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August 2010

 

-8/5:  NEMSA BOD Meeting, 1000hrs, NEMSA Corporate Office

-8/9 - 8/13:  NEMSA North Hollywood Contract Negotiations

-8/10:  NEMSA Priority One LA Contract Negotiations

-8/23:  NEMSA Board of Directors, Special Meeting via Conference Call, 1000hrs - Modesto Corporate Office

-8/23-25:  NEMSA Riverside Contract Negotiations

-8/27:  Membership Meeting, 1100 hrs - Modesto Corporate Office

-8/30 - 9/3:  NEMSA Waterbury / Farmington Valley Contract Negotiations

 

September 2010

-8/30 - 9/3:  NEMSA Waterbury / Farmington Valley Contract Negotiations

-9/13 - 9/17:  NEMSA San Diego (AMR) Contract Negotiations

-9/20 - 9/24:  NEMSA  Hartford CT Transportation Specialists (Chair Car) Contract Negotiations

-9/30:  NEMSA San Diego (AMR) Labor / Management Committee Meeting, 0945 hrs, Balboa Station

 

October  2010

-10/4 - 10/8:  NEMSA San Diego (AMR) Contract Negotiations

-10/12 - 10/14:  NEMSA Springfield MA Comm Contract Negotiations

- 10/20:  NEMSA Board Of Directors Regular Meeting, 1000hrs, Modesto Corporate Office (Tentative Date Only, Subject To Change)

- 10/25 - 10/29:  NEMSA Hartford CT Transportation Specialists (Chair Car) Contract Negotiations

November 2010

-11/1 - 11/5:  NEMSA San Diego (AMR) Contract Negotiations

December 2010

 -12/6 - 12/10:  NEMSA San Diego (AMR) Contract Negotiations

ARCHIVED CALENDAR EVENTS

 

 

July 2010

-7/8:  NEMSA Riverside Shop Steward Training

-7/9:  NEMSA San Diego Shop Steward Training (Rural Metro and AMR)

-7/9:  NEMSA Officer Election Ballots Due

 

-7/12:  NEMSA Annual Meeting and BOD Meeting, 1000 hrs, Corporate Office Modesto

-7/13:  NEMSA San Mateo ALS Contract Ratification Voting 0600-0800 and 1800-2100

-7/13:  NEMSA Rural Metro San Diego Contract Ratification Voting

-7/14-16:  NEMSA Pro Transport-1 SF Contract Negotiations

-7/16:  NEMSA San Mateo ALS Contract Ratification Voting 0600-0800 and 1800-2100

-7/16:  NEMSA Rural Metro San Diego Contract Ratification Voting

-7/19 - 7/23:  NEMSA North Hollywood Contract Negotiations

-7/20-22:  NEMSA Waterbury Contract Negotiations

- 7/27: BOD Meeting, 1000 hrs Via Conference Call

-7/29:  NEMSA / AMR San Diego LMC

 

June 2010

-6/2:  NEMSA Pierce County Shop Steward Training - Cancelled, Will be rescheduled at a later time

-6/14- 6/15:  NEMSA Riverside CCT Contract Negotiations

-6/15:  NEMSA Pro Transport-1 SF Contract Negotiations

 

-6/15:  2010 Officer Election Ballots Mailed To Members

-6/16- 6/17:  NEMSA Riverside Contract Negotiations

-6/18:  NEMSA Pro Transport-1 SF Contract Negotiations

-6/22 -6/23:  NEMSA Priority One LA Contract Negotiations

-6/24:  2010 Officer Elections:  If you have not received a ballot by this date, call NEMSA for a replacement ballot. 866-544-7398

-6/28:  NEMSA Northern California Chief Shop Stewards Council

-6/29 - 6/30:  NEMSA Priority One LA Contract Negotiations

May 2010

-5/4 - 5/6:  NEMSA Waterbury Contract Negotiations

-5/7:  BOD Meeting

-5/16 - 5/22:  HAPPY EMS WEEK!

