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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 3622854" data-attributes="member: 63706">I totally feel where [USER=73207]@Time for change[/USER] is coming from. We&#039;ve already had too long of poor representation. We failed to get Hoffa out last vote, as a result we&#039;re looking at the possibility of five more years with a concession laden contract. How much of your life are you willing invest watching your pay, benefits and working conditions erode. What happens next election when the same clowns get voted in? And the next contract erodes even more? Wash, rinse and repeat? Suddenly you&#039;re old enough to retire, want to, but can&#039;t because you&#039;ve been making less than you should have for 15 to 20 years. Quitting the union isn&#039;t the answer. Putting in the effort to improve the union may be noble, but is not very likely to bear fruit any time soon. What good does it do you to put in all that effort only to have the benefit of that work be bestowed upon the next generation who did nothing to earn it? The old timers got theirs, and we&#039;re getting residual benefits, but someone dropped the ball at some point, and broke the chain. I guess the question we&#039;re dancing around here is what is our recourse, right now, for a union that is failing to represent us right now? Can we petition the nlrb to investigate the union leadership? Do we say that it&#039;s obvious that the leadership is corrupt, but don&#039;t really believe it? Is there literally no avenue for recourse other than to rely on probably corrupt election processes? I&#039;d welcome any insight that anyone has.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 3622854, member: 63706"] I totally feel where [USER=73207]@Time for change[/USER] is coming from. We've already had too long of poor representation. We failed to get Hoffa out last vote, as a result we're looking at the possibility of five more years with a concession laden contract. How much of your life are you willing invest watching your pay, benefits and working conditions erode. What happens next election when the same clowns get voted in? And the next contract erodes even more? Wash, rinse and repeat? Suddenly you're old enough to retire, want to, but can't because you've been making less than you should have for 15 to 20 years. Quitting the union isn't the answer. Putting in the effort to improve the union may be noble, but is not very likely to bear fruit any time soon. What good does it do you to put in all that effort only to have the benefit of that work be bestowed upon the next generation who did nothing to earn it? The old timers got theirs, and we're getting residual benefits, but someone dropped the ball at some point, and broke the chain. I guess the question we're dancing around here is what is our recourse, right now, for a union that is failing to represent us right now? Can we petition the nlrb to investigate the union leadership? Do we say that it's obvious that the leadership is corrupt, but don't really believe it? Is there literally no avenue for recourse other than to rely on probably corrupt election processes? I'd welcome any insight that anyone has. [/QUOTE]

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