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Can Your Employer Discipline You for Social Media Posts? What Unionized Workers Need to Know

Off the clock is not a free pass, and it is not an automatic firing. A post can be discipline when it hits the workplace. Just cause still has to be proved.

Read the guideOctober 18, 2026 · 6 min

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Grievances·October 12, 2026

What Happens at a Grievance Meeting? What Unionized Workers Need to Know

The meeting is not the grievance. The paper is. The room is where you find out if the company will fix it, fight it, or stall — and where a lot of cases get given away.

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Union Resources·October 10, 2026

Why Contract Language Matters: The Words Are the Rights

A wage increase is a number. Contract language is the right. Shall, may, and “where practicable” decide postings, overtime, discipline, and whether a grievance has anywhere to go.

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Workplace Rights·October 5, 2026

Can Your Employer Suspend You Without Pay? What Unionized Workers Need to Know

Sent home with no pay is a suspension, even if they never use the word. For unionized workers it is either discipline that needs just cause, or a hold the collective agreement has to allow.

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Union Resources·September 30, 2026

How Does Seniority Work in a Union? What Your Collective Agreement Actually Does

Seniority is not a universal rule. It is whatever your book says it controls — postings, layoff, recall, vacation, shifts, sometimes overtime. “I’ve been here longer” is not a veto.

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Grievances·September 20, 2026

How Long Do You Have to File a Grievance? What Unionized Workers Need to Know

The clock starts before you feel ready. Time limits live in your collective agreement — five days, ten, fifteen — and late can kill a good case before anyone argues the facts.

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Union Resources·September 18, 2026

What Is a Concession in Collective Bargaining?

A concession is not “we did not get everything we asked for.” It is giving back something you already had — wages, language, or a two-tier that the next hire will live with.

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