Originally Posted by
iaflyer
A grievance will be denied in about 30 seconds by an arbitrator. It's very clearly spelled out that it requires Mutual consent.. they have withdrawn their consent to use PB days..
The concept of "past practice" is for items not delineated in the PWA.
They were smart to do it before initiation of contract talks. I'll be honest, I'm not smart on status quo violations, but it sure seems like if they had done it after talks started, it could have been an issue.