Can a bargaining unit employee bring anyone to an investigatory meeting or other activity where they are entitled to representation under the union contract?
Generally the employee is only entitled to Union representation which would be Union officials and stewards, otherwise referred to as employee officials. The one exception is in the case of disciplinary review hearings, Article 23, Section 4 (C). For review hearings an employee can bring one representative to the meeting. If the representative is an attorney and not an employee official, the employee must inform the Human Resource representative which allows the University time to arrange for General Counsel to be present at the hearing.
