Los Angeles Times fru xn November 162009 senor SENT VIA EMAIL and USPS: fees Ronnie Pineda President Local 4D-N 11432 Roschege Dr. Whiten CA 90606 Dear Ronnie In response, o your eter date November 12,2009, Istrongly disagree with your suggestion that the Company has sted in aes than god faith manne egsting the grievance process, To he contrary, the Company is merely following the process agosto and ratified by the Union Indo, your rcs request to ignore the grievance process sin diet contradiction to these procedures, Cel, there is no ight in the cart for ther party to uniateraly bypass or xpaite he grievance process, As sch, the Company does no agree to bypass or expat the arievane and abitain procedures tated inthe contract. As fr issues of mens, the Company maintains tsoriginal postion, However, the Union asthe ight to present its arguments regarding timeliness before an arbitrator. Notwithstanding thi, the Company continues to be open to engage in discussion and problem-solving, Regards, Pl vuly Russ Newton