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<blockquote data-quote="251" data-source="post: 1186070" data-attributes="member: 49141"><p>Not all reform barns are tanking. Even 804 is not as bad off as you described, aren't they in their second term now? I remember hearing that they were re-elected. At any rate, you can't judge them based on mistakes they haven't made yet. If they get in, it's our job to hold them accountable to the membership. And judging by their campaign platform, that is exactly what they want us to do. As far as arbitration, those are won or lost by the locals lawyer. They are the ones that advise the ST on what to drop and what to take to arbitration. As long as they have a good lawyer, I wouldn't worry about losing cases left and right. The battle for these guys will be enforcing the contract over at your barn. If they are successful in doing that, the discipline you have mentioned will fall off significantly. The steward training they mention in their platform will help tremendously with that. You say there is no substitute for experience. I agree with that. But there is also no substitute for knowledge. After all, knowledge is power. A steward should know verbatim not only the contract, but state and federal labor laws. Something I can assure you, MOST stewards in our local do not know. And neither does management at most of the barns. If you arm your stewards with knowledge that management does not have, and use that knowledge to win small battles on the shop floor, management will, in most cases, think twice before issuing discipline.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="251, post: 1186070, member: 49141"] Not all reform barns are tanking. Even 804 is not as bad off as you described, aren't they in their second term now? I remember hearing that they were re-elected. At any rate, you can't judge them based on mistakes they haven't made yet. If they get in, it's our job to hold them accountable to the membership. And judging by their campaign platform, that is exactly what they want us to do. As far as arbitration, those are won or lost by the locals lawyer. They are the ones that advise the ST on what to drop and what to take to arbitration. As long as they have a good lawyer, I wouldn't worry about losing cases left and right. The battle for these guys will be enforcing the contract over at your barn. If they are successful in doing that, the discipline you have mentioned will fall off significantly. The steward training they mention in their platform will help tremendously with that. You say there is no substitute for experience. I agree with that. But there is also no substitute for knowledge. After all, knowledge is power. A steward should know verbatim not only the contract, but state and federal labor laws. Something I can assure you, MOST stewards in our local do not know. And neither does management at most of the barns. If you arm your stewards with knowledge that management does not have, and use that knowledge to win small battles on the shop floor, management will, in most cases, think twice before issuing discipline. [/QUOTE]
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