"The main reason was to show other lads and
shop stewards we are getting blacklisted and we should stand up for our rights."
"Management does not and shall never condone the entitlement attitude of some staff members, including union
shop stewards that they deserve to get certain positions without the requisite qualifications, experience and skills."
Interview, Mizael Bizzotto, IKA-Renault
shop steward, Cordoba, August 15, 1989.
In the hierarchy of union activity, the person above the
shop steward in any particular work setting is known by one of a variety of names, most often "business agent," chapter chairman," or "union representative." He or she is usually a paid employee of the union, covers many worksites and is responsible for the second level of grievance procedure handling and contract enforcement.
The
shop steward called a meeting asking for a vote.
His colleague and fellow Unite
shop steward Ray Lonsdale, is waiting to go into Gobowen's orthopaedic hospital at Oswestry for an operation on his back.
An investigation into GMB
shop steward William Copland was launched last week by Greater Glasgow NHS Trust.
Butch Traylor, a UPS
shop steward from Valdosta, Georgia, agreed.
The
shop steward role is gendered so that union activism could likely have very different consequences for women and men: men tended to get promoted as a result of trade union activism, while women were denied promotion as a result of it (p.
GMB union
shop steward Alex Logan was pleased with the preferred bidder.
Building union Ucatt's Midlasnds organiser from 1980, he was a
shop steward on Bryant Estate sites in the region and fought to abolish the "lump" casual labour system rife in the construction industry.
Unison
shop steward Mr Jones aged 41, is now waiting for a phone call to see if he can be rehoused in rented accommodation.
