Definition of Language

Redress
re·dress (rĭ-drĕs')

tr.v., -dressed, -dress·ing, -dress·es.
1. To set right; remedy or rectify.
2. To make amends to.
3. To make amends for. synonyms correct
4. To adjust (a balance, for example).

n. (also rē'drĕs)
1. Satisfaction for wrong or injury; reparation. synonyms at reparation.
2. Correction or reformation.

[Middle English redressen, from Old French redrecier : re-, re- + drecier, to arrange; see dress.]

Grievances
griev·ance (n.)

1.

a. An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.

b. A complaint or protestation based on such a circumstance.
   See synonyms at injustice below...

injustice
a. Violation of another's rights or of what is right; lack of justice.
b. A specific unjust act; a wrong.

2. Indignation or resentment stemming from a feeling of having been wronged.

3. Obsolete.

a. The act of inflicting hardship or harm.

b. The cause of hardship or harm.

[Middle English grevaunce, from Old French grevance, from grever, to harm

A grievance is simply a formal statement of complaint, generally against an authority figure.

Labour unions typically include a committee known as the Grievance Committee or Griefcom which deals with complaints of members against management.

In a unionised organisation, a grievance is a formal complaint against the employer, in written format, usually filed by a union steward on behalf of a member of the local union. It is typically understood as any difference arising out of the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the collective bargaining agreement that is in effect at the place of employment but it can also concern violations of common law, such as workplace safety regulations or a human rights code. Ordinarily, unionised workers must ask their operations managers for time during work hours to meet with a shop steward in order to discuss the problem, which may or may not result in a grievance. If the grievance cannot be resolved through negotiation between labour and management, mediation, arbitration or legal remedies may be employed. Typically, everyone involved with a grievance has strict timelines which must be met in the processing of this formal complaint, until it is resolved. Employers cannot legally treat an employee any differently whether he or she has filed a grievance or not. The difference between a grievance and a complaint, in the unionised workplace, is whether the subject matter relates to the collective bargaining agreement.

A substantial section of the United States Declaration of Independence consists of an enumeration of the colonists' grievances against the "Present King of Great-Britain" (George III).

An important part of the American political tradition (guaranteed by the First Amendment) is the right of the people to petition the government for redress of grievances.

Micheal Jucious - " Any Discontent or dissatisfaction , whether expressed or not expressed, whether valied or not valied, written or not written arising out of anything connected with the company that an employee thinks, believes or even feels is unfair,unjust or inequitable"

Keith Davis - " Any real or imaginative feeling of personal injustice which an employee has conscerning (h)is(/her) employeement relationship"

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