GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES

• CTA must deal with all contract and policy violations and other grievances where applicable.
• Members with possible school-based grievances should immediately inform the Staff Rep or the President or First Vice President.
• The Staff Rep shall provide assistance to teachers concerning grievances at the school level.
• The Staff Rep shall immediately forward pre-grievance information to the President or First Vice President prior to the initiation of a grievance.
• The President or First Vice President shall have overall responsibility for the processing of grievances and shall refer a grievance to the Grievance Committee and to the BCTF.
• A teacher dissatisfied with a decision of the Grievances Committee not to proceed with a grievance may appeal to a committee of the CTA Executive, made up of those executive members not involved in the original decision.