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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Spider" data-source="post: 1290973" data-attributes="member: 52461">And I would maintain that the current officers and business agents at Local 804 have, in fact, done their best to protect the members&#039; interests in all dealings with employers.&nbsp; With UPS, that is not as simple as it sounds.&nbsp; At times, it&#039;s similar to protecting your family from the rabid skunk that wanders into your back yard.&nbsp; In dealing with a rogue employer like UPS, there comes a time when a union official must make a decision.&nbsp; Take the path of least resistance and ignore blatant contract violations or draw a line in the sand and stand behind the employees that they represent.&nbsp; Another part of that oath that you did not highlight states that I will never forget that it is the members who put me here, and it is the members whom I will serve.&nbsp; The members are never well served by union officials who take that path of least resistance.&nbsp; Nor are the well served by their co-workers who seize upon an opportunity to second guess and criticize.&nbsp; Perhaps they&#039;re able to somehow justify in their own minds their support of UPS over their brothers and sisters who stood strong, but it&#039;s a strange bedfellow they&#039;ve chosen to side with in this struggle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brown Spider, post: 1290973, member: 52461"] And I would maintain that the current officers and business agents at Local 804 have, in fact, done their best [B]to protect the members' interests in all dealings with employers. [/B]With UPS, that is not as simple as it sounds. At times, it's similar to protecting your family from the rabid skunk that wanders into your back yard. In dealing with a rogue employer like UPS, there comes a time when a union official must make a decision. Take the path of least resistance and ignore blatant contract violations or draw a line in the sand and stand behind the employees that they represent. Another part of that oath that you did not highlight states that [B]I will never forget that it is the members who put me here, and it is the members whom I will serve. [/B]The members are never well served by union officials who take that path of least resistance. Nor are the well served by their co-workers who seize upon an opportunity to second guess and criticize. Perhaps they're able to somehow justify in their own minds their support of UPS over their brothers and sisters who stood strong, but it's a strange bedfellow they've chosen to side with in this struggle. [/QUOTE]

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