In his newest book, Robert Schwartz, Sensei to the modern
day Labor Samurai, has finally taken his original work, The Legal Rights of
Union Stewards, and filled in the missing sections, completing the
picture.
While Legal Rights is a masterpiece of Union lore and tech,
used daily at the shop floor by stewards everywhere, it was seriously lacking
in hard, nuts and bolts information about the nitty gritty workings of
discharge, discipline and the ways to counter them.
Just Cause starts off with the principles of just cause,
insubordination and off-duty misconduct.
Dishonesty, sleeping on the job and sexual harassment along with other
infractions round out the offenses but it doesn’t stop there. Schwartz doesn’t just regurgitate the same
old rhetoric about the “seven test of just cause” he goes further by giving the
reader a much more practical set of tests which include tenants of due process,
substantial proof as well as mitigating circumstances. Later chapters deal with advice on filing
grievances, requesting information as well as organizing support for the
grievants.
As with his earlier books Schwartz provides real world,
working knowledge for the working Joe Steward as well as the labor
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Footnotes and end notes are once again provided to direct
readers to arbitration awards and relevant court decisions as well as a “Question
and Answer” section at the end of each chapter.
In additional to the sardonic illustrations you will an
appendix of sample contract language, an appendix of basic principles of just
cause and finally an appendix of the original Daugherty Tests (the original
seven tests of just cause).
Priced at only $20.00 plus shipping and handling this 174
page powerhouse is well worth the price.
I recommend you buy two, because if you are anything like me, you will
be loaning one out before you know it.
Work Rights Press
PO Box 391066Cambridge, MA 02139
www.workrightspress.com
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