New Jersey City University Faculty Handbook
PERSONNEL POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PRACTICE
The New Jersey Employer-Employee Arbitrator’s Relations Act (NJSA 34:13A-1 et seq.) provides that the negotiated agreements may establish a dispute resolution mechanism known as a grievance procedure. The procedure is designed to allow a timely process to decide issues raised under the union contract. Normally, the process allows for the appeal of a decision through levels of management, until the issues is presented to an arbitrator for a decision. If either party believes that the arbitrators decision is illegal, the matter is resolved by the courts. The AFT Agreement (1996) for faculty, non-teaching professionals, chairpersons, librarians and A. Harry Moore faculty contains grievance procedures in Article VII.
Source: N.J. State College Trustee’s Reference Guide, 1994.