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Old 06-02-2012 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by slowplay
There are no penalties outlined in the TA against the company. Putting penalties in that agreement presupposes that they could violate the contract and it would be "ok", that there were penalties agreed to for violating it. It's akin to asking "what penalties are in the agreement if the company doesn't pay us." Also, if management isn't abiding by the agreement in the ratios, why would they abide by the agreed upon penalties?

Disputes like you describe are resolved in 2 places, the grievance process and the court system.
Actually, they're resolved in one additional place... A single MEC bureaucrat signing a Memorandum Of Understanding that grants the company relief from the alleged contract violation.

Carl