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Do stewards really have a bullseye?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fredless" data-source="post: 278420" data-attributes="member: 5197"><p>I also pick my battles as a part timer for my OWN greivances. On my shift a lot of people have day jobs to feed their families and often come in 5-10 minutes late every day depending on the start time. If I started nailing management with supervisors working greivances while the members were still strolling in late, management will fire back with suspensions and even terminations (yes it progressively gets that bad at my hub at times with attendance). So I ask myself, is that 5-10 minutes of pay REALLY worth a couple guys getting warning letters? But if a member comes to me and says he wants to file on management for working, I give him a greivance form and help him/her fill it out if they don't know how to. Your situation - Greivance with merit in my eyes. Did you have witnesses?</p><p> </p><p></p><p>Thats his problem he has crappy relations with management. If you wanted the grieve one minute, I could see his arguement to some point but regardless, I'd still take it because the contract does not say 1 minute or 50 hours is any less important - just says management working. Insist on the grievance within 5 days - if he denies you again, find another steward, or better yet - the head steward of your building.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Target on his back? You could say so, I know i'm their ace card but I skirt the rules enough to where they have only been able to get me on misloads but I have balanced myself enough for speed so they cant get me for "intentional work stoppage or slow down" and able to follow the methods completely. But again, thats HIS problem as a steward not yours. Nothing is stopping him from resigning if he can't handle the heat. At times I know I bit off way more than I can chew - the stress gets to you sometimes. I can't tell you how many times I've walked out of the building after my shift thinking "ohh <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />..how am I going to get this person out of that.."<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/whiteflag.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":whiteflag:" title="Whiteflag :whiteflag:" data-shortname=":whiteflag:" /></p><p> </p><p>But as others have said, next time, addres show important it is with you that the contract be enforced and if he denies a greivance with merit, go above his head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fredless, post: 278420, member: 5197"] I also pick my battles as a part timer for my OWN greivances. On my shift a lot of people have day jobs to feed their families and often come in 5-10 minutes late every day depending on the start time. If I started nailing management with supervisors working greivances while the members were still strolling in late, management will fire back with suspensions and even terminations (yes it progressively gets that bad at my hub at times with attendance). So I ask myself, is that 5-10 minutes of pay REALLY worth a couple guys getting warning letters? But if a member comes to me and says he wants to file on management for working, I give him a greivance form and help him/her fill it out if they don't know how to. Your situation - Greivance with merit in my eyes. Did you have witnesses? Thats his problem he has crappy relations with management. If you wanted the grieve one minute, I could see his arguement to some point but regardless, I'd still take it because the contract does not say 1 minute or 50 hours is any less important - just says management working. Insist on the grievance within 5 days - if he denies you again, find another steward, or better yet - the head steward of your building. Target on his back? You could say so, I know i'm their ace card but I skirt the rules enough to where they have only been able to get me on misloads but I have balanced myself enough for speed so they cant get me for "intentional work stoppage or slow down" and able to follow the methods completely. But again, thats HIS problem as a steward not yours. Nothing is stopping him from resigning if he can't handle the heat. At times I know I bit off way more than I can chew - the stress gets to you sometimes. I can't tell you how many times I've walked out of the building after my shift thinking "ohh :censored::censored::censored::censored:..how am I going to get this person out of that..":whiteflag: But as others have said, next time, addres show important it is with you that the contract be enforced and if he denies a greivance with merit, go above his head. [/QUOTE]
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