dannyboy
From the promised LAND
A lot of people have posted and responded to posts about stewards not having the backbone to stop company abuses of the contract, and as a result, have issues with the union.
The problem lies with you, the union member.
Nothing is more telling of the union membership than a steward being crucified by the members for getting the company to honor the contract. The contract is what it is. Agree or disagree with it, it is what you work under until a new one comes about.
Dont like something? Dont violate it, get it changed on the next contract.
Dont like the way the union is taking us? Then get involved in the union activities. Run for office. Vote against those that are forgetting they work for us, not the other way around.
There is also what I call the waiter concept.
When you are out at a really nice restaurant, and you spill your drink, do you wait on the waiter to clean up your spill? or do you begin by taking your napkin and cleaning it off your clothes?
A steward is there to help and advise, not to wait on you hand and foot. We have a life, just like you. We volunteer to do what we do, because we want to help. But you gotta help yourself too.
Too many times as a steward, I had to fight hourly and management to get the right thing done. Everyone else was only interested in themselves, and how they could bend the contract to suit themselves.
You want a steward to stand up for you? Stand up for them for a change.
d
The problem lies with you, the union member.
Nothing is more telling of the union membership than a steward being crucified by the members for getting the company to honor the contract. The contract is what it is. Agree or disagree with it, it is what you work under until a new one comes about.
Dont like something? Dont violate it, get it changed on the next contract.
Dont like the way the union is taking us? Then get involved in the union activities. Run for office. Vote against those that are forgetting they work for us, not the other way around.
There is also what I call the waiter concept.
When you are out at a really nice restaurant, and you spill your drink, do you wait on the waiter to clean up your spill? or do you begin by taking your napkin and cleaning it off your clothes?
A steward is there to help and advise, not to wait on you hand and foot. We have a life, just like you. We volunteer to do what we do, because we want to help. But you gotta help yourself too.
Too many times as a steward, I had to fight hourly and management to get the right thing done. Everyone else was only interested in themselves, and how they could bend the contract to suit themselves.
You want a steward to stand up for you? Stand up for them for a change.
d