- Grievance
A grievance is a wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a
complaint .Union labor
In a
labor union , a grievance is the subject of a complaint filed by an employee to be resolved by procedures provided in theunion contract . Such a grievance may arise from an alleged violation of thecollective bargaining agreement, or violations oflaw , such as workplace safety regulations...Ordinarily, unionized workers must ask their operations managers for time during work hours to meet with a shop steward in order to discuss the problem, which may or may not result in a grievance. If the grievance cannot be resolved through
negotiation between labor and management,mediation ,arbitration or legal remedies may be employed. Typically, everyone involved with a grievance has strict time lines which must be met in the processing of this formal complaint, until it is resolved. Employers cannot legally treat an employee any differently whether he or she has filed a grievance or not. The difference between a grievance and acomplaint , in the unionized workplace, is whether the subject matter relates to the collective bargaining agreement.History and politics
A grievance may arise from in
justice ortyranny , and be cause forrebellion orrevolution .The revolt of English barons in the early thirteenth century which led to the
Magna Carta of 1215 was partly motivated by grievances against abuses by King John. This right toPetition the king, for grievances, was affirmed in the EnglishBill of Rights of 1689 .The
United States Declaration of Independence is mainly an enumeration of the colonists' grievances against King George III of England. The right "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" is recognized in theFirst Amendment to the United States Constitution .
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