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<blockquote data-quote="gandydancer" data-source="post: 504458" data-attributes="member: 9310">Sorry to hear it. Sounded like you were turning into just who I&#039;d want to be the safety co-chair. In fact, I&#039;d like you to reconsider.&nbsp;UPS doesn&#039;t have the CHSP in order to pretend to be concerned about safety. It is required by law to have a functioning safety process with active employee involvement, and that&#039;s supported by the contract. As Union co-chair YOU DON&#039;T HAVE TO DO WHAT MANAGEMENT WANTS. You&#039;re like a steward. They pay you for the hours but your functions are defined by the contract and your responsibiliities are to your co-workers. You don&#039;t have to spend your time drilling drivers on DOK. It&#039;s not one of the seven functions listed, above, by Bobblehead, in Section 20.4 of the contract. Get your concerns in the minutes and on the concerns list and if management gets in your way go to the grievance process and/or OSHA. I haven&#039;t read all of this thread -- did you ever follow up on the OSHA 300 and 300A?&nbsp;The negative is that you&#039;re putting a target on your back, and if you don&#039;t think it&#039;s worth it I won&#039;t second-guess you. But you can choose to expect nothing but guff from management and still not sign on to be safety pet. You don&#039;t have to let management stop you from making a difference. Build a record and make it too hot for them to stop you.&nbsp;Leastways, that&#039;s my plan. Still a work in progress, I admit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gandydancer, post: 504458, member: 9310"] Sorry to hear it. Sounded like you were turning into just who I'd want to be the safety co-chair. In fact, I'd like you to reconsider. UPS doesn't have the CHSP in order to pretend to be concerned about safety. It is required by law to have a functioning safety process with active employee involvement, and that's supported by the contract. As Union co-chair YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT MANAGEMENT WANTS. You're like a steward. They pay you for the hours but your functions are defined by the contract and your responsibiliities are to your co-workers. You don't have to spend your time drilling drivers on DOK. It's not one of the seven functions listed, above, by Bobblehead, in Section 20.4 of the contract. Get your concerns in the minutes and on the concerns list and if management gets in your way go to the grievance process and/or OSHA. I haven't read all of this thread -- did you ever follow up on the OSHA 300 and 300A? The negative is that you're putting a target on your back, and if you don't think it's worth it I won't second-guess you. But you can choose to expect nothing but guff from management and still not sign on to be safety pet. You don't have to let management stop you from making a difference. Build a record and make it too hot for them to stop you. Leastways, that's my plan. Still a work in progress, I admit. [/QUOTE]

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