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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1181028" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>It depends. </p><p></p><p>It's much easier to be a scab in the hub than it is to scab while driving, simply because so many more things are out of your control as a driver. If a scab comes to work every day on time and works as instructed without any grief, they typically get to skate. But if they end up having attendance problems or get mouthy with their manager, they get away with far less than a union member does as most stewards won't really "go to bat" for them. </p><p></p><p>We're required to "represent" them (and also process their grievances) or else the local can be sued for breaching their duty of fair representation. But I can sit in the office and clean my fingernails while they talk themselves out of a job and I've fulfilled that duty. As far as "work rule" issues that become disputes (getting "sold out" to another area when junior workers are available, getting skipped over for a "layoff" day when the area is overstaffed and they wanted to leave, being forced to stay late, being harassed for production, etc.) they are <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> outta luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1181028, member: 42270"] It depends. It's much easier to be a scab in the hub than it is to scab while driving, simply because so many more things are out of your control as a driver. If a scab comes to work every day on time and works as instructed without any grief, they typically get to skate. But if they end up having attendance problems or get mouthy with their manager, they get away with far less than a union member does as most stewards won't really "go to bat" for them. We're required to "represent" them (and also process their grievances) or else the local can be sued for breaching their duty of fair representation. But I can sit in the office and clean my fingernails while they talk themselves out of a job and I've fulfilled that duty. As far as "work rule" issues that become disputes (getting "sold out" to another area when junior workers are available, getting skipped over for a "layoff" day when the area is overstaffed and they wanted to leave, being forced to stay late, being harassed for production, etc.) they are [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] outta luck. [/QUOTE]
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