Shorts & flip flops

Any organization that wants to build confidence of its members doesn't have its bosses walking around in shorts and flips flops. Unless those bosses of TWU Local 100 are at the beach then there should be no place for flip flops and shorts at this organization. If at the beach then certainly flip flops and shorts is appropriate - where one can lay, roll around the warm sands, build sand castles, and enjoy the ebb and flow of the waves with their crashing sounds on the sands.

If we want to build confidence among the membership dressing down with shorts shows a lack of care on the bosses end when approaching its members. How can a boss be professional with the membership if they are dressed in shorts and flip flops. Membership rely on those bosses at 1700 Broadway - the membership deserve to see their bosses dressed in appropriate attire. In addition bosses should be responsible for running the affairs that benefit the membership rather than spending most of the time on breaks. 

At any successful organization employees report to work at 9AM then are dismissed at 5PM, in between that time frame employees are entitled to lunch time. However that is not the case in our TWU Local 100 where those bosses hang around the cafeteria for most of the day. Are those bosses keeping the membership on their mind and what benefits the membership by being in the cafeteria all day? Our president John Samuelsen should remind those bosses who hang all day in the cafeteria that they are only harming the membership by not focusing on TWU Local 100.

It is also understandable that those successful organizations have a day for dressing down maybe once every three months. However we in the MTA have never had a day for dressing down - we the members have high expectations of those bosses. However their shorts, flip flops, and hanging around the cafeteria all day is turning TWU Local 100 into a klatch cafe. The klatch cafe that exists in the TWU Local 100 at 1700 Broadway does not instill confidence in the membership especially in our unfinished struggle with the MTA.