1986-01 January IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood Of ...

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hke $Orne of my e:uher expcnences when I W~5
employed .:U the- Hunter's Pain! Shipyard h cer·
t.uDly don not reflect my experience OI l thiS !lhlP'
yard
I (hUlk It would be flJe- to assume that the
dire-ct ion of both articles would ( cnalc,l), Kern to
be antimanagement. I don't 5ce II ,hal way al alii
wbat I ICC III that then: ale individUAl, whn, due
10 their unique situalions, hl!lve observed problems
thai 5hould be addrusr:d and who air: screaming
10 be beard. How do you tell a manager lhlll there
an: problem s wilhic his Aroup that 'hould be
lIddrC55ed Ihu he mlly nOI be: II WII,e on It Isn't
eny
I did a tour of dUlY 10 the pe:rsonni!:1 section
dun ng the last yeaTS of t.hc umencc of the Hunt·
u 's POim NIlVAI SblPyard At DO time would it
bave been either proper or appropriate (01 me to
diSCUSS the problr:m of the nonlunclioning super·
Visor I observed wh ile 1 WIIS a lead meeh.1nic. I
know that the 5hop supl; rln lendcnt Ind the group
supenntendent weren't IIware of the problem Wh o
was goiog to tell them- me' You' ve gOt to be
luddingl People at my Inel can'l tell people lit
that level II n Y I ~lI n~ e:J.peci.lIy if \C Jlc.tt.alo$ to
supervision. They have been conditioned to believe
that aU their !lubordlliatc ~ UpUVI SO I 5 arc completely
dedJc.ated and bavr: II very hlKh level of
commitment .md technical tOmpeumcf:. They b:tve
been CODdltloDcd 10 belseve th.t tbe only real
problems thcy have arc the radu:.als wh o belong to
the uoion. They know all about nonproducuve
employ«s and not .a damn thtnt .. holll nnnprod·
uctlve supervlsorSj and that n tneh lui problcm.
Maoy years ago I worked fot I lupcrVlS01 who
was awarded an outstandmg achtevelnem .. wllrd
eVery yea r for thr: fiut Ave year. he w:u a super·
visor He eamed all of them If lor only ooe rca.onhe
dId whlllt:Ver he h.d to do to help ),ou get your
job dOlle. He was always avaJlable lind Willi a fully
functioning supervisor. I menh on that expcrience
to Illustrate the difference between a lunctu'mmg
supervisor and a nonfuncuonmg supervisor. In my
next cohm ll1 I wlil tell you abom supcn"i:1u IS you
could Dever Bnd when ynu 1"tC:cdcd thelll- nnd who
did IInle to help you with your problem wnen you
did find Ihem
lOSErIl
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Two Members Elected To
State AFL-CIO Posts
LU. 71S61em), C AINES VILLE, fLA.- At Ihl' wilt
109 some new laces are seen In T;allahll5,ee thesr:
days lisa result of lhe Florida AFL·CIO Convr:ntlon
held an tohaml, Flonda. Our own SU.UD Wilson
WH til!'cle:d to the omcl!' of .eeretary·u euurer of
Ihe Flonda AFL ·CIO. Although we hlll e: to!W:t ber
go, wr: are cllpccting 10 scc somr: dynamic happen·
lOgS on the natlonal.nd ,,_te level" as hcrprc:senc:e
io Tallahassee mdlCcrs,
Wives, and fnr:nds plcselH The Pleolc was a huge
SUC CCS!l, Ind onel!' agam not cnough praise cnn go