IAM Educator Steward Update
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The following pamplets are the IAM Educator Steward Update, published by Union Communication Services, Inc. They are provided here as guidelines to assist and educate Union Stewards. Many subjects and articles may also be of interest to Union Members in understanding the tasks of the Union Steward.

Take Control of Your Time
"Take Control of Your Time"
  • Take Control of Your Time
  • How to Deal With a Timid Grievant
  • Late for Work Again!
  • Food for Thought
    • Handling Disciplines Involving Profanity
    "Handling Disciplines Involving Profanity"
  • Handling Disciplines Involving Profanity
  • Using Your Employer's Email System
  • Responding to Anti-Union Arguments
  • When a Steward Has to Say "No"
    • Off-Duty Conduct Disciplines
    "Off-Duty Conduct Disciplines"
  • Off-Duty Conduct Disciplines
  • Professionals and Unionism
  • Getting Your Point Across
  • Is It a Grievance?

    • Horseplay on the Job
    "Horseplay on the Job"
  • Horseplay on the Job
  • Using Information Requests Tactically
  • Helping Returning Veterans
  • Drug and Alcohol Testing
    • Careful With That Timecard!
    "Careful With That Timecard"
  • Careful With That Timecard!
  • Last Chance Agreements
  • Rules of Engagement
  • Breaking in a New Boss
    • Tell A Winning Story
    "Tell A Winning Story"
  • Tell A Winning Story
  • Settling Problems Before They Become Grievances
  • Steward Smiles
  • Making the Most of Information Requests

    • Welcoming New Workers
    "Welcoming New Workers"
  • Welcoming New Workers
  • Why Contracts Can Be Hard to Interpret
  • Combating Steward Burnout
  • Making the Most of Grievance Meetings
    • Watch Out for Outsourcing
    "Watch Out for Outsourcing"
  • Watch Out for Outsourcing
  • Stewards and Credibility
  • Resolving Conflicts in the Workplace
  • Enforcing Past Practice

    • Controlling The Loose Cannon
    "Controlling The Loose Cannon"
  • Controlling The Loose Cannon
  • Stewards and Negotiations
  • Organizing Around Workload Issues
  • Countering Management's Games
    • Communicating With Members
    "Communicating With Members"
  • Communicating With Members
  • Weingarten Rules
  • FMLA Q&A
  • Helping Newer Stewards
    • Grievance Scene Investigation
    "GSI: Grievance Scene Investigation"
  • GSI: Grievance Scene Investigation
  • Avoiding Surprises in Arbitration
  • Stewards and Workplace Violence
  • Talking vs. Communicating

    • Respected Steward
    "Respected Steward"
  • Gaining and Retaining Respect
  • Workers' Comp
  • Discourtesy and Discipline
  • 10 Rookie Mistakes
    • Dealing With Difficult Bosses
    "Dealing With Difficult Bosses"
  • Dealing With Difficult Bosses
  • Defending the "Indefensible"
  • Figures Don't Lie, But Liars Figure
  • Finding "Just Cause"
    • Stewards As Speakers
    "Stewards As Speakers"
  • Stewards As Speakers
  • Refusing Dangerous Assignments
  • Defending Dues
  • Some Steward Q&A's

    • A Steward's New Year's Resolution
    "A Steward's New Year's Resolutions"
  • A Steward's New Year's Resolutions
  • Helping Troubled Co-Workers
  • Turning Dues Prayers into Unionists
  • Don't Just Say "No"!
    • 15 Things Every Steward Should Remember
    "15 Things Every Steward Should Remember"
  • 15 Things Every Steward Should Remember
  • Seniority and Ability in Promotions and Layoffs
  • Comminicating Across Cultures
  • Steward Smiles
    • The Importance Of Reporting Back
    "The Importance Of Reporting Back"
  • The Importance Of Reporting Back
  • Steward ABC's
  • Alternative Approaches to Discipline
  • Vacation and Holiday Disputes

    • The
    "The Art Of Note-Taking"
  • The Art Of Note-taking
  • Family and Medical Leave Act
  • The Steward's Protected Status
  • Electronic Organizing
    • Stewards And Technology
    "Stewards And Technology"
  • Stewards And Technology
  • "You Broke a Rule!"
  • Keeping Your Cool
  • Duty of Fair Representation
    • Settling Conflicts Between Members
    "Settling Conflicts Between Members"
  • Double Jeopardy
  • Pressure Points
  • Settling Conflicts Between Members
  • Mid-Contract Bargaining

    • What's Wrong With The Way I Look?
    "What's Wrong With The Way I Look?"
  • What's Wrong With The Way I Look?
  • Fighting "Contracting Out"
  • 10 Secrets of Successful Grievance Presentation
  • Keys to Successful Small Group Meetings
    • Fighting Steward Stress
    "Fighting Steward Stress"
  • Fighting "Steward Stress"
  • Making Your Goals Clear
  • Keeping a Grievance File
  • The Steward in a High Preformance Work Organization
    • Rallying The Troops With Fun
    "Rallying The Troops With Fun"
  • Rallying The Troops With Fun
  • One-on-One Recruiting
  • Discipline for Poor Performance
  • A "Do Not Do" List

    • New Ways To Welcome New Workers
    "New Ways To Welcome New Workers"
  • New Ways To Welcome New Workers
  • Think Beyond "Grievance"
  • Denial of Promotions as Dicipline
  • Immigrants, Soliarity and Strength
    • Managing Your Time
    "Managing Your Time"
  • Effective Listening
  • Demotions as Punishment
  • Stewards and Politics
  • Managing Your Time
    • Strategic Grievance Handling
    "Strategic Grievance Handling"
  • Strategic Grievance Handling
  • Lying to Cover Up Dishonesty
  • "GLBT": It Stands for "A Union Issue"
  • Movies That Motivate
    • Turning Negatives Into Positives
    "Turning Negatives Into Positives"
  • Turning Negatives Into Positives
  • Prior Records and Discipline
  • Witness for the Union
  • Mobilizing Your Members
    • Steward-Member Confidentiality
    "Steward-Member Confidentiality"
  • Steward-Member Confidentiality
  • Getting Members to Help Out
  • Lie Detectors in Dicipline Cases
  • Assertive Grievance Presentation
    • Welcome - Orienting New Workers
    "Welcome - Orienting New Workers"
  • Orienting New Workers
  • Defending Dues: The Bottom Line
  • Fighting on the Job
  • Get Your Story Straight