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We Are Our Own Worst Enemy – What Can We Do To Change This?
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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1096629" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>1. Education. A lot of the younger guys don't understand the concept of a 3.5 hour gurantee.. I talked to a kid that rode his bike 5 miles to work, got there on time, and was sent home because "there wasn't any work." I explained to him what his gurantee was and he had never heard of it. </p><p></p><p>2. They know better.. I'm guessing most drivers would prefer not to split shift inside the building.</p><p></p><p>3. I don't convince them to notify me; they do that already. I convince them to <strong>file grievances</strong> so the violations <strong>stop</strong>. They can shuffle a steward around or "work around" him in a way that he or she can't see the violations. That's Management 101. Know what helped me convince another guy to file? My $200 grievance settlement check. Hours slowly getting cut on my PT shift because sups start working, get away with it, and do more and more. Those 10-15 minutes of OT two or three days a week shrink to none and the paychecks shrink, as well. When you explain <em>management is stealing food off your table by working</em> it puts it in different terms than when someone says "but they make my job easier!"</p><p></p><p>4. Good luck. There will always be some animosity between FT/PT. I don't get in on it because I'll get my shot eventually (that's how seniority works); the only time it bugs me is when FT union members (very few of them) openly advocate two-tiered wage or health & welfare proposals because they already got theirs'. Or when a scab gets a FT slot ahead of a dues paying member..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1096629, member: 42270"] 1. Education. A lot of the younger guys don't understand the concept of a 3.5 hour gurantee.. I talked to a kid that rode his bike 5 miles to work, got there on time, and was sent home because "there wasn't any work." I explained to him what his gurantee was and he had never heard of it. 2. They know better.. I'm guessing most drivers would prefer not to split shift inside the building. 3. I don't convince them to notify me; they do that already. I convince them to [b]file grievances[/b] so the violations [b]stop[/b]. They can shuffle a steward around or "work around" him in a way that he or she can't see the violations. That's Management 101. Know what helped me convince another guy to file? My $200 grievance settlement check. Hours slowly getting cut on my PT shift because sups start working, get away with it, and do more and more. Those 10-15 minutes of OT two or three days a week shrink to none and the paychecks shrink, as well. When you explain [i]management is stealing food off your table by working[/i] it puts it in different terms than when someone says "but they make my job easier!" 4. Good luck. There will always be some animosity between FT/PT. I don't get in on it because I'll get my shot eventually (that's how seniority works); the only time it bugs me is when FT union members (very few of them) openly advocate two-tiered wage or health & welfare proposals because they already got theirs'. Or when a scab gets a FT slot ahead of a dues paying member.. [/QUOTE]
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