Are
you outgoing?
Interested in helping fellow employees?
Want to make a difference?
then become a Job
Steward.
What
does a job steward do?
Job stewards recruit co-workers to join the union and
work to engage them in union activities while
maintaining positive relationships among members,
stewards and union staff. They mobilize members by
communicating the union's programs, plans, priorities,
accomplishments and challenges as well as organizing
and mobilizing members in the workplace, community and
political arena.
Some stewards may wish to focus on advocating for
individuals and groups including preparing
grievances/complaints, attending "Skelly" hearings,
performing investigatory interviews of employees
subject to any non-criminal investigation and many
other aspects of employee/management issues.
Becoming certified for
this important union position is a two-part process
Step
1: Take a Basic Steward Training class
Two-day classes are offered throughout the year on
weekends in each Local 1000 area office. You must RSVP
to 866.471.7348 for a class. Saturdays are scheduled
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sundays are scheduled
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Coffee and baked goods are
provided in the morning and lunch is provided.
At the end of the second day of training you will
receive a certificate to fill out in class. The
trainer will sign the certificate, turn it in to a
Local 1000 area office--and then provide you with a
petition for your worksite.
Step
2: Petition your worksite
At the end of the steward training class you will
receive a petition you must take back to your
worksite. If your worksite has more than 250 members
you need at least 25 signatures from members who want
you to become a steward. If your worksite has less
than 250 members you only need to get signatures from
10 percent of those members. [Note: This includes
any members in the building where you work; they
do not have to perform the same job as you, they just
have to be members in your worksite.]
As soon as the trainer certificate and your worksite
petition are received, they will be processed and you
will be certified. A "New Steward Notice" is sent to
the department Employment or Labor Realtions officer (ERO)
each month with names of members who have become
stewards during that period of time.
If you are ready to make a
difference,
contact us.
