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<blockquote data-quote="ski or die" data-source="post: 4859483" data-attributes="member: 52818"><p>Our Local was not corrupt. The President backed me 100% on the seniority issue. Myself and several of the stewards who stood up for the employees all had our problems with the BA. This BA was at first our union steward - pushed thru by the company quite some time ago. We also had a different president at that time who also by chance was convicted of several crimes not involving the union or local and ended up serving time in the big house. I didn&#039;t park a truck outside his new residence. Probably couldn&#039;t see the truck for the bars. That same president is the one who moved the steward to the BA position. I would not park a truck or billboard outside someone&#039;s house due to a disagreement. The union has channels to resolve issues. Just have to hope you are dealing with honest people such as the new president of the local we had at the time of my grievance. As a steward, I fought for each employee, using the contract, looking for any loophole I could use. If it was a losing cause, I would sit down with the employee with the contract and explain the odds of winning and let them choose to continue. The employees knew I was honest and fair. Several departments in our building as well other buildings in our city would request me when they were to have a meeting with management. There were poor BA&#039;s as well as stewards. The employees were well aware who to avoid. The seniority grievance pertained to the manager picking their favorites and offering them overtime instead of following seniority. Losing that grievance would have at least affected everyone in our local as a precedent would have been set for seniority rights. Again, I would use the legal channels available, no, I would not use a truck at someone&#039;s residence.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="ski or die, post: 4859483, member: 52818"] Our Local was not corrupt. The President backed me 100% on the seniority issue. Myself and several of the stewards who stood up for the employees all had our problems with the BA. This BA was at first our union steward - pushed thru by the company quite some time ago. We also had a different president at that time who also by chance was convicted of several crimes not involving the union or local and ended up serving time in the big house. I didn't park a truck outside his new residence. Probably couldn't see the truck for the bars. That same president is the one who moved the steward to the BA position. I would not park a truck or billboard outside someone's house due to a disagreement. The union has channels to resolve issues. Just have to hope you are dealing with honest people such as the new president of the local we had at the time of my grievance. As a steward, I fought for each employee, using the contract, looking for any loophole I could use. If it was a losing cause, I would sit down with the employee with the contract and explain the odds of winning and let them choose to continue. The employees knew I was honest and fair. Several departments in our building as well other buildings in our city would request me when they were to have a meeting with management. There were poor BA's as well as stewards. The employees were well aware who to avoid. The seniority grievance pertained to the manager picking their favorites and offering them overtime instead of following seniority. Losing that grievance would have at least affected everyone in our local as a precedent would have been set for seniority rights. Again, I would use the legal channels available, no, I would not use a truck at someone's residence. [/QUOTE]

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