Steward's Toolbox

February 26, 2010: What is the most disliked rule in the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? Undoubtedly, the provision that allows employers to substitute workers’ vacation leaves during FMLA absences.

January 18, 2010: Following the Seven Tests for Just Cause can help protect Teamsters from discipline or discharge.

January 29, 2010: Warehouse jobs are brutal. Production standards and mandatory overtime take a toll on our bodies.

Using your union’s legal right to acquire information from the employer can help you defend your rights and win grievances and arbitrations.

Most Teamster contracts protect workers from termination except for “just cause.”

Just four days before George Bush left office, the Department of Labor put new regulations for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) into effect.

The first stages of filing a grievance can be the most important, no matter what kind of grievance procedure your contract contains.

In many workplaces, harassment on the shop floor is backed up by the threat of being written up or sent into the office.

The right information can make or break your grievance case. If you don’t have your facts straight, management can shoot down your case.

Teamsters can strengthen our union on the shop floor if we can recognize sexual harassment and deal with it swiftly at our workplaces.