Ray v. Organization of School Administrators & Supervisors, Local 28

Plaintiff, the head apprentice teacher at Detroit’s Cass Technical High School, felt that he should be entitled to compensatory time for his long hours of work and filed a grievance against his employer. He also claimed that the employer unilaterally changed his working conditions. Defendant, plaintiff’s union, represented plaintiff through the first three steps of the grievance procedure. Plaintiff failed to appear at the hearings required under the fourth step of the grievance procedure and defendant discontinued representing plaintiff. While the original grievance *710was pending, plaintiff…