tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595057345294486478.post8848549097606507974..comments2023-12-02T02:39:47.828-08:00Comments on RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: Update on rail supervisor incidentAl Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06670275801784105978noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595057345294486478.post-21209788788655683412012-04-02T08:51:19.914-07:002012-04-02T08:51:19.914-07:00This story makes me again ponder the odd, neither ...This story makes me again ponder the odd, neither fish nor fowl aspect of supervisors at Trimet.<br />They are charged with carrying out management's whims and campaigns, often against their union compadres. They are union members, so company actions that are against the union will affect them. Some of the perks of their job are designed to physically isolate them from the rank & file. One attraction of the job must partly come out of boredom with actually operating transit vehicles. The greatest attraction must be to wield some power in an organization that puts most union staff in a position of powerlessness.<br /><br />The worst are petty tyrants, but that's true in any bureaucratic organization with fixed ranks (ie. military service). The best have to figure out an ethical role for themselves that fits between non-union management and a sorely beset worker group.<br /><br />Are they organizationally ambitious people? Is supervisor all they aspire to? Couldn't tell you; never had a candid job discussion with a supervisor.Nedwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391063006899739857noreply@blogger.com