Written By Larry Beebe

Bond Beebe

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“Our Union Has Strong Shop Stewards Who Know Everyone in the Union”

Are all shop stewards equally strong?  Does each employer signed to the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) have a shop steward?  Does the shop steward have enough time and authority to review the employer’s payroll records to insure that all hours worked in accordance with the CBA are properly reported?  Does the shop steward have the skill level to know whether all hours are properly reported?  Is every shop steward operating independently outside the control of the employer?  Would the shop steward believe he or she has responsibility to report hours paid to non-union employees working under the CBA?  Would the shop steward know and understand how hours should be reported when the employer is working outside the jurisdiction of the local union?

The above questions are not the only ones that could be asked.  The problem is that each of these questions would have to be answered “yes” for each employer signed to the CBA to use shop stewards as a substitute for doing payroll audits.  Payroll audits are a much better way of insuring that employers are reporting all hours worked in accordance with the CBA.

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