Opinion ID: 1188829
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Dispute with union representative

Text: Under the terms of Ford's collective bargaining agreement with the union, when union representatives make health and safety complaints i.e. grievances filed by the union regarding plant safety risks and concerns that need immediate attentionmanagement must respond within twenty-four hours. In early March 2005, a union representative asked Upshaw to assist him in addressing eighteen health and safety complaints raised in her department. On March 3, 2005, the union representative wrote a note to Bradfish informing her that Upshaw refused to accept the list, and told him that health and safety was not her responsibility and that he was not following the proper procedure. Bradfish subsequently asked Upshaw to walk through the department with the representative, develop proposed corrective actions for each complaint, and sign and return the complaints to Bradfish within twenty-four hours. Although Upshaw completed the walk-through, she returned the forms to Bradfish unsigned. Bradfish reported Upshaw's actions to Human Resources, which cited Upshaw for insubordination.