Let’s Talk About Grievances

Your Chief Grievance Officers are Roy Mason on the Menifee campus and Lorraine Slattery on the San Jacinto campus. Any of your campus reps can direct you to Roy or Lorraine if you need support figuring out if an issue is a grievance. Your Faculty Association is here to support YOU! Each individual case is unique so don’t be afraid to come forward…the below FAQ’s are just a guideline of some common areas that arise in the grievance process.

Grievance Processing 101 This document was prepared by our CTA Regional representative, Marianne Reynolds and walks members through the importance of the grievance process and your rights as unit members.

If you are unsure if an issue is a grievance or not, don’t hesitate to contact your grievance officers. We are here to help you. Grievances are our agreed upon method of solving problems with the District. It is not intended to be an adversarial process and does not have to be! Our goal is to ensure the contract is followed and that you are afforded all the rights we have negotiated for you.

The current (2021-2022) Level 1 grievance form can be found here. However, you do not need to fill this out before contacting us. Most grievances are resolved at the informal level.

FAQs for your consideration

Can I grieve anything?

A "grievance" is a “formal written allegation submitted on a mutually approved form by a grievant that the grievant has been adversely affected by a violation, misinterpretation or misapplication of provisions of this agreement”

Not every problem meets this definition!

Some issues are not grievable, but are great opportunities to organize unit members.

For example, campus safety issues

I am afraid to come forward in case I am retaliated against. Can you help me?

It is illegal for an employer to retaliate against an employee/unit member, or threaten to retaliate for exercising their rights under The Educational Employment Relations Board (bargaining, grievance, leader, union publications etc.) {EERA 3543.5(a)}