7. Harassment of an Employee
A member has complained to her
local representative of harassment by
the assistant principal. She says that
he admonished her in the presence
of her students on one occasion
when he was observing the class.
Since that time, he has returned to
her room on three consecutive days,
and again twice during the current
week. Following each observation,
he has written an adverse report on
her performance, itemizing petty
irregularities. She feels that he has
singled her out because she has been
an active member of the association.
She wants the representative to talk
either to him or to the principal.
A. Would this member have a
grievance under the terms of
your contract?
B. How would you proceed in this
case?
8. Representation
A member has asked the Executive
Committee to censure an AR for
failure to represent him at Step 1 of
the grievance procedure. The following
statement has been made by the
AR in a flier to the members:
38 – AR Handbook
“Your Association Representative
formally informs the members that
he will no longer service the grievance
claims of one of its members,
Mr. Brown. All further claims Mr.
Brown has will be referred directly
to the local president for processing.
This decision has been made as a
result of the fact that this member
is deliberately undermining the
activities of this local by regularly
filing grievances that cannot be supported
by the negotiated contract.
Mr. Brown has regularly used this
technique to intimidate the officials
of the school. To continue to represent
him would be to condone his
actions.”
A. How would you proceed as
a member of the Executive
Committee?
B. Why?
9. Extension of Hours
The special education classes have
dismissed at 1:30 p.m. and teachers
have not been required to stay past
2 p.m. The Child Study Team has
decided to “mainstream” the special
education students. The board has
put the special education students
on a regular schedule which requires
teachers of special education to
remain at school until at least 3:30
p.m.
A. Would these teachers/members
have a grievance under the
terms of your contract?
B. How would you draft this
grievance?
C. What remedy would you seek?
10. Lunch Time
As district grievance committee
chair you find out today that the
paraprofessionals in one of your
elementary schools have only been
getting 26 minutes for lunch since a
new program was instituted into that
school the first week of February.
A. Would this member have a
grievance under the terms of
your contract?
B. How would you proceed in this
case?