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<blockquote data-quote="Mud for Blood No Lonver" data-source="post: 305755"><p>Let me preface this by pointing out a few things: I was a supervisor of union employees. My workgroup and I worked IN the hub but not FOR the hub. I always tried to treat all employees fairly, and I only had to do "formal" discipline (warning letters, suspensions) during the beginning of my assignment with them (to clean up obvious behavioral issues the previous supervisor let slide - coming in an hour late, walking off the job, taking funeral leave after the union employee's grandmother died for the tenth time, etc.). I tried to be a good supervisor for them, since I came from a union family (my dad is the steward for his union in the AFL-CIO) and could see their side of things. In short, I tried to be the model supervisor, not the ego-driven maniacs you see running around the operation, swearing and breaking down spirits. Those types of supervisors don't understand that unloading a trailer in 100 degree weather can slow down performance, and they don't grasp that some IE pencil-pusher in Atlanta (who has never worked in an operation) has given the districts virtually unattainable numbers, and that all the screaming and berating in the world isn't going to turn a sorter into Superman. But I digress.</p><p></p><p>98% of my union people were great, and if you gave them respect, they'd return it. There were a few pukes though. Firstly, there was the employee who'd expect ME to follow the contract to the letter of the law (if a lower seniority employee got a minute more work, they'd grieve; if I breathed on a package, they'd grieve), but they wanted me to bend contract rules for THEIR benefit. The one lady in my group had a grievance on management at least once a week, but when she wanted both of her vacations scheduled in the summer and couldn't (she didn't have much seniority, and all the summer weeks had already been picked). She tried to get me to coerce another union person to move their weeks, and then she wanted to schedule all five personal days (which I denied). I told her she could take all five sick days (which I couldn't deny), but she grieved that as well. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-)" /></p><p></p><p>The second type of union puke is the one who literally wants the world. My group didn't have a lot of physical work (revenue recovery). It didn't take much brain-power either (scanning labels). They get a good wage, free tuition, better benefits than management, and a plenty of days off, the work wasn't strenuous, and they STILL complained about how much their job sucked. They wanted pizza for showing up to work, donuts for staying the whole shift, and a presidential medal of honor for making their goals. </p><p></p><p>But all in all, I liked my union folk. Mostly I was just jealous that they got free tuition and better benefits than me. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mud for Blood No Lonver, post: 305755"] Let me preface this by pointing out a few things: I was a supervisor of union employees. My workgroup and I worked IN the hub but not FOR the hub. I always tried to treat all employees fairly, and I only had to do "formal" discipline (warning letters, suspensions) during the beginning of my assignment with them (to clean up obvious behavioral issues the previous supervisor let slide - coming in an hour late, walking off the job, taking funeral leave after the union employee's grandmother died for the tenth time, etc.). I tried to be a good supervisor for them, since I came from a union family (my dad is the steward for his union in the AFL-CIO) and could see their side of things. In short, I tried to be the model supervisor, not the ego-driven maniacs you see running around the operation, swearing and breaking down spirits. Those types of supervisors don't understand that unloading a trailer in 100 degree weather can slow down performance, and they don't grasp that some IE pencil-pusher in Atlanta (who has never worked in an operation) has given the districts virtually unattainable numbers, and that all the screaming and berating in the world isn't going to turn a sorter into Superman. But I digress. 98% of my union people were great, and if you gave them respect, they'd return it. There were a few pukes though. Firstly, there was the employee who'd expect ME to follow the contract to the letter of the law (if a lower seniority employee got a minute more work, they'd grieve; if I breathed on a package, they'd grieve), but they wanted me to bend contract rules for THEIR benefit. The one lady in my group had a grievance on management at least once a week, but when she wanted both of her vacations scheduled in the summer and couldn't (she didn't have much seniority, and all the summer weeks had already been picked). She tried to get me to coerce another union person to move their weeks, and then she wanted to schedule all five personal days (which I denied). I told her she could take all five sick days (which I couldn't deny), but she grieved that as well. :-) The second type of union puke is the one who literally wants the world. My group didn't have a lot of physical work (revenue recovery). It didn't take much brain-power either (scanning labels). They get a good wage, free tuition, better benefits than management, and a plenty of days off, the work wasn't strenuous, and they STILL complained about how much their job sucked. They wanted pizza for showing up to work, donuts for staying the whole shift, and a presidential medal of honor for making their goals. But all in all, I liked my union folk. Mostly I was just jealous that they got free tuition and better benefits than me. :-) [/QUOTE]
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