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By Diane North, Editor

Wal-Mart blunder...

Diversity in Miami must not be keeping up with the news.  Don't they know that Wal-Mart is one of the biggest Union busters around?  Our very own Human Relations Director, Sandra Munoz, received a thank you for helping with the CFC.  Oh no, she received a $20 gift card for...I can't even say it...you guessed it, Wal-Mart!!  What is wrong with these people?

Quote from Bill Burrus:  The elimination of 30,000 jobs at General Motors will have an effect on postal workers.  What happens at Wal-Mart -- where workers are treated as expendable commodities -- will have a residual effect on all workers.  We do not live or negotiate in a vacuum.

Paying your dues...

You work over an hour each day to pay your federal income taxes.  The last 5 minutes of the day pays your union dues!  Every day as you rinse the daily grime from your hands during your wash up, say to yourself, "I paid my dues today."  Reprinted from the Thumbstall -- Amarillo, TX.

Need a Shop Steward?...

How long do you wait to see a steward?  Do not wait any longer than two hours.  Stop being so patient.  Management hopes if you wait long enough, you will forget about your grievance.  This is what the joint contract application manual says:

Normally, 95% of the time, a union steward/employee will be released within two (2) hours of his/her request.  If this condition cannot be met, the supervisor will notify the steward/employee of the reasons for the delay.  Normally the steward/employee will be released before the end of the tour.  However, if the steward/employee is not released within that time frame, the steward/employee must be released immediately upon the beginning of his/her next tour of duty.  In the event a steward or employee is delayed until their next tour, the steward/employee should notify the supervisor of the prior request.

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