chester looks like you got the typical cheerleader response.
King take the posts from tie and myself as what it is worth. Sups like tie hope you and your co workers never get involved. There are a lot more sups than stewards and agents, so if the members stay uninvolved they can basically run free. Now if they know that a preloader on their dock will file for them working, you will not see them working. But if they do not get grievance on it they will work and in doing so that is money coming out of your pocket.
With the slowing of business right now, you will see rivers going back in to the ptime ranks bumping ptimers. I can assure you that when these ftimers see a sup working they will be filing because they will not allow a sup to work when you are sitting at home because you have just been bumped.
Why let it happen, this is a perfect time to start to try and keep yourself working. This is not going to be a pretty year, a lot of people will struggle.