-5:26 - 5/28:  NEMSA Riverside CCT RN Contract Negotiations

April 2010

- 4/1:  NEMSA Northern California Chief Shop Stewards Council

- 4/5 -4/9:  NEMSA Riverside CCT Contract Negotiations

- 4/6 - 4/7:  NEMSA Rural Metro San Diego Contract Negotiations

- 4:14 - 4/15:  Riverside CBA Ratification Vote

- 4:14 - 4/15:  San Mateo Paramedics Contract Negotiations

- 4/20:  Northern California Santa Cruz LMC

- 4/22 - 4/23:  NEMSA Pro Transport-1 SF Contract Negotiations

- 4/26:  Northern California Marin, CCT, SF LMC

March 2010

-3/4:  NEMSA Pro Transport-1 Contract Negotiations

-3/5:  NEMSA BOD Meeting

-3/8 - 3/12:  NEMSA Waterbury Contract Negotiations

-3/19:  NEMSA San Mateo ALS Contract Negotiations

-3/23:  NEMSA Pro Transport-1 Contract Negotiations

-3/30 - 3/31:  NEMSA Pro Transport-1 Contract Negotiations

February 2010

-2/1 - 2/4:  NEMSA Riverside CCT Contract Negotiations

-2/9:  NEMSA Stanislaus County/AMR Restructuring Meeting

-2/11:  NEMSA BOD Meeting, Modesto 1000 hrs

-2/15 - 2/19:  NEMSA Waterbury Contract Negotiations

-2/22 - 2/26:  NEMSA Riverside Contract Negotiations

January 2010

-1/4 - 1/8:  NEMSA San Mateo ALS Contract Negotiations

-1/6 - 1:7:  NEMSA Springfield Communications Contract Negotiations

-1/11 -1/15:  NEMSA Riverside Contract Negotiations

-1/19:  NEMSA Northern California Chief Stewards Council - Modesto CA

-1/21:  NEMSA BOD Meeting - Modesto, CA - Postponed to 2/11/10

-11/30 - 12/4: NEMSA Riverside Contract Negotiations

-12/2:  NEMSA Northeast Refresher Shop Steward Training - NE

-12/5:  NEMSA Northeast Refresher Shop Steward Training - NE

-12/8:  Northern California Core LMC

-12/14 - 12/18:  NEMSA Waterbury Contract Negotiations

-12/28 - 12/30:  NEMSA Riverside CCT Contract Negotiations

 
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The Rights of A Shop Steward

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The Rights Of A Shop Steward

The NEMSA Shop Steward is the eyes, ears, and hands of NEMSA.  The NEMSA Shop Steward is the local face and voice of NEMSA in the workplace.  And as a Shop Steward You Have Rights!

The origins of these rights are found in law (especially the National Labor Relations Act) and in decisions of the Supreme Court and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

These legal rights include, but are not limited to, a general principle of equal status with management when functioning as Steward; a right to solicit grievances; and a right to active participation in a Weingarten setting.

The General Principle of Equal Status With Management

By its very nature, a Steward’s job requires vigorous advocacy, even confrontation. Confrontation, however, conflicts with the usual rules of employee conduct, which stress obedience to supervisors. (Virtually all arbitrators subscribe to the "obey now - grieve later" rule as it applies to employees.) If Stewards had to live by these rules, they would be in a hopeless situation. They would be faced with a choice of not being an effective advocate, or risk being disciplined.

The NLRB and the courts have recognized this problem and have created a special legal status for Stewards when they engage in union business - they are considered to be equals with management.   The NLRB has stated: The relationship at a grievance meeting is not a "master-servant" relationship but a relationship between company advocates on the one side and union advocates on the other side, engaged as equal opposing parties in litigation.

In a similar vein, the US Supreme Court has said the National Labor Relations Act contemplates robust debate and gives a union license to use intemperate, abusive, or insulting language without fear of restraint or penalty if it believes such rhetoric to be an effective means to make its point.

There are two important limits to the equality principle. First, conduct by a Steward which the NLRB considers outrageous or indefensible is not protected. Second, the equality principle only applies when the Steward is acting in an official capacity.

Outrageous or indefensible conduct includes extreme unprovoked profanity, racial slurs, physical threats, or striking a supervisor.

The equality principle only applies when the Steward is acting in a role as Steward, i.e., presenting a grievance or requesting information. The principle does not apply when the Steward is not acting in the capacity of Steward.

 

As a NEMSA Shop Steward You Have:

The right to solicit grievances. There is a common belief among managers that union Stewards may not solicit grievances, that they may file grievances only if employees complain and ask them to file. This notion is false. The NLRB has specifically ruled, The solicitation of grievances is a protected activity for stewards as well as other employees.

The right to active participation in a Weingarten setting. The Supreme Court held, in a case known as Weingarten, that an employee who is being questioned by management, and who has a reasonable belief that discipline may ensue, has a right to representation prior to answering questions. The right must be invoked by the employee. A Steward has no right to invoke it for the employee. In other words, the employee must request a Steward.

However, once an employee invokes Weingarten, and a Steward is brought in, the Steward has a right to assist and counsel the employee.

Management sometimes asserts that the Steward may only be a silent witness. This is simply wrong. The Steward has the following rights:

  • When the Steward arrives, the supervisor must inform the Steward of the subject matter of the interview.
  • The Steward must be allowed to take the employee aside for a private pre-interview conference.
  • The Steward must be allowed to speak during the interview.
  • The Steward has the right to request that the supervisor clarify a question so that the employee understands what is being asked.
  • After a question is asked, the Steward can give advice on how to answer.
  • When the questioning ends, the Steward can provide additional information to the supervisor.
  • It should be noted that, if the Weingarten rules are complied with, Stewards do not have the right to tell workers not to answer questions.
 
Shop Stewards go through extensive training and frequent refresher and update courses to best represent NEMSA members. Here is a Shop Steward course.
 
Steward Rights and Weingarten Rights.pdf
20 Mistakes Shop Stewards Make But Shouldnt.pdf
10 mistakes a shop steward should never make.pdf
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