Re: Eye of the Beholder (and Subject to Timing)

Dustin,

 This is my first time looking at your website, and I have to compliment you on having a place for members of Local 30 to review and discuss the issues which take place in our union and in the San Diego Area.

 That said, it's a shame that you use the forum to distort and inflame. Did we read the same articles?

 The article written by Henrietta (not "Henretta") did not describe "some Stewards as renegades and likens them to "snakes on [a] plane" due to undertaking such challenges as "fight[ing] losing battles"."

 Henrietta used a rhetorical question when she asked, "Are renegade stewards the rhetorical snakes on a plane of Partnership?" This was a question asked from the management perspective, and not Henrietta's own opinion of union stewards.  Likewise, "losing battles" is a trait applied to stewards from a management perspective for the same rhetorical purpose. In the very next question, she asks if that could be "idle grousing" on the part of the managers. The rest of the article went on to detail steward and employee reactions to these questions.

 In regards to the article "Why I Want A Strong Steward", written by Gwen Gascie, there was nothing about "agreement" written anywhere in that article. I happen to know this Operations Manager and have worked with her on numerous occaisions in the workplace, in contract negotiations and in Corrective Actions. She comes from a background of being a union member with KP in Oakland and is a fair person to work with. For Gwen, "agreement" does not make her want the steward to be more involved. She wants labor involved because is creates a stronger environment. It's all there in the article.

 If you are going to distort what we can read for ourselves, please just provide the link without your commentary.