Local Union Leaders' Satisfaction with Grievance Procedures

Brian Bemmels and Dora C. Lau

Journal of Labor Research, 2001, vol. 22, issue 3, 654-667

Abstract: We develop a model of local union leaders' satisfaction with their grievance procedures drawing from the job characteristics model and agency theory. The model is tested with OLS regression and LISREL estimates based on a survey of local union leaders in British Columbia. Results show that local union leaders are more satisfied with their grievance procedures when local officials have more autonomy in decision making; their local size is smaller; the grievance filing rate is low; grievance issues are perceived as important; the grievance resolution rate is high; a greater proportion of grievances are settled in the early steps; and the union success rate is high. In addition, grievance procedure satisfaction is multi-faceted and each facet has its own unique variance and a different combination of significant predictors.

Date: 2001
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