Legal Question in Employment Law in Indiana

contract interpretation

I have dispute about what the contract says. I say the company has no rights with our crew concept to force us to do crew leader 4 wks at a time. No where in the contract does it say this it is open language. We have always been able to chose how long. My employers say they have the right to manage as they wish. Our union never agreed to this only saying the company has the final say. In our contract it only says mutual agreement with self-directed employees. The contract states that we will continue to use crew concept and self managing work crews. It also states that the crews will have a minimum of supervision along with selection being left up to the crew on whom it is. Future expansions of these concepts will be jointly developed for implementation. Do they have the right or are was the contract in possible breach? Thank you for your time... A very confused union employee....


Asked on 2/12/07, 4:51 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Voyle A. Glover Attorney at Law

Re: contract interpretation

Contract disputes are ALWAYS matters which are resolved between the union leadership and the company management. A union member, on his or her own, is not going to effect a resolution of the matter. It needs to be official. That may mean the need of a grievance being filed by a union member. That is often an avenue a union will take to resolve a dispute between the company and a union over the interpretation of a provision in the contract. It is not uncommon for these kinds of disputes to be resolved via arbitration.

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Answered on 2/12/07, 6:21 pm


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