Stewards

The steward on the job is there to represent the Business Agent in maintaining the conditions and keeping track of hours worked. In the event of a conflict, the steward is suppose to contact the Business Agent for clarification.
Nowhere in the job description is the steward the tech director, production manager or there to represent management in anyway. Sometimes we have stewards who forget that. It is difficult at times to be in the middle but that is why they are paid more and have a contract to refer to.
Sometimes a steward has been known to tell a producer that we will 'waive' a condition. Any and each time this happens, it is the duty of the members to remind the steward that it is not his right to do so without first consulting with the office and, at the very least, polling the workers. And to also make the office aware of it.
There was time that the men on each job elected the steward and could remove such steward for conduct considered harmful to the membership. Maybe we should revive that in certain circumstances.
For it seems, that once the stewards align themselves with management in the weakening of the work rules, they have forgotten who they serve.