grievance committee

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noun

a group of representatives chosen from a labor union or from both labor and management to consider and remedy workers' grievances.

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Origin of grievance committee

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby grievance committee

Grieg, griege, Grierson, grieshoch, grievance, grievance committee, grievant, grieve, grievous, grievous bodily harm, grievously

How to use grievance committee in a sentence

When the grievance committee, led by a Copé associate, declared Copé the winner again, Fillon demanded a re-vote; Copé dug in.
France’s Petty Politics Brings Christmas Early to Scandal Lovers|Tracy McNicoll|December 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Then, never had he been approached by a Grievance Committee.
To Him That Hath|Ralph Connor
Now the grievance committee came with an ultimatum to the management.
Snow on the Headlight|Cy Warman
It was thus no small shock when Wickes announced one day that a Grievance Committee wished to interview him.
To Him That Hath|Ralph Connor

It has stood the test of years and if the old method were resumed a grievance committee would probably wait on the management.
Letters from an Old Railway Official|Charles DeLano Hine
The ex-conductor gets hungry, the sympathetic grievance committee, not knowing what is for its own best interests, intercedes.
Letters from an Old Railway Official|Charles DeLano Hine