UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; DUTY OF FAIR REPRESENTATION – Grievance Handling/Contract Administration

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800.00000 – UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; DUTY OF FAIR REPRESENTATION
800.02000 – Grievance Handling/Contract Administration

Board affirmed and adopted dismissal of charge and complaint alleging exclusive representative had violated its duty of fair representation by not timely filing and, once filed, not pursuing, a grievance challenging employee’s release during probationary period for alleged misconduct. Charging party presented no evidence to show that exclusive representative’s interpretation of contract provisions governing probationary release was arbitrary, discriminatory or advanced in bad faith. Even if representative’s interpretation had been incorrect, charging party did not show that any reasonable alternative interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement would call into question representative’s interpretation that a grievance challenging charging party’s termination stood little to no chance of success.