Application for Grievance Arbitration Financial Assistance

Granting of funds by NEA-Alaska requires the following conditions:

1.  NEA-Alaska staff has been/will be involved in preparations and presentation of the case before the arbitrator.
2. The local must have a signed Dues Transmittal Agreement on file and be current in its dues obligations to NEA and NEA-Alaska.
3. The local executive board and NEA-Alaska staff both recommend the case be taken to arbitration.
4. The local executive board will apply to the NEA-Alaska Board of Directors for assistance through appropriate NEA-Alaska staff.
5. The local must have an annual budget that contains funding for the protection of employee rights in place before the expenses are incurred. The budget must be at least $24 per member, $12 per ESP members. The funding for employee rights could include activities, such as training of rights advocates, processing costs of grievance, release time for rights advocates and the proportional expenses of a release time officers as appropriate. The UniServ staff person assisting the local should be involved in the development of the local’s rights budget. If the UniServ staff person is not involved, the local’s request for assistance may receive a negative recommendation and shall require a 2/3 vote for approval by the NEA-Alaska Board of Directors.
6. Only normal costs of grievance arbitration, such as arbitrator’s fees and expenses and AAA costs are covered by this policy.

Requests for NEA-Alaska assistance in the funding of Grievance Arbitration cases should, whenever possible, be referred to the Board of Directors by the local association/NEA-Alaska staff.