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[Excerpt] In steward heaven all contracts are written in clear language that everyone understands. Here...
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[Excerpt] There is a saying, "When all is said and done, more is said than...
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[Excerpt] Communication is the key to so many things a steward does, and good communication...
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[Excerpt] Every steward knows that it’s almost always better to work out problems with management...
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[Excerpt] Some years ago a science fiction movie featured Robocop, the perfect police officer. He...
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[Excerpt] Organizing a film festival of pro-labor Hollywood films would be rather difficult. When unions...
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Youth and Unions (with Marlena Fontes), Working Papers (2010)
[Excerpt] Following a suggestion from the Cornell ILR Labor Advisory Counsel in early 2009 Cornell...
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[Excerpt] How you say it can matter as much as what you say.
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[Excerpt] Lack of definition can make people confused, agitated and sometimes even hostile. These disastrous...
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[Excerpt] Imagine a doctor who tells every patient to take aspirin no matter what the...
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[Excerpt] Stewards who find they are getting nowhere with management on grievances might benefit from...
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[Excerpt] Sometimes solutions to difficult problems are simple, if you think creatively. Here are three...
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[Excerpt] Bargaining a new contract is one of the biggest events in the life of...
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[Excerpt] Keeping your co-workers united and focused on common goals, ready to respond and act...
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[Excerpt] A team of three faculty members from Cornell interviewed people from agencies or organizations...
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[Excerpt] Few stewards would argue that most of their union work flows directly from problems...
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[Excerpt] Saul Alinsky, a great labor and community organizer, once said that “tactics that drag...
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[Excerpt] Too much to do? Too little time to do it? Stewards face that problem...
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[Excerpt] Membership involvement is important to help fight for good contracts, organize new members, and...
