Case: Labor Arbitration/Job Posting (Arb.)

Transdev Services, Inc. didn’t violate the collective bargaining agreement or the National Labor Relations Act, when it created and posted an auxiliary supervisor position without giving the union prior notice, Arbitrator Richard Horn ruled. Article 1, Section 9 of the agreement mandating that the union president be given new bulletins or memoranda regarding new policies or procedures 10 days prior to implementation is inapplicable because the new position wasn’t a policy or procedure. Further, hiring a candidate to fill the position didn’t violate the agreement, and there weren’t layoffs or lost union jobs. Transdev exercised its Article 3 management rights ...