I became a steward . and thanks for reminding me of the value of the membership and what they put into it. When the union is strong in the unit you find few of the gripers. But always remember that the shop stweward is the face of the union, unfortunately many stewards are just slackers and coast. That should be taken care of by the membership and the officers must listen. Remember, the lousy stewards are there for a reason, to assign to the non members and scabs who always end up in trouble and in need of representing. The biggest gripe by members I saw was the enormus resources being used by the union to save the jobs of workers the members themselves believe shuold be canned. Always remind them of our leags duties to represent everyone, and ask them if that isn;t what they'd want for themselves