OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Supervisor
To:
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Title: ___________________________
Shop Steward
From:
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Title ___________________________
NALC Branch ______
Date Request sent/delivered: _____________
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Received by: ___________________________
Last day to file grievance or make appeal: _____________ Work days left: ________
Subject: ___________________________________________________________________
We request that the following documents and/or witnesses be made available to us in order to
properly identify whether or not a grievance does exist and if so, their relevancy to the grievance. In
addition, we request any and all evidence (including supervisory notes and witness statements)
with regard to this case in the possession of Postal Management, whether or not relied upon to
support it's decision or position.
NOTE:
Article XVII, Section 3 requires the Employer to provide for review of all documents, files, and other information necessary in
processing a grievance.
Article XXXI, Section 3 requires that the Employer make available for inspection by the Unions all relevant information necessary
for collective bargaining or the enforcement, administration, or interpretation of the Agreement.
Section 8a(5) of the National Labor Relations Act states that it is an unfair Labor Practice for the Employer to fail to supply relevant
information for the purpose of Collective Bargaining. GRIEVANCE PROCESSING IS AN EXTENSION OF THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS.
The USPS, in response to the NLRB, has issued instructions that requests for information are not to be denied on the technical
ground that the local union official has no authority to make an information request. It also states “if the requested
information has some bearing on an issue between the parties, it should be disclosed to the unions. If an information
request is unclear, management should attempt to clarify the request, rather than denying the request on a technicality.”
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