance will be brought to a full meeting of all involved parties and all worker-owners. * The grievance will be aired and all parties will attempt to reach consensus as delineated in our [[pt:Consensus Policy]], decision making policy, with the option of having multiple meetings as needed. * If a decision is not reached through that process, any person making the grievance may request up to 2 hours of external mediation paid for by the company. * If the grievance is still not resolved, the final decision will be made by all current worker-owners. A. For grievances that violate existing Co-op policy, the actions in question will be reviewed and the policy in question will remain static for the duration of the grievance process. B & C. For grievances where no policy exists or where policy creates an unfair situation, all involved parties will work to craft a new policy, which will then follow the [[pt:Consensus Policy]] standard policy consensus process until there is consensus or an alternate resolution of all current worker-owners. 4. List of outside helpers * AORTA Collective http://www.aortacollective.org * NY Peace society mediation services http://nypeace.org/mediation-services/ 5. Who can make a grievance? Anyone who at the time of the action in question was one of the following: * worker * owner * subcontractor 6. When can you make a grievance? * no more than 3 months from the time of the most recent actionGo to top