Description: It could take years to settle a grievance filed by the Mine, Mill and Smelter workers union over bonuses the union says are owed to its members by Xstrata Nickel in Sudbury, Ont.

Source: The Sudbury Star

Date: 04/15/2011

Link: http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3076880

Questions for discussion:

• What type of grievance is this?
• What steps would this grievance have gone through to get to this point?
• Why do you think it takes so long to settle such grievances?
• How does this compare to cases in the court system?
• What alternatives are there to this process?