Sheriff's office fires deputy in Ft. Sanders party incident

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15. Unions in private sectors are required by federal law to fairly represent their members.

Public sector unions operate under state laws.

In the private sector, union members that have been suspended or terminated might get all, some or none of their pay back if they return to work. Depending on the outcome of the grievance procedure. I am unaware of any union that operates in the private sector that has provisions for suspension with pay. In my experience a member that is suspended is for a period of usually the remainder and 2 days (3 days) that follows the steps like a written warning. It gets progressively worse up to 30 days which generally doesn't happen. And then they return to work. Usually without lost wages. Back pay might be recovered in termination cases depending on the outcome of the grievance procedure or at the worse the employee is allowed to return to work without back pay. If they are allowed to return there may be stipulations that must be followed for a period of time that could last as long as 2 to 3 years.

Even within the public sector for each state there may be differences in grievance procedures for their unions.