VENTING!!!

Ahhh.. my guys just don't get it!!! By insulting my position & my (shared) athority they are insulting me.

Ok, background (without names of course), there is a foreman in one of my gangs... he's been out on an injury basically since I started. He had a bad initial experience w/ my supervisor, understandably, the supervisor is not that great at first impressions. Anyway, I figure I get along pretty good w/ most of the guys, granted there are a few where we avoid each other, but I try to be friendly enough and I think they pick up on that. Well, a couple weeks ago (I was not present) the Foreman got irritated w/ my supervisor and felt that he was being singled out... anyway, ultimately the Foreman yelled, cursed, & threatened my supervisor. Well, now they've started an investigation and while I don't know what the men said; I know what they didn't say. Well, I'm irritated by it... I can get that they don't like the supervisor... thats fine... but by NOT stating the truth because their Union & we're Corporate... they are basically saying the feel that ALL supervisors are their enemies... myself included. I truly wonder that if those comments (and I believe my supervisor) had been said to me... would their statements have been the same?

Thats the part I don't think they get... see they don't even like the Foreman! Ever since he came back from his injury the crews have been ruffled, in an uproar... I've had a men transfer away because their foreman's position might come up and they didn't want this guy to replace him. It wasn't even likely to happen but they dislike him that much... and then to go misdirecting things like that... it's galling. Whats more, in all likelihood, he'll probably be sent to anger management and come back... he has a long past history of cause disruptions, ignoring rules, biligerent to supervisors, injuries, etc. ARGHHH!! I'm still upset, but I have other things to do...