Stewards Corner
Disclaimer: Stewards Corner is intended as an outlet for union stewards to express individual thoughts or opinions. These articles do not reflect the official positions or views of the APWU or the Portland Area Local 458. Please do not get insulted with the flighty thoughts or ramblings of the writers. Sometimes the stewards just need a place to vent and this is an outlet for them to explore.
Salute to The Shop Steward
Who is the person of lowly pay
with the haggard look and hair of gray?
Who gets no rest by day or night?
Who is always wrong and never right.
Who doesn't have a law degree,
but goes to bat for you and me!
Though seldom have they been to college.
They must possess the widest knowledge,
of labor grades and when to grieve,
of vacation pay and sickness leave,
of overtime and who's to do it
and coffee time and who's to brew it.
The how and which and why and when,
and all the problems know to men.
If with the foreman they agree,
then they're the rats who have weak knees.
But if to the workers they try to cater,
then they're branded as agitators.
The guy or gal who has to take the slop,
is proudly called the Steward of the Shop
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