Grievance & Intro to Arbitration 

This comprehensive workshop will provide participants with a foundation of grievance and arbitration procedures and how employee rights have evolved via legal, contractual, judicial, and political interventions. This six-week course will deep-dive into the grievance machinery including definition of, assessment of, and investigation of grievances; procedural matters and general administration, application, procedures, suggestions and common pitfalls; usage of information requests; how to write and properly present grievances; as well as methods of reaching agreement; and best practices for  maintaining a grievance filing system. Participants will gain knowledge to determine and  justify whether a grievance should proceed to arbitration  and to apply the legal principles of Weingarten Rights, standards of proof , due process, and the union’s Duty of Fair Representation. Lastly, an interactive class exercise allows participants to review and discuss an actual case study. 

About Your Instructor

Greg Drudi is a third-generation trade unionist. Greg is a skilled trades journeyman pipefitter with decades of union experience in the building trades and the automotive industry. He earned a master's degree from Wayne State University. His leadership positions in the UAW International Union include: Executive Administrative Assistant- National Ford & National Aerospace Departments; Administrative Assistant to the International President; Assistant Director; servicing representative and arbitration advocate to numerous local union members in the Ford, Visteon, ACH, Chrysler, IPS, and TOP sectors. He frequently instructs at University of Michigan’s Center for Labor and Community Studies. 

Class Details

COST & PAYMENT

Enrollment is $350. Please note, your registration for this course will not be considered complete until we receive your enrollment payment for this course. This course is TAP eligible. Those without tuition assistance programs may be eligible for a scholarship. 

CLASS STYLE

This course is offered in-person only and will be held at Fairlane Center South at the University of Michigan - Dearborn campus in room 180.

REGISTRATION CUTOFF

March 13, 2024 

WITHDRAWAL CUTOFF

March 20, 2024