Do you tip your shop steward?

[JackStraw]

Every Friday night he puts a twenty on the bar. It's still there at the end of the night.

 

[BrownTexas]

I had a guy take me out for wings and beer one time after we got his job back.

"Thanks for what you do for us!" works just as well though. One of those makes up for a hundred, "My supervisor worked next to me all night! You're crooked because you won't file a grievance and scream at him from the other side of the building!"

The guys saying that to you is a chicken . Making you take all the heat when he can file for it himself.

 

[Anonymous 11]

Just bought my wife's $200 prescription for nothing. I'm liking my insurance .



This is a message from one of my teamsters. Is this a tip?

 

[Bubblehead]

Just bought my wife's $200 prescription for nothing. I'm liking my insurance .



This is a message from one of my teamsters. Is this a tip?

Your welcome.

 

[Anonymous 11]

Your welcome.

Thank you

 

[10 point]

Your welcome.

Our family just lost our opthalmologist (we were with for over 30 years) and the independent pharmacy I have been with since 1969.

The Rx location can be replaced but there's no eye guy near by our town of the same caliber as this one. Not even close. Some gained. Some lost. Glad some gained.

That had nothing to do with our stewards but Im thinking about a "tip" to pass on to Jr.

 

[Anonymous 11]

Our family just lost our opthalmologist (we were with for over 30 years) and the independent pharmacy I have been with since 1969.

The Rx location can be replaced but there's no eye guy near by our town of the same caliber as this one. Not even close. Some gained. Some lost. Glad some gained.

That had nothing to do with our stewards but Im thinking about a "tip" to pass on to Jr.

Sorry

 

[HOTELDUNORD]

NO. Stewards don't pay union dues so they are already compensated. Understand that I am a retired steward and it IS a thankless job. There is nothing wrong about a coffee or beer but normally stewards understand their position and are not looking for a handout.They also get a gift each year from the hall for Christmas. Many get perks from management for looking the other way (evil but lets be real here). My advice is thank your steward for a job well done before you need his help!

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Stewards don't pay union dues so they are already compensated.

From what I have heard and read here this may not be true for all stewards.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

From what I have heard and read here this may not be true for all stewards.

You know everything....why aren't you a steward?

 

[10 point]

NO. Stewards don't pay union dues so they are already compensated. Understand that I am a retired steward and it IS a thankless job. There is nothing wrong about a coffee or beer but normally stewards understand their position and are not looking for a handout.They also get a gift each year from the hall for Christmas. Many get perks from management for looking the other way (evil but lets be real here). My advice is thank your steward for a job well done before you need his help!

No freebies or gifts or dues exemption in our local.

Our stewards don't "look the other way" or kiss anyone's butt...especially management's thank you.

 

[Island]

All my stewards fit into two groups. Too harassed by management to help anyone else with harassment, or on management's xmas list and therefore not mine. None of them have I wanted to tip. If I had a steward in my center who actually won me some grievances, I'd probably go out of my way to be appreciative. This is actually something I've never had to consider before, but if for some reason my local leadership didn't suck when I woke up tomorrow, I would probably have a lot of thankful feelings to share.

 

[Brownsfan]

All my stewards fit into two groups. Too harassed by management to help anyone else with harassment, or on management's xmas list and therefore not mine. None of them have I wanted to tip. If I had a steward in my center who actually won me some grievances, I'd probably go out of my way to be appreciative. This is actually something I've never had to consider before, but if for some reason my local leadership didn't suck when I woke up tomorrow, I would probably have a lot of thankful feelings to share.

We have one steward who's a little soft, but the other 2 are absolute lions that always have your back. I say thank you all the time and I will try to not bump one of them if he's on a good route. The other steward I will call on occasion to see of he needs assistance. I'm in CA, not sure if that has anything to do with the better representation we seem to get. Oh ya and the soft peaceful steward just gets a hand shake.

 

[10 point]

All my stewards fit into two groups. Too harassed by management to help anyone else with harassment, or on management's xmas list and therefore not mine. None of them have I wanted to tip. If I had a steward in my center who actually won me some grievances, I'd probably go out of my way to be appreciative. This is actually something I've never had to consider before, but if for some reason my local leadership didn't suck when I woke up tomorrow, I would probably have a lot of thankful feelings to share.

I feel bad for your area. Glad I don't work there.
Maybe you ought to run for a steward position if it sucks that bad.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Brownsfan, I was under the impression that stewards could not be bumped off of their routes.

 

[Anonymous 11]

All my stewards fit into two groups. Too harassed by management to help anyone else with harassment, or on management's xmas list and therefore not mine. None of them have I wanted to tip. If I had a steward in my center who actually won me some grievances, I'd probably go out of my way to be appreciative. This is actually something I've never had to consider before, but if for some reason my local leadership didn't suck when I woke up tomorrow, I would probably have a lot of thankful feelings to share.

You ever think of being a steward then?

 

[PiedmontSteward]

Brownsfan, I was under the impression that stewards could not be bumped off of their routes.

"Super seniority" varies by local/area and probably would only apply during an actual lay-off situation, but I've never tried to use if I get bumped out of my preferred job.

 

[Brownsfan]

Brownsfan, I was under the impression that stewards could not be bumped off of their routes.

We are both floaters so we get to pick what we want to run based on seniority. So some days I let him do the easy route and I'll do the crappy one.

 

[grgrcr88]

NO. Stewards don't pay union dues so they are already compensated. Understand that I am a retired steward and it IS a thankless job. There is nothing wrong about a coffee or beer but normally stewards understand their position and are not looking for a handout.They also get a gift each year from the hall for Christmas. Many get perks from management for looking the other way (evil but lets be real here). My advice is thank your steward for a job well done before you need his help!

This is not true...I am a steward in Kansas and we pay full dues. True I get a gift from the hall at Christmas, same as every other member that attends the December meeting. I do not want anything from anyone for my service but a thanks every now and then would be nice.

One of my members gives me a log of deer sausage every year. It is very nice to see the appreciation.

We have no super seniority here either. Myself and another steward were both bumped off routes when other guys routes were changed or eliminated. I would not use it if we did.

 

[Coldworld]

No, I just take 15 stops off of him everyday.

Why should you care you are going to be off by 5 regardless of how many stops you have..lol