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<blockquote data-quote="kristan" data-source="post: 1283177" data-attributes="member: 25501"><p>We have a new steward on days who seems like a good guy who cares and is able to work with issues at hand. Frankly, I wish we'd had him sooner, but I'm glad he's there now. He's certainly not alone if we stand with him as a group in the workplace. He does need an alternate, so there is that. Too big of a shop for one person. I hope the local will pony up and get a second player into the mix. There are peeps who've asked to be trained. That's fair. </p><p></p><p>As for the elections, I agree with some of what you're saying. True Ballot has got to go. There have been alleged issues all over the map -- not just within union elections -- that put TB in a questionable light, including information from other programmers. If we're going to use a third party, we need one that isn't on the other side of the country as well as an objective software code supervisor. If you want to change that, good luck. The by-laws as they stand give the EB the power to do whatever it wants pretty much. Until those are addressed, we'll face the same problems over and over. It's a matter of conquering apathy, really. And money.</p><p></p><p>150 grand now? I haven't taken a gander at LM2s in a minute. I have seen some BAs who deserved that kind of dosh, but, man, if you can't organize the majority of your local workforce or even have employees identify who the heck you are, you miiiiiiight not be a proper candidate for six figures plus. </p><p></p><p>Island, you forgot something important non-UPS related: Allied de-certed. We lost our waste guys. They voted us out. That's freaking horrible and disgraceful, and yet there was not a peep. No word put out to help campaign. Nada. Those guys were very vocal against the local in the last election, btw. To top it off: Americold, anyone? Heard of them? Shame.</p><p></p><p>Removing stewardships didn't negate the abilities of former stewards to continue supporting their brothers and sisters -- only prohibitive in settling certain grievances at the shop level. If you don't have the local's support, there's no more power in being a steward than there is in being a general member. </p><p></p><p>They're reading, I promise. Tell 'em how you want it fixed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kristan, post: 1283177, member: 25501"] We have a new steward on days who seems like a good guy who cares and is able to work with issues at hand. Frankly, I wish we'd had him sooner, but I'm glad he's there now. He's certainly not alone if we stand with him as a group in the workplace. He does need an alternate, so there is that. Too big of a shop for one person. I hope the local will pony up and get a second player into the mix. There are peeps who've asked to be trained. That's fair. As for the elections, I agree with some of what you're saying. True Ballot has got to go. There have been alleged issues all over the map -- not just within union elections -- that put TB in a questionable light, including information from other programmers. If we're going to use a third party, we need one that isn't on the other side of the country as well as an objective software code supervisor. If you want to change that, good luck. The by-laws as they stand give the EB the power to do whatever it wants pretty much. Until those are addressed, we'll face the same problems over and over. It's a matter of conquering apathy, really. And money. 150 grand now? I haven't taken a gander at LM2s in a minute. I have seen some BAs who deserved that kind of dosh, but, man, if you can't organize the majority of your local workforce or even have employees identify who the heck you are, you miiiiiiight not be a proper candidate for six figures plus. Island, you forgot something important non-UPS related: Allied de-certed. We lost our waste guys. They voted us out. That's freaking horrible and disgraceful, and yet there was not a peep. No word put out to help campaign. Nada. Those guys were very vocal against the local in the last election, btw. To top it off: Americold, anyone? Heard of them? Shame. Removing stewardships didn't negate the abilities of former stewards to continue supporting their brothers and sisters -- only prohibitive in settling certain grievances at the shop level. If you don't have the local's support, there's no more power in being a steward than there is in being a general member. They're reading, I promise. Tell 'em how you want it fixed. [/QUOTE]
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