grievance committee

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of grievance committee

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Doorley also said that she was reporting the case to a grievance committee and pledged to take ethics training.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Cuomo on Tuesday filed a complaint with an attorney grievance committee alleging the New York attorney general displayed professional misconduct in her investigation into sexual harassment claims against him.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2022

By posting the grievances they had filed publicly, the law professors had hoped to spur the grievance committee toward taking action — a strategy that has become more common over the past several years.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021

Now, McLaughlin is waiting to learn what the grievance committee recommends.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 12, 2019

The question is still a live one, as the complaint of the grievance committee proves.

From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Lynde, Francis