The grievor’s feud with a colleague escalated into a threat of violence. The company fired him, but chose to take no action against the other employee, who had also threatened violence. The arbitrator agreed that discipline was necessary, but did not find the incident nearly as serious as the company had.
A worker was fired after making a veiled threat to bring a firearm to the workplace to settle a dispute. The worker denied making the threat as reported. The union grieved.
