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GHEVANCE FORM

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14 Union 113

Court Services Deputv Sheriffs R Teamsters Local 700

Art. XIV Sec. 14.2 All OtherApplicablelasis of Grievance i (Attach additionat denentation, if any. Erytain violation of the nntrrct aN the rendy so@ht.)

Pursuant to Article XIV Section 1 4.2" The Employer agrees that employees will not be

assigned to any known unsafe operation or to operation of unsafe equipment" "The

Employer will continue to make reasonable provisions for Health and Safety matters."

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HEALTH AND SAFETY GRIPVANCECOURT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. COOK COT]NTY SHERIFF

Contract Violations:The bargaining agent hereby files a grievance in behalf of all Court Service

Deputies over ongoing and continuing chronic understafftng at all of the Cook CountyCourthouses and other work facilities within the work jurisdiction of the bargaining unit.Staffrng levels at the facilities have declined substantially in the past years to the extentthat certain facilities are operating with extremely unsafe and hazardous staffing levels.The percentage decline through retirements, wrongful terminations, resignations,transfers, deaths, promotions, and other means, over the past years has resulted both inunsafe operating levels that are below national standards, as well as led to concreteinstances of bargaining unit members injured by detainees, members of the public, andothers as a direct and proximate cause of widespread understaffing. The total percentagedecrease in bargaining unit members is approximately 16 percent between 2010 and thepresent, exclusive of members on administrative leave, on leave of absence, on disability,or otherwise not present in the workplace. On information and belief, including deputiesin the latter categories will substantially impact the overall percentage decrease in activedeputy sheriffs since 2010. Further, some facilities have staffing levels so low that theyare at or below responsible operating standards, including, but not limited to, Juvenile,Domestic Violence, Police Courts North and South, Skokie, Rolling Meadows,Bridgeview, Markham, and certain Civil Process and Evictions units.

As a result of the above, bargaining unit members are required to performnumerous tasks that put them into dangerous circumstances, including, but not limited to,having to escort, or provide security for, more than 20 detainees by themselves, having toprocess multiple arrestees by themselves, having to staffvehicles by themselves in thecivil process units, having to transport high-risk offenders with other detainees bythemselves.

As a further result of the above, numerous deputy sheriffs have suffered actualinjuries resulting in them taking extended medical leaves of absence. The bargainingagent has numerous such examples to present in the processing of this grievance, andexamples ultimately willing to testi$.

The foregoing examples all present ongoing and continuous violations of thehealth and safety provisions of the collective bargaining agreement, an abuse of themanagerial rights clause, a violation of the implied workjurisdiction and staffrng levelguarantees implied in the wage, recognition, and seniority clauses, and an impropercircumvention of the agreed-upon bidding procedure. Such also evidences improperoutsourcing of unit work to at least non-members, supervisory staff, and others. All suchsections and any and all other applicable sections have been violated by the above notedfacts.

Remedy and Relief Sought:

l. Cease and desist from maintaining unsafe staffing levels throughout all bargainingunit facilities.

2. Immediately arrange for the hire of a new class of deputy sheriffs so as to bringstaffrng levels back to historic and safe levels.

3. Make-whole all deputies wrongfully injured as a direct and proximate cause of thedangerous understaffing.

4. Rescind all discipline given to unit members stemming from chronicunderstaffrng.

5. Post apologies in all facilities in open and plain view of unit members addressingthe understaffing, injuries resulting therefrom, reparations being made for suchinjuries, and what measures are being immediately taken to rectiff the staffingcrisis.

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