No evaluation conference has been held. T hese are some of the most commonly asked questions we receive at the PSC central office. Article 20, the grievance and arbitration procedures of the PSC collective bargaining agreement, provides our members with a means of disputing actions taken by management. The grievance and arbitration procedures also provide the mechanism for protecting rights and benefits specified in the contract. I n general, any action that management takes which violates or misinterprets the agreement, the university's own rules and regulations, or past practice, or a wrongful disciplinary action may be the basis for a grievance.
T here are three steps to the grievance procedure.
A brief discussion of each appears below. T he actions most frequently grieved are denials of reappointment or promotion. These are personnel decisions based wholly or partly upon academic judgments. In pursuing grievances of this nature, under the provisions of Article 20, the merits of the academic judgment are not subject to review. However, it may be argued that the personnel action violated a term of the agreement, that it was not made in accordance with Bylaws or written policies of the board, or that the claimed academic judgment constituted an arbitrary or discriminatory application of the Bylaws or written policies of the board. . . . . . . . . . .