Corrections Union Loses Grievance By Failing To Follow Requirements Of Grievance Procedure
Local 1741 of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) represents corrections officers working for the federal Bureau of Prisons. In May 2016, AFGE notified the warden of a Bureau facility that it was grieving the Employer’s alleged failure to equitably distribute overtime among bargaining unit employees, attaching a draft grievance to its email. About a week later, the warden responded by stating that “the information you have provided…