How many times have the management said that to you or to your fellow co worker? We here in why did you join the union will teach you how to respond to them - ‘without a blue collar there is no white collar’. Do not worry about the management discomfort as long as they are the instigators.
Who disrespects us? Who wants to squeeze every ounce of our energy in the name of the job? Who wants us to speed up? Who bends the safety rules? Who gives us faulty equipment? Who does not look at us as an equal? Clearly the answers is obvious - employer and management. If the management is treating a fellow co worker in those above manners then defend your fellow co worker.
If you keep things in perspective you will realize that its the management that makes trouble while workers are just trying to do their jobs. There are many examples in society where the employer and the management cause harm i.e. by dumping toxic waste into rivers. Letting you work in a workplace laced with asbestos, cutting corners in not maintaining equipment (for the sake of not cutting into the huge profit).
Lets not get carried away on a tangent, lets narrow the scope. Lets come back to management disrespect - as long as they are the instigator we here in why did you join the union want you to be the hero, brave and courageous. Use this principle as a guide - if you do not like it do not accept it. Remember Rosa Parks when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger she did not accept it. Also when nurses refuse to accept unsafe assignments management was forced to hire more nurses.
Remember if you have any difficulties with anyone in your workplace seek out the union bosses. If you are not satisfied or you get the run around from those bosses then we if elected will turn that around. We will respond to calls, text messages and emails - we hope to leave you satisfied and your problem addressed or solved.
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