We all make mistakes we’re human. Shop stewards even make mistakes and some of these mistakes are particularly serious. Here is a list of 20 mistakes that shop stewards make:
- Always wait until a workers comes to you with a grievance.
- Walk around the worksite with a chip on your shoulder.
- Pretend to know all the answers to all problems.
- Give out false information or spread rumors.
- Fail to keep members posted on disposition of grievances.
- Violate company rules.
- Violate the contract.
- Always try to talk members out of filing grievances.
- Present a grievance that isn’t one.
- Forget to investigate a grievance thoroughly before handling.
- Blow up when dealing with the supervisor or workers.
- Use profane language to intimidate the boss.
- Argue a grievance by taking personal issue with the supervisor and directing personal remarks.
- Miss membership meetings.
- Bawl out a member in front of co-workers or in front of a supervisor.
- Stall when workers call you.
- Keep all the information to yourself.
- Permit workers to push you around.
- Allowing the supervisor to use you as means of doing his/her dirty work.
- Manage the workers.