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Old 09-13-2018, 07:54 AM   #20
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The union has a legal obligation to represent the player. They can decide down the road not to take it to arbitration, but the timelines for filing greivances and keeping the process moving require immediate action.

If the PA told him to pound salt without considering all the facts they would face a lawsuit for failing to do their duty.

We don't know the grounds for the appeal, and thus really can't comment on it's validity. As a shop steward, I know that all dicipline should be fair and consistant throughout the organization, and that is usually one of the reasons we file greivances. Not because the employee didn't deserve to be punished, but because the punishment didn't fit the established norm.
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