NOYB,
It's been my experience the the managers don't want to go through the
hassle of dealing with incompitant workers. They in turn blame "labor
relations" for not backing them up. If management takes action against a
worker all they can do is file a grievance. They can petition the
grievance up to an arbitrator. They don't like to arbitrate unless they
think they've got a good case as these rulings set p residence. On the
other hand neither does management what to arbitrate unless they think
they can win. In 30 years of being in the UAW I've yet to see a walk out
or even organized protest over disciplinary action. As one union
official told be, "I have to take his side of it, as he's paying dues.
If I don't, I could get sued."
Most of the time it's just easier for the manager to go to someone who
does his job then deal with the one who doesn't want to. This just makes
it harder on those that do the job. We probably complain about this more
than anything else. We don't want to turn in our fellow workers but we
expect management to do their jobs of disciplining the bad one. They
being human are no different than the hourly worker, some do their jobs,
some don't.
Paul


NOYB wrote:
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But unions protect the jobs of those who are derelict in their duties.