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<blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 1161334" data-attributes="member: 29553"><p>Everyone of them were stewards before they were elected in 2009.&nbsp; Some were with Ron Carey in Washington during the historic 1997 strike and contract. As far as needing experience to negotiate this supplement, well really.&nbsp; This is their first major contract (they have been negotiating the outside shops contracts since they got in...literally) and it is way better then the old guys who had ALL THAT EXPERIENCE.&nbsp; A matter of fact they fixed a lot of what was wrong with the contract like the 4.5 hr guarantee for reduction of staff (now can bump 2 part timers and get 8 hrs) as well as fixed the slow grievance procedure.&nbsp; What they really learned from Ron was &quot;putting members first&quot;.&nbsp; And they did just that.&nbsp; They asked the members what they wanted and then went to work negotiating a contract that gave the members what they asked for.&nbsp; yes, it was voted down but the reasons have more to do with the dislike of the national as well as the old guard NO on both campaign plus a pinch of ignorance on exactly what was in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="804brown, post: 1161334, member: 29553"] Everyone of them were stewards before they were elected in 2009. Some were with Ron Carey in Washington during the historic 1997 strike and contract. As far as needing experience to negotiate this supplement, well really. This is their first major contract (they have been negotiating the outside shops contracts since they got in...literally) and it is way better then the old guys who had ALL THAT EXPERIENCE. A matter of fact they fixed a lot of what was wrong with the contract like the 4.5 hr guarantee for reduction of staff (now can bump 2 part timers and get 8 hrs) as well as fixed the slow grievance procedure. What they really learned from Ron was "putting members first". And they did just that. They asked the members what they wanted and then went to work negotiating a contract that gave the members what they asked for. yes, it was voted down but the reasons have more to do with the dislike of the national as well as the old guard NO on both campaign plus a pinch of ignorance on exactly what was in it. [/QUOTE]

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