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<blockquote data-quote="Phraust" data-source="post: 4877134" data-attributes="member: 90455">Even pre covid when I&#039;d stop by and drop them off in person at best I&#039;d see the receptionist and my BA, I&#039;d always say hello to anyone I&#039;d pass in the halls and if I knew exactly who they were(which was fairly common as it&#039;s not a huge local) I&#039;d make sure to use their names. Out of all my halls visits though it&#039;s rare I see or even hear any of the Executive Board members. If by hearings you mean Center Levels(might be a local vernacular difference?) yes, I&#039;m the Steward of Record/Sitting Steward more often then not, it&#039;s almost always just my BA as far as union reps go, the President makes RARE appearances(gonna say maybe 3 in all my years) if there&#039;s an issue in terms of general policy, like shortly after we first started running Saturdays &#039;normally&#039;.Been to a few panels, maybe 4, usually my grievances don&#039;t go that far and they&#039;re rarely held nearby, if I can make it I still attend ones for fellow stewards that have grievances being heard then but sitting is usually very limited which isn&#039;t how I&#039;ve heard others describe how their panels are held.File grievances all the time, been a bit slower due to Covid and less then ideal communication with my BA as sadly my center is seen as overly self sufficient and that often means we don&#039;t get the support we need when we ask for/need it. My center manager and I have a very...developed...relationship because of it(partly because most of the other stewards hate dealing with her and are all to happy to have me do it)Xmas Parties and a few other holidays have been very hit or miss, I attended one New Years party right after becoming a steward and was told it&#039;s rare the local actually has one. They had a St Patty&#039;s party a few years back but there were only maybe 15 people that showed, mostly BAs and a few stewards I know from other centers/hubs in the area.Shop Steward Seminars, yep, and while I am an active and vocal member I also pay attention, take notes and don&#039;t feel the need to ask the same question the last 2 guys did with slightly different wording each time so neither the President and/or Secretary-Treasurer have gotten into the habit of cracking jokes about my ability to pay attention. I&#039;d put money on the fact the President and Secretary-Treasurer recognize me as a steward, the Pres may even remember my name after my little bout of fame/infamy if he holds any sort of grudge but I doubt they could tell you what building I&#039;m out of, how long I&#039;ve been a steward or even how active I tend to be in the meetings/seminars/zoom conferences/etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Phraust, post: 4877134, member: 90455"] Even pre covid when I'd stop by and drop them off in person at best I'd see the receptionist and my BA, I'd always say hello to anyone I'd pass in the halls and if I knew exactly who they were(which was fairly common as it's not a huge local) I'd make sure to use their names. Out of all my halls visits though it's rare I see or even hear any of the Executive Board members. If by hearings you mean Center Levels(might be a local vernacular difference?) yes, I'm the Steward of Record/Sitting Steward more often then not, it's almost always just my BA as far as union reps go, the President makes RARE appearances(gonna say maybe 3 in all my years) if there's an issue in terms of general policy, like shortly after we first started running Saturdays 'normally'. Been to a few panels, maybe 4, usually my grievances don't go that far and they're rarely held nearby, if I can make it I still attend ones for fellow stewards that have grievances being heard then but sitting is usually very limited which isn't how I've heard others describe how their panels are held. File grievances all the time, been a bit slower due to Covid and less then ideal communication with my BA as sadly my center is seen as overly self sufficient and that often means we don't get the support we need when we ask for/need it. My center manager and I have a very...developed...relationship because of it(partly because most of the other stewards hate dealing with her and are all to happy to have me do it) Xmas Parties and a few other holidays have been very hit or miss, I attended one New Years party right after becoming a steward and was told it's rare the local actually has one. They had a St Patty's party a few years back but there were only maybe 15 people that showed, mostly BAs and a few stewards I know from other centers/hubs in the area. Shop Steward Seminars, yep, and while I am an active and vocal member I also pay attention, take notes and don't feel the need to ask the same question the last 2 guys did with slightly different wording each time so neither the President and/or Secretary-Treasurer have gotten into the habit of cracking jokes about my ability to pay attention. I'd put money on the fact the President and Secretary-Treasurer recognize me as a steward, the Pres may even remember my name after my little bout of fame/infamy if he holds any sort of grudge but I doubt they could tell you what building I'm out of, how long I've been a steward or even how active I tend to be in the meetings/seminars/zoom conferences/etc. [/QUOTE]

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