Tab actions only run on one tab in a tabset

As it turns out, the tab actions do work. The tabs where I do not see the message have tables that run a javascript snippet on one or more columns/fields in the table. The javascript code includes skuid.$.blockUI( { message: ‘

working

’});. When that snippet runs, neither the action/Block UI message nor the ‘working’ message appears. I may have earlier seen the action message suppressed when using jQuery.blockUI().