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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1211925" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>I agree with you, up until a point. Many members expect and demand their BA to be in the building every day enforcing the contract when this really isn't feasible. Whenever my BA is seen walking into the hub, any supervisor with a radio that spots him warns the rest of the building and then the sort manager will typically "shadow" him until he leaves. If he comes into the building to speak with members and/or to handle a handful of things with an individual sort manager, a lot of times he'll get swamped with issues that have been/already are being addressed by a steward and the member is simply "steward shopping" on a higher level. </p><p></p><p>A lot of these issues aren't necessarily urgent and can be brought up at the monthly membership meeting, which most members don't attend.. Additionally, a lot of members will complain to the BA and even the stewards about supervisors working when they aren't willing to file grievances on the issue. It's hard to get some members to understand that <strong>they</strong> are the ones responsible for enforcing the contract and while the union will back them up every step of the way, we won't be holding their hand either. </p><p></p><p>It's absolutely necessary that the BA regularly be in the barns he represents and every union member should know who they are, but physically being in the hub every day simply isn't realistic. There are a ton of things that business agents do behind the scenes, ie. preparing cases and individual members for panel, preparing discharge/suspension cases at the local level, settling grievances on the center/local level, meeting with stewards, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1211925, member: 42270"] I agree with you, up until a point. Many members expect and demand their BA to be in the building every day enforcing the contract when this really isn't feasible. Whenever my BA is seen walking into the hub, any supervisor with a radio that spots him warns the rest of the building and then the sort manager will typically "shadow" him until he leaves. If he comes into the building to speak with members and/or to handle a handful of things with an individual sort manager, a lot of times he'll get swamped with issues that have been/already are being addressed by a steward and the member is simply "steward shopping" on a higher level. A lot of these issues aren't necessarily urgent and can be brought up at the monthly membership meeting, which most members don't attend.. Additionally, a lot of members will complain to the BA and even the stewards about supervisors working when they aren't willing to file grievances on the issue. It's hard to get some members to understand that [B]they[/B] are the ones responsible for enforcing the contract and while the union will back them up every step of the way, we won't be holding their hand either. It's absolutely necessary that the BA regularly be in the barns he represents and every union member should know who they are, but physically being in the hub every day simply isn't realistic. There are a ton of things that business agents do behind the scenes, ie. preparing cases and individual members for panel, preparing discharge/suspension cases at the local level, settling grievances on the center/local level, meeting with stewards, etc. [/QUOTE]
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