Case Study: Union Steward

As a Union Steward I had the ability to analyze, explain and apply laws, regulations, rulings and procedures by working with employees as well as Management. At the West Valley the overtime desired list sign up was put out by Management every month before the next quarter. The sign up was created by Management, but lacked some pertinent information. The option for 10 hours, 12 hours and begin tour and end tour overtime were not listed. I explained to Management about the lack of information that was pertinent to overtime procedures. I created a new sign up to assist Management and they used that one instead. Once the sign up was closed I created a list with the names, seniority and a rotation to make the process of calling overtime easier for
management as well as keeping the Union informed. When it came time to call overtime, the supervisor asked for my assistance so there would not be any bypasses. Because I had the ability to explain to Management about the pertinent information and how to apply the laws, the daily overtime process was made simple. When I was able to assist Management with the daily overtime rotation, the bypasses were reduced by 100%.