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Do stewards really have a bullseye?
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyRogue" data-source="post: 277838" data-attributes="member: 7185"><p>LOL. C'mon, CACH!! I meant it as far as being reasonable. Say on a planned staff of 30 unloaders, you've got 12 that don't show--call-ins, etc. That's what I was talking about. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>LOL, Cino. You're a funny guy. I tried the grievance route once at a non-UPS union job. Didn't get me anywhere. In fact....it just made my life a living h*ll. No, I refused to do that again. And the 'hostile workplace' thing? Not when you can't prove it. The bar I would have had to meet was impossible. I gained 30 pounds from stress eating. I left before I could get a grey hair at 19. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Again, I find this very funny. When you've got something known as <strong><em>credibility</em></strong>, management listened. I picked my battles with <strong><em>extreme</em></strong> care. If I raised Cain, it was for a good reason. Management realized that fairly quickly. In fact.....without going into detail, we had a safety issue created by a p/t supe. The safety supe blew off coming to talk to me after four hourlies and two other p/t supes brought complaints. An <em>honest</em> p/t supe advised the full-timer in charge of the sort. I spoke to the full-timer after the sort, looked him in the eye and softly growled, "If he <strong><em>ever</em></strong> does this again, I'll grieve him so fast it'll make <em>your</em> head spin! The letter I write Atlanta will have alarms going off every which way from Sunday." He sobered in a hurry and said, "Man....I give you my word I'll handle this <em>personally</em> next week. You will not have another safety issue on your sort aisle as long as I'm here." And I never did. </p><p> </p><p>Management can bluster all they want. After all...it is only bluster. I actually got a good chuckle out of some of it. That only happened <em>after</em> they walked away, though. Laughing at their faces just bruised egos. -Rocky</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyRogue, post: 277838, member: 7185"] LOL. C'mon, CACH!! I meant it as far as being reasonable. Say on a planned staff of 30 unloaders, you've got 12 that don't show--call-ins, etc. That's what I was talking about. LOL, Cino. You're a funny guy. I tried the grievance route once at a non-UPS union job. Didn't get me anywhere. In fact....it just made my life a living h*ll. No, I refused to do that again. And the 'hostile workplace' thing? Not when you can't prove it. The bar I would have had to meet was impossible. I gained 30 pounds from stress eating. I left before I could get a grey hair at 19. Again, I find this very funny. When you've got something known as [B][I]credibility[/I][/B], management listened. I picked my battles with [B][I]extreme[/I][/B] care. If I raised Cain, it was for a good reason. Management realized that fairly quickly. In fact.....without going into detail, we had a safety issue created by a p/t supe. The safety supe blew off coming to talk to me after four hourlies and two other p/t supes brought complaints. An [I]honest[/I] p/t supe advised the full-timer in charge of the sort. I spoke to the full-timer after the sort, looked him in the eye and softly growled, "If he [B][I]ever[/I][/B] does this again, I'll grieve him so fast it'll make [I]your[/I] head spin! The letter I write Atlanta will have alarms going off every which way from Sunday." He sobered in a hurry and said, "Man....I give you my word I'll handle this [I]personally[/I] next week. You will not have another safety issue on your sort aisle as long as I'm here." And I never did. Management can bluster all they want. After all...it is only bluster. I actually got a good chuckle out of some of it. That only happened [I]after[/I] they walked away, though. Laughing at their faces just bruised egos. -Rocky [/QUOTE]
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