LABRST 2H03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: 18 Months, Monopsony, Sports Club
28 Apr 2019
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Collective voice and grievance procedures a union, whether of professional athletes or traditional workers, is designed to embody the membership"s collective voice. In theory collective voice should reduce turnover as disgruntled employees can vent their frustration through their union. The vast majority of traditional union cbas have a multi-step grievance procedure which ends with arbitration. Workers file grievances over various issues involving interpretation of the cba, but most cases involve discipline. The grievance or arbitration procedures act to mitigate arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory discipline meted out by managers. At a firm, this process reduces turnover and quit rates and improves employee morale. Similar to their traditional counterparts, the cbas of professional baseball, basketball, football, and hockey all have specific grievance procedures. A few grievances have arisen over interpretation of cba language, but most involve the discipline imposed by the commissioner of the league.
