Grievance
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Grievance Team:
Lindsay Cota - Grievance Chair Vanessa Braito Einer Lohner Rachel Lipowsky Vivian Posadas Lorin Eslinger If you have a grievance, please fill out the Grievance Form and email it to [email protected]. BE AWARE: Grievances have timelines! A grievance must be filed within 35 duty days after the act or omission being grieved occurred. (Article 7.3.2) |
Enforcing our Contract with CVESD
The grievance procedure (Article 7) is one tool of enforcing the Collective Bargaining Agreement (contract) and protecting the rights of members. It's most effective when school sites are well organized and willing to take action to demonstrate solidarity. Otherwise, administration can turn the grievance procedure into a means of dragging out or providing weak resolutions. Therefore, it is crucial to incorporate grievances into our larger organizing strategy of building union power. If you think you have a grievance, do your homework! Meet with your site representative and determine:
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Your Rights
CVE members have the legal right to a safe and healthy workplace. Members with questions about a possible contract violation should contact your site representative. If you believe your rights have been violated, work with your site rep and area rep to initiate the grievance process at your site. Site rep's can contact a the grievance chair for more information.
Our Rights on the Job
Thanks to years of strong union advocacy, California educators have certain rights guaranteed by law on the job.
The rights of working people are constantly under attack. It is only through our strong collective power that we preserve and enhance our rights.
CVE members have the legal right to a safe and healthy workplace. Members with questions about a possible contract violation should contact your site representative. If you believe your rights have been violated, work with your site rep and area rep to initiate the grievance process at your site. Site rep's can contact a the grievance chair for more information.
Our Rights on the Job
Thanks to years of strong union advocacy, California educators have certain rights guaranteed by law on the job.
The rights of working people are constantly under attack. It is only through our strong collective power that we preserve and enhance our rights.
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In The Classroom Teachers Have the Right To:
EC 49066 Make the final decision as to student grades. EC 49331 Seize any injurious object from any student while on school premises or under the authority of school personnel. EC 49079 Be informed of each student who engaged in, or is reasonably suspected of, acts that are grounds for suspension or expulsion, within the past three years. EC 48910 Suspend students from class for the day of suspension and the following day. Ask the parent or guardian to attend a conference as soon as possible. |
With Administrators, Teachers Have The Right To:
Ask what a meeting’s purpose is before attending. Assert the right under Weingarten and EERA to representation in meetings that have the potential to lead to discipline. Stop a meeting that has become disciplinary in nature until representation arrives. Request unusual directives in writing before complying. Refuse to give explanations and/or submit a written statement, until after consulting with a union representative. Remain silent and consult a lawyer if accused of conduct that could lead to criminal prosecution. |
