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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie&#039;s Friend" data-source="post: 3927491"><p>We aren't "half cocked".</p><p>We aren't "cowboys".</p><p>We <strong><em>are</em></strong> "rational people".</p><p>No stewards here are afraid.</p><p></p><p>We get crap fixed while the local sleeps...with the company.</p><p></p><p>Think I'm BSing you?</p><p></p><p>I'm not offended at your remarks. OSHA has assesed fines and fixed our egress issues.</p><p>Ive seen there's an outstanding fine for over $20,000 for other issues deemed violations and it was a catalist for another <em>huge</em> fine assessed recently to another facility that couldn't get traction with their (horrendous) egress issues thru the normal exhaustive channels.</p><p></p><p>OSHA came in to fix our issues and even though grievances were filed they never asked about the labor side of it.</p><p></p><p>But guess what we've learned? <em>The company does not make significant changes without having to <strong>pay</strong> for their violations</em>.</p><p>The grievance proceedure is the formal way to address the situation but here, it is useless. Will the company agree to pay the grievant for egress violations under Art 18? </p><p>Is that a "half cocked" thought?</p><p></p><p>It's like walking home from school and having the neighbor kid beat up on you every day. You or your parents contact the parent of the punk and nothing changes. So finally, after asking for help the legal way and getting none you get tired of it and the next day when he starts in again you drop your book bag and beat the tar out of the punk until he cant get up. Problem solved.</p><p></p><p>Get my point?</p><p></p><p>Nothing personal. Just facts.</p><p>And we couldn't care less who doubts it because we have learned to survive and fight on our own in this joke local.</p><p></p><p>Targets? We are all targets. So what's new and some have been targets by their own "representation ".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie's Friend, post: 3927491"] We aren't "half cocked". We aren't "cowboys". We [B][I]are[/I][/B] "rational people". No stewards here are afraid. We get crap fixed while the local sleeps...with the company. Think I'm BSing you? I'm not offended at your remarks. OSHA has assesed fines and fixed our egress issues. Ive seen there's an outstanding fine for over $20,000 for other issues deemed violations and it was a catalist for another [I]huge[/I] fine assessed recently to another facility that couldn't get traction with their (horrendous) egress issues thru the normal exhaustive channels. OSHA came in to fix our issues and even though grievances were filed they never asked about the labor side of it. But guess what we've learned? [I]The company does not make significant changes without having to [B]pay[/B] for their violations[/I]. The grievance proceedure is the formal way to address the situation but here, it is useless. Will the company agree to pay the grievant for egress violations under Art 18? Is that a "half cocked" thought? It's like walking home from school and having the neighbor kid beat up on you every day. You or your parents contact the parent of the punk and nothing changes. So finally, after asking for help the legal way and getting none you get tired of it and the next day when he starts in again you drop your book bag and beat the tar out of the punk until he cant get up. Problem solved. Get my point? Nothing personal. Just facts. And we couldn't care less who doubts it because we have learned to survive and fight on our own in this joke local. Targets? We are all targets. So what's new and some have been targets by their own "representation ". [/QUOTE]
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