Infractions included people working outside of their classification, tardiness, stealing, and working off the clock, which was quite common the first five years he was an officer. “It took a long time to correct that, and I understand it's wide open again.” Meat wrappers would complain about the cold and the heavy lifting they were asked to do. Complaints about favoritism in scheduling overtime led to a contract clause requiring that overtime be divided equally among employees. Store managers sometimes sent a meat cutter home at 5 p.m. and kept an apprentice on duty an hour longer just to avoid having to pay higher overtime rates. “And my position on that particular thing was, if the meat cutter isn't there, who's training him (the apprentice)?”
