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<blockquote data-quote="542thruNthru" data-source="post: 4188778" data-attributes="member: 48491">You&#039;re passionate and it shows. It&#039;s not a bad thingMembers show a vested interest when they feel it&#039;s&nbsp; something that affects them. Yes they will come to you first when they feel you know what you&#039;re talking about but getting them to take the extra step in getting involved usually involves a career threatening/changing event in my eyes. The contract is a legal document. They are never simple. I disagree with your reasoning why people are apathetic. From my experience and the posts I&#039;ve read on here most think of the union like they think of any service based industry. &quot;I paid my money. I&#039;m the customer now serve me!&quot; To the average member a steward is a lawyer they think is on retainer. He/she should work constantly to make sure their needs are met. Not realizing these people deal with multiple problems a day and also have the same job and a life outside of it.&nbsp; It&#039;s your livelihood. Why would you not try to read the contract... because it&#039;s easier to make your steward/BA do it. That&#039;s what you pay them for right? (Sarcasm)200 pages long? That&#039;s just the Master.&nbsp; Mine is almost 400 pages. Now add in all the rest. BAs have a tough job. I&#039;m not trying to make excuses for the bad ones but when you think about the number of people that come to you in a week. Think about multiplying that my 10 and all expect results with in the day. The average member has no idea how their union even works. Again it&#039;s the service industry all over again. &quot;I have a problem it&#039;s important and it needs to be handled ASAP!&quot; not realizing it&#039;s like the court system. Things take time and something&#039;s take precedent over others.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="542thruNthru, post: 4188778, member: 48491"] You're passionate and it shows. It's not a bad thing Members show a vested interest when they feel it's something that affects them. Yes they will come to you first when they feel you know what you're talking about but getting them to take the extra step in getting involved usually involves a career threatening/changing event in my eyes. The contract is a legal document. They are never simple. I disagree with your reasoning why people are apathetic. From my experience and the posts I've read on here most think of the union like they think of any service based industry. "I paid my money. I'm the customer now serve me!" To the average member a steward is a lawyer they think is on retainer. He/she should work constantly to make sure their needs are met. Not realizing these people deal with multiple problems a day and also have the same job and a life outside of it. It's your livelihood. Why would you not try to read the contract... because it's easier to make your steward/BA do it. That's what you pay them for right? (Sarcasm) 200 pages long? That's just the Master. Mine is almost 400 pages. Now add in all the rest. BAs have a tough job. I'm not trying to make excuses for the bad ones but when you think about the number of people that come to you in a week. Think about multiplying that my 10 and all expect results with in the day. The average member has no idea how their union even works. Again it's the service industry all over again. "I have a problem it's important and it needs to be handled ASAP!" not realizing it's like the court system. Things take time and something's take precedent over others. [/QUOTE]

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