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    Default How Often Should My Union Vote on Stewards

    How often should my union vote for shop stewards?Another thing is we have three stewards and each union member is aloud to vote three times. I think that leads to possible colution .We only have 47 members and work one shift.This doesnt seam right to me to let everyone get 3 votes , 24 members could get together and vote the 3 guys they want and then the other 23 wouldnt really have a say in who the stewards could be.

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    Default Re: How Often Should My Union Vote on Stewards

    What does the contract say about this issue? The law doesn't care.

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    Default Re: How Often Should My Union Vote on Stewards

    Nothing at all in the contract..

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    Default Re: How Often Should My Union Vote on Stewards

    bylaws, not contract.


    anyway, collusion? You can call it what you want but unless it is forced upon a member, it is simply stumping for votes just like every elected official in the country does when seeking office.

    and, like any other democratically controlled body, the majority does make the rules that apply to all. That is the purpose of a vote, to determine if most of the members want something. Once that has been determined, that is what rules.

    and the reason you get 3 votes is because you are elected 3 people. Just like in a fed congressional election, there are to senators for each state so people get to elect people to both seats. If you did not allow that, you would only be electing 1 person and that is what would not be fair.

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    Default Re: How Often Should My Union Vote on Stewards

    Nothing in the by laws either about 3 votes per person. I would think that 1 vote per person would be more deomocratic even if you elect 3 stewards.The one with the highest number would be chief.This way more of the members would feel represented.The 3 votes per person doesnt workout in a small shop like this in my opinion.

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    Default Re: How Often Should My Union Vote on Stewards

    There are laws governing union elections. You may want to check the LMRDA to see if there is anything about how often elections should be. See the attached link.

    http://www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-lmrda.htm

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