Does a union have power to control the grievance process?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wang v Grace Canada Inc., 2017 BCSC 1932 (CanLII):
In Noël v. Société d’énergie de la Baie James, 2001 SCC 39, at para. 45: …The union’s power to control the [grievance] process includes the power to either settle cases or bring cases to a conclusion in the course of the arbitration process. … See also Thauli v. Orr, 2013 BCSC 1132.
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