duties: steward

The duties of the Steward shall include the following:

  1. assisting the Executive Board in organizing members of the work site;
  2. monitoring potential contract abuses and grievances in the work site and reporting to the Grievance Committee on these matters;
  3. assisting or representing a GTF on work-related matters, including informal grievances and, when appropriate, formal grievances, when so requested by a GTF;
  4. posting and circulating notices, minutes, information fliers, and other communications from the GTFF and its affiliate organizations;
  5. maintaining the GTFF bulletin board in the work site;
  6. mobilizing members to become active in the union;
  7. attending the General Membership and Executive Council meetings of the GTFF and a mandatory one-time stewards' orientation;
  8. representing the members in their worksite at Executive Council meetings;
  9. attending meetings and, if necessary, organizing meetings of union members or GTFs in their work site; and
  10. attending or serving on subcommittees.