Opinion ID: 617237
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Union Member to Casilli: Balser is a Sorter?

Text: On or around February 13, 2008, Union Business Agent Rick Casilli (Casilli) received a phone call from a union member expressing frustration that Balser either had been offered and/or accepted the recently posted Zyglo Sorter position. The union member, speaking on behalf of himself and other members, was upset that Balser, who at the time only had approximately seven months of service with GE, had been offered a position typically reserved for only the most senior employees. Because it is Local 201's duty to investigate how GE fills its positionsparticularly if a hiring might contradict the CBA or GE past practiceand to process grievances if it determines that a position was not filled according to CBA procedures or GE custom, the Union decided to investigate GE's possible hiring of Balser, a lack of work employee, for the Zyglo Sorter position. [7